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Subject: [ISN] NASDAQ out of date software helped hackers -- report
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-11-23 7:32:42
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By Leo King
Computerworld UK
21 November 11
NASDAQ's ageing software and out of date security patches played a key
part in the stock exchange being hacked last year, according to the
reported preliminary results of an FBI investigation.
Forensic investigators found some PCs and servers with out-of-date
software and uninstalled security patches, Reuters reported, including
Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The stock exchange had also incorrectly
configured some of its firewalls.
NASDAQ, which prides itself on running some of the fastest client-facing
systems in the financial world, does have a generally sound PC and
network architecture, the FBI reportedly found.
But sources close to the investigation told Reuters that NASDAQ had been
an "easy target" because of the specific security problems found.
Investigators had apparently expressed surprise that the stock exchange
had not been more vigilant.
[...]
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