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Add the Radisson Hotels & Resorts chain to the growing list of businesses [datalossdb.org] reporting significant data breaches that exposed sensitive customer data.
In an open letter [radisson.com] to guests, Radisson chief operating officer Fredrik Korallus said the hotel chain’s computer system was hacked between November 2008 and May 2009 and customer data, including credit and debit card numbers, was stolen.  Read the full story [zdnet.com]

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Adobe’s never-ending run on the security treadmill hit a new gear this week with the release of patches to cover serious vulnerabilities in the ColdFusion and JRun web design and development platforms.
The patches, rated critical, cover a total of 7 vulnerabilities, some of which “could lead to the potential compromise of user accounts or the affected system,” according to an advisory from Adobe.  They affect ColdFusion v8.0.1 and earlier versions, and JRun 4.0.  Read the full story [zdnet.com]

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Arbor Networks security researcher Jose Nazario has stumbled upon a crimeware botnet using Twitter as its command-and-control operation.
The botnet, which is linked to identity thieves in Brazil, uses Twitter status messages to communicate with bots — sending new links for the infected computers to contact and new commands and executables to download and run.   Read the full story [arbornetworks.com]

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