InfoSec News 2012-02-21

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InfoSec News for Tuesday February 21, 2012.

1. Home Sec splits Border Agency after passport checks fiasco
   May: Secure ID suspension lacked ‘ministerial consent’: Blighty’s Border Force is to be divorced from the UKBA following a series of embarrassing passport check gaffes last summer, the Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs yesterday.
2. Microsoft claims Google bypassed its browser privacy too
   P3P policy flaw gave automatic access: Microsoft has released data showing that Google has been bypassing the user-defined privacy settings in Internet Explorer by using incorrect P3P identification terms.
3. Security biz scoffs at Apple’s anti-Trojan Gatekeeper
   Apple dev ghetto fears – plus it only probes executables: Security watchers are expressing reservations about whitelisting security that Apple plans to integrate with OS X Mountain Lion this summer.
4. Unions: MoD ‘mad to fire staff while increasing consultant spending’
   Calculator says no but watch the colonels: Analysis UK public-sector unions say that revelations of what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) spends on specialist consultants show that current plans to fire tens of thousands of staff will lead to increased expenditure. Could they be right?
5. Google plots Chrome web password generator
   How the secrets are stored and recovered is another matter: Google is developing a password-generating tool that will bolt into its Chrome browser.
6. Unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011
7. Online privacy debate falls victim to rhetoric
8. Anonymous targets Vic Toews over Internet surveillance bill, revives Vikileaks
9. Syrian dissidents claim government uses malware to spy on them
10. DDoS attackers target Russian election webcams
11. McAfee, Xerox Partner on Printer Security
12. When Is a Cybercrime an Act of Cyberwar?