http://www.nist.org/ IT security news updated throughout the day. Focusing on risk mitigation and compliance issues; data encryption, NIST FIPS and SP 800 requirements, FISMA, HSPD-12, Federal Government Policies, Procedures, Guidelines, PIV II, A-130, HIPAA, NIST Publications, Sarbanes-Oxley and POA M reporting. Featuring a compliance forum, requirements whitepapers, downloads, anti-virus information, NIST - IT Security Compliance and vulnerabilities, general security information and tips. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:17:07 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 This publication approves the XTS-AES mode of the AES algorithm for data on storage devices. NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.274 Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.273 Researchers at the Black Hat security conference on Thursday showed an iPhone security flaw which exploits a weakness in SMS text messaging to take co NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.272 The Mozilla Firefox browser experiences it`s first ever Zeroday exploit. (Fixed) NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.271 FoxNews is reporting that a Hacker is attempting extort $10 million from the State of Virginia NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.270 So many people have asked for our help with infected computers that we put together this review of free online malware scanners. NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.93 Conflicker updates its self to include a keylogger and tools to find passwords and finanacial data. NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.269 The "Conflicker" worm is set to trigger on April 1st. We provide the basic links you need to be prepared or to remove it. NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.268 NOD32 virus version 3918 is quarantining important Windows files NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.267