System Security -- Security firm Internet Security Systems (ISS) released a status report on Internet security threats from July to September. ISS' figures show that the number of threats rose nine percent compared to the previous three months, and serious confirmed risks rose 15 percent. ISS also noted that 823 new exploits had been used within the three-month period, and the number of blended threats that use more than one form of attack has also risen. The findings are similar to those released by Symantec last month, and both companies attribute the rise in threats to opportunistic hackers that try to profit when information about security vulnerabilities becomes public, as was the case with the MSBlast worm that recently took advantage of a Microsoft Windows flaw.
Promoted -- Leisure executive George Rushton has been appointed as managing director for Gaming company Sportech. Rushton will take over for Colin McGill who is retiring at the age of 55.
Charity -- Online gaming charity site GoodLot presented $10,000 to Anna Roosevelt, granddaughter of former U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the Roosevelt Four Freedom Awards last weekend in Hyde Park, New York. GoodLot's donation will go toward an interactive learning project on freedom and human rights. Roosevelt, who is one of GoodLot's ambassadors, said “The new venture GoodLot promises to be an extraordinarily successful means of charitable giving, with a significant percentage of the gross proceeds going directly to charity. I admire greatly what GoodLot is setting out to do.” Other GoodLot Ambassadors include Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbechev, Anita Roddick, and more.
Deals -- Online Casino News reports that Warren Eugene, a familiar fellow to many in the online gaming scene, has entered a different industry. His company, Medical Cannabis Inc., is expected to close a deal this week whereby it will offload or sell 51 percent ownership to an unnamed public company with an option on the remaining 49 percent. Courts in Canada and the U.S. have recently lessened restrictions on medical marijuana (though not to the same extent).