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The dramatic increase of vulnerability disclosures<br />
Vulnerability disclosures are increasing dramatically, having reached record levels<br />
for the first half of 2010, according to IBM. Overall, 4,396 new vulnerabilities were<br />
documented by the X-Force team in the first half of 2010, a 36% increase over the<br />
same time period last year. 55% of all these disclosed vulnerabilities had no<br />
vendor-supplied patch at the end of the period. (www.ibm.com)<br />
Novell releases Cloud <strong>Security</strong> Service<br />
Novell announced the general availability of their Cloud <strong>Security</strong> Service,<br />
hosted in the cloud, either w<strong>here</strong> the provider hosts its application or via a Novell<br />
hosting partner. A user can log on directly or via the enterprise identity system.<br />
The service first verifies the identity and, if successful, will generate an<br />
identity token in the format needed by the SaaS provider. (www.novell.com)<br />
Microsoft releases mitigating tool for latest 0-day bug<br />
HD Moore, creator of Metasploit, revealed that some 40 Windows applications<br />
are affected by a critical vulnerability that can allow attackers to execute<br />
malicious code remotely and infect the computers with malware. Microsoft<br />
released a tool that mitigates the risk by altering the library loading behavior<br />
system-wide or for specific applications. (www.microsoft.com)<br />
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