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http://www.nist.org - Hosted by BlueHost. We've never had a better hosting company. John Herron, CISSP - herronj@nist.org herronj@nist.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:47:08 -0600 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:47:08 -0600 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) 60 NIST IT Security : News http://www.nist.org/nist_images/logo_template.png http://www.nist.org/ 88 31 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. Search Search NIST IT Security query http://www.nist.org/search.php NIST Computer Security Division Released Special Publication 800-38E http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.274 This publication approves the XTS-AES mode of the AES algorithm for data on storage devices. NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:38:27 -0700 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.274 DRAFT Special Publication 800-37 Revision 1 Available http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.273 Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:41:18 -0700 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.273 News Blog: "Mass Panic! The iPhone Has a Vulnerability" http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.272 Researchers at the Black Hat security conference on Thursday showed an iPhone security flaw which exploits a weakness in SMS text messaging to take control of the device. NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:09:54 -0600 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.272 First ZeroDay Exploit Hits Firefox http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.271 The Mozilla Firefox browser experiences it`s first ever Zeroday exploit. (Fixed) NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:11:54 -0600 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.271 "FBI Probes Hacker's $10 Million Ransom Demand for Stolen Virginia Medical Records" http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.270 FoxNews is reporting that a Hacker is attempting extort $10 million from the State of Virginia NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> Wed, 06 May 2009 14:51:28 -0600 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.270 Free Online Antivirus, Spyware, and Firewall Scanners Review http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.93 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> Mon, 04 May 2009 16:16:00 -0600 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.93 Conflicker Worm / Botnet Downloads Mystery Payload – April 9th update http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.269 Conflicker updates its self to include a keylogger and tools to find passwords and finanacial data. NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:51:20 -0600 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.269 Conflicker Worm - April Fools Day Likely To Make Fools Out Of Us Either Way http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.268 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> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:21:27 -0600 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.268 ESET NOD32 False Positive for Kryptik.JX Causing Problems http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.267 NOD32 virus version 3918 is quarantining important Windows files NIST.org<herronj@nospam.com> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:12:29 -0600 http://www.nist.org/news.php?extend.267