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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">1. Next laptop tagging event is Wednesday, March 6</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">2. New Copyright Alert System Plan in Place</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">3. Java 7 Still Vulnerable</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">4. Future of Security Doomed for Failure?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">1. Next laptop tagging event is Wednesday, March 6</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><b>On March 6, 11:00am - 1:30pm, laptop registration will be in E17-121</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">This Wednesday, MIT Police is providing an opportunity to tag and register laptop computers and electronic devices. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">When registering your device, it receives a STOP tag. This loss prevention measure is a visible deterrent to theft. Take a look at <a href="http://web.mit.edu/cp/www/_docs/theft_deterrent.wmv"><span style="color: rgb(4, 46, 238); ">this
video</span></a> to see the results. Each tag costs $10. Cash or a G/L account is accepted (no TechCash). </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(4, 46, 238); "><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/e4CSAw">Details of this service and all upcoming dates and locations are listed here</a></span><span style="color: #000000">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">The Copyright Alert System is a plan, more than four years in the making, that was pushed by the recording and movie industries, and backed by the president. It includes participation by AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast,
Time Warner Cable and Verizon. Comcast and other internet service providers can now begin hijacking browsers of their internet subscribers who are detected of repeatedly infringing on public file-sharing networks. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/comcast-browser-hijack/">Read the full article online</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">3. Java 7 Still Vulnerable</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">Researchers have found two new Java zero-day vulnerabilities. Browsers running Java 1.6 update 41 and Java 1.7 update 15 are now vulnerable to malware attack that installs a remote access tool called McRAT. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">Apple released an update to Java following an earlier attack. The vulnerability exists only in the browser plug-in for Java, not in applications that use Java Runtime.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">The recommendation is for users to disable Java in the browser until Oracle addresses the issue. If you have a Java plug-in in your browser, you can learn how to disable it
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-investigating-after-two-more-java-7-zero-day-flaws-found-7000011965">Read the full story online</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">4. Future of Security Doomed for Failure?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">Speaking at the 2013 RSA Conference last week, Mike Fey, CTO of McAfee said that many companies just aren't ready for the sophisticated attacks headed their way these days.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">Basically, Fey suggested that based on the way the enterprise landscape looks now, we're on our way to complete breakdown if companies don't change their security strategies immediately.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/mcafee-cto-current-security-landscape-is-on-its-way-to-failure-7000011914">Read the full article online</a>.</p>
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<div>Monique Yeaton</div>
<div>IT Security Communications Consultant</div>
<div>MIT Information Services & Technology (IS&T)</div>
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