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Almost $100 Billion await recovery in Medicaid programs

The Hinkes Group, a top New Mexico Realtor, has announced the expansion of its Albuquerque operations and the launch of its new real estate website. This site makes it easy for people to both buy and sell homes and property. Buyers can see listings on the site or get update emails with the latest additions to the listing chart. Sellers will find information about how to value their homes, which properties have recently been sold, and tips on how to make their homes more marketable.

Oracle is all set for the upcoming critical patch update. The pre-release announcement by the company indicates that in all 73 vulnerabilities associated with numerous products will be mitigated during the next critical patch update. The update will mitigate security vulnerabilities associated with Oracle database server, fusion middleware, enterprise manager, e-business suite, supply chain products, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards suite, Siebel CRM, industry applications, Sun products and Open office suite.

Recently, a top executive of FBI highlighted cybersecurity challenges faced by the country at a hearing by Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism.

Security researcher Jeremiah Talamantes will release a new penetration testing tool called "PlugBot" at this year’s TakeDownCon Dallas, a new IT security conference designed by the EC-Council.

Recently, WordPress.com suffered yet another security breach. The site had suffered a massive distributed denial-of-service attack earlier in the year. In the latest case, attackers were able to intrude into several of the company servers. The attack puts at risk all the information contained on those servers. Information security professionals of Automattic, the company, which owns the popular WordPress.com blogging platform, are currently investigating the security incident. In a blog post on the site, Matt Mullenweg, the company's founder said that attackers were successful in extracting the source code. Mullenweg said that while much of the source code is Open source, some portion of the code is sensitive. The company is investigating the extent of information leaked, and identifying and mitigating the threat vectors, which allowed attackers to gain unauthorized access.

Recently, a popular and independent Malaysian online news portal suffered cyber-attacks. Attackers launched sustained attacks on Malaysiakini.com, virtually shutting down main servers hosted at two different data centers of the company in Kuala Lumpur. Information security professionals of the organization have identified the attacks as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack and are trying to restore the website. The cyber-attack on the news portal follows a similar attack on another website sarawakreport.org. The attacks come just days before scheduled elections in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Sarawakreport.org was openly critical of the Chief Minister of the state for allegedly amassing disproportionate wealth.

French intelligence agencies are investigating a possible case of cyber espionage, which lead to leakage of confidential business information related to an aerospace and defense firm.

Recently, Hyundai Capital reported a data breach incident, which resulted in disclosure of sensitive customer information.

TakeDownCon, the technical IT security conference series designed by the EC-Council, is making its debut in the information security conference arena next month.

Microsoft will release 17 security bulletins in the upcoming Patch Tuesday. Out of the security 17 bulletins, nine are rated critical by the company, while the rest are rated as important.

Recently, Symantec released findings of the company's latest Internet Security Threat Report.

Recently, Epsilon, a leading marketing services firm notified clients of a possible data breach incident.

Recently, millions of web pages across the world suffered a massive SQL injection attack. The attack was first identified by Internet security firm Websense. Attackers injected SQL commands into the associated databases of websites by exploiting weaknesses in web applications. The code was designed to redirect users to different fake websites. Security researchers at Websense have termed the attack as ‘LizaMoon’ attack as that was one of the first websites to which victims were redirected. The redirected website warns the victims that their computer systems have been infected with malware and viruses. The site provides a link to download a fake anti-virus program called ‘Windows Stability Center’ and identifies itself as a Microsoft product to appear genuine to the users.

Don Chalmers Ford, a trusted Albuquerque Ford dealership, presents its selection of fuel-efficient 2012 Ford Focus vehicles. Albuquerque Ford shoppers should check out the dealership’s entire selection of new and pre-owned vehicles in their showroom.

Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest and renowned technical professional association notified members of possible data breach. The association identified the unauthorized access to customer database in December. Computer forensics professionals were engaged to investigate the security breach incident. In February, the forensics investigators identified that a file containing customer data was deleted from the computers of IEEE in November last year.

New Mexico Ford shoppers can find the 2011 Ford Fusion in stock now at Don Chalmers Ford. Updates for 2011 include more convenience, safety and technology features.

Recently, Spotify users suffered malvertizing attacks. Malvertizing attacks involve injection of malicious code in advertisements to insert malware in vulnerable computers.

Recently, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) identified lapses in information security practices of government departments.

Recently, Telus Corporation, a major Canadian national telecommunications company warned customers of e-mail phishing scam.

Recently, Google updated Chrome Stable and Beta channels to 10.0.648.204. The update mitigates six high-risk vulnerabilities.

Recently, New Jersey state legislature passed a bill, which sought to amend an earlier law to impose criminal penalties for criminal impersonation through any means including electronic communications or Internet website. The bill was not opposed by any member of the legislature. The new bill has been now referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill was sponsored by legislators Craig J. Coughlin, Annette Quijano and Jon M. Bramnick and co-sponsored by legislators John S. Wisniewski and Pamela R. Lampitt.

Albuquerque Ford drivers can shop at Don Chalmers Ford for the new 2011 Ford Escape. The dealership carries a variety of models that can be taken out for a test drive.

While the emergence of social networking sites has revolutionized the way people communicate with their friends, relatives and peers, they have also aided perpetrators of crime to peep into personal data of users. Facebook users in particular have been repeatedly targeted by cybercriminals to extract personal information.

Recently, a bill was introduced in the U.S Senate seeking creation of a National office for Cyberspace.

Recently, a report by the United States Government Accountability Office indicated inadequate information security practices by Internal Revenue Service.

EC-Council has launched the Center of Advanced Security Training (CAST), to address the deficiency in highly technically skilled information security professionals.