[Sunnet Alert] Advisory #246 - Special Notice

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Sûnnet Beskerming Alert List Advisory #246

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Contents
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1.	SECURITY
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	- Remote or Local - Can it be achieved through a network or does it  
require physical access?
	- Hacker - The bad guy
	- Manual or Automatic  - Does the vulnerability need to be manually  
performed, or can it be automated?
	- Control, Denial of Service or Data Theft - Will the hacker get  
control of your system / website, will they prevent you from using  
it, or will they steal data.
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2.    NEWS
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2.1	Special Notice
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1.	SECURITY

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Threat Matrix:
	U - User
	O - Operator
	Harmless - 0 ----- 10 - Highly Critical
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2.	NEWS

2.1	Special Notice

Regular mailing list recipients would have noticed the significant  
slowdown in the number of messages released over the last month.  In  
that timeframe you might have noticed wider coverage of Sûnnet  
Beskerming activities and reporting, with coverage on sites and news  
sources as diverse as The Register, Slashdot, Reddit, various IDG  
company sites, and a range of other major and not so major news and  
blog sites.

Overall, the increasing media and industry attention on Sûnnet  
Beskerming has been positive, with the company rapidly establishing a  
record for reliability, accuracy and timeliness of reporting.   
Despite relatively few search engine results being returned for a  
search on the company name, Sûnnet Beskerming returns strong results  
(within the top 5) for an extremely broad range of Information  
Security topics and material - a clear recognition of the value of  
our results.

Another unique milestone for the company has been the use of Sûnnet  
Beskerming material as an authoritative reference for a technical  
article published at Wikipedia.org (material added by a user not  
related to Sûnnet Beskerming in any way).  The addition of company  
material to Wikipedia is a useful affirmation of the accuracy and  
general readability of Sûnnet Beskerming's products.

Readers who miss the previous frequency of the Sûnnet Beskerming  
mailing lists are encouraged to check out the RSS feed:

	http://feeds.feedburner.com/beskermingcombined

Other options are available on our site for more detailed and  
specific areas of coverage.  In the first instance, readers who want  
to see the latest Security vulnerability information that we are  
covering will find our online Security section to their liking:

	http://www.beskerming.com/security

Secondly, readers who are seeking news and commentary from Sûnnet  
Beskerming staff will find that the online commentary section will  
meet their requirements:

	http://www.beskerming.com/commentary

Users of OS X 10.4 (Tiger) will also find our OS X screen saver a  
useful addition to their systems:

	http://www.beskerming.com/company/175/Products

Because of the delay since the last advisory release, the next  
advisory released will be a summary of key points from the last  
several days.  Gaps in coverage can be made up at beskerming.com.

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Sincerely,

Sûnnet Beskerming Team
info at beskerming.com
Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd.
Adelaide, Australia
http://www.beskerming.com
Tel: +61 (0) 410 707 444

** Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd. **

Established in mid 2004, Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd. is the sister  
company to Jongsma & Jongsma Pty. Ltd., and was formed to develop and  
commercialise the research coming out of Jongsma & Jongsma Pty. Ltd..  
Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd. is an Information Security specialist  
and, in conjunction with the tools developed by Jongsma & Jongsma  
Pty. Ltd., provides total security solutions and services, from the  
perimeter to internal data stores, including web application security  
and security testing and analysis.