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RSS traffic holesSecurity: Dreaming of a problem-free PC?
News Microsoft has unveiled a new subscription-based computer fix-it service, aimed at automatically patching security holes, blocking viruses and spyware, and generally automating the chores of maintaining a computer's health. [16 May 2005]
Symantec plugs virus scanning flaw
News The announcement of the flaw happened the same day that Microsoft released a dozen patches to fix holes in its Windows operating system and other applications. Symantec said in an advisory: "The impact of this vulnerability is exaggerated by the... [10 Feb 2005]
Spam plateaus - but worse times to come?
News SP2 is so much more difficult to infiltrate because Microsoft has filled in so many of the holes. Mark Sunner, CTO of MessageLabs, said his company's own monitoring of the problem puts that figure at around 80 per cent of all email traffic, but... [02 Feb 2005]
Lycos kills off its anti-spam zombies
News Although the campaign was short lived, legal experts believe that the plan highlighted holes in UK laws. The controversial attempt to attack spammers by bombarding their websites with traffic from thousands of individual PCs is over. [07 Dec 2004]
Symantec fixes firewall security holes
News It also fixed glitches in its Gateway Security 320, 360 and 360R products, which had been susceptible to two of the security holes. Gateways route traffic in and out of networks or between network segments. [27 Sep 2004]
IM the prime suspect in City leaks
News Despite the imminent arrival of tighter legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley, many traders and financial workers appear to still be 'making hay while the sun shines' - or rather leaking data while the holes exists to do so. [20 Aug 2004]
Analysis: The network is the security
Comment No one vendor has all the pieces for network-centric security today, but several have strong leads and the wherewithal to fill in their product holes. Like existing tools from Arbor Networks, Mazu Networks and Q1 Labs, the network will create a... [14 Jul 2004]
Windows hacks available on the net
News Currently, Symantec and the Internet Storm Center, a site that monitors network threats, have both detected automated attacks on computers that have not had the recent security holes patched. While some news reports have theorised that a new worm... [29 Apr 2004]
Signed spam tries to fool filters
News The attack on the software's filtering process highlights the dangers of open-source projects, but it also reinforces the ability of projects with active development teams to quickly respond to such security holes. [13 Oct 2003]
Banking websites are 'turkey shoot for hackers'
News Tighter security across all areas needs to be made a priority today and the holes plugged quickly - or this could become a turkey shoot for hackers. Roy Hills, technical director at NTA Monitor, said in a statement that router flaws can allow a... [20 Aug 2003]
Another MSBlast variant appears
News The latest variant of MSBlast only plugs the security holes on the English, Korean and Chinese versions of Windows XP and Windows 2000. Despite the apparent lack of malicious intent, the worm still sends a great deal of unwanted traffic, as it... [19 Aug 2003]
Worm's spread shows holes in patch system
Comment Because holes in security are always a possibility - and usually a given - building redundancies into a corporate network could make the difference between a single breach and massive infection. Instead of relying on its clients to patch their... [13 Aug 2003]
Router holes 'threaten the internet'
News The border gateway protocol, a widely used technology for efficiently routing data through the internet, is rife with security holes and needs to be replaced, a security consultant has warned. Using such digital forgery could allow an attacker to... [03 Mar 2003]
Devil's Advocate: The state we're in - simply a break down in communications?
Comment Certainly we have borne the pain while telcos caused traffic jams as they dug holes all over the UK for vast quantities of optical fibre. Should any of us really be so harsh? Surprisingly, some people still seem to think mobile operators deserve... [09 Jul 2002]
Top ten tips to stop internal hackers
News Routinely audit the programme and fix the holes! Implement architectural features to isolate, minimise and monitor internal user access abuses such as using packet sniffers to monitor internal traffic and host and/or a network-based intrusion... [05 Feb 2002]
