security flaws
RSS security flawsSecurity giant hit by hacker attack
News NAI's US servers were bombarded in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack after malicious software was posted anonymously on a security mailing list with 85,000 members, called BugTraq. Chris McNab, network... [01 Feb 2001]
'Most common' web software open to hack attack
News A survey by Mice & Men revealed a quarter of Fortune 1000 firms have the same badly configured DNS software, leaving flaws and weaknesses for hackers to exploit. The BIND flaws were found in lab... [30 Jan 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Linux wormed, UK offline, and a PC market prognosis
Comment In the case of the Ramen worm, patches to cover the targeted flaws have been available for around six months. Security experts have noticed an increase in the number of internet scans for... [22 Jan 2001]
Linux wormed, UK offline, and a PC market prognosis
Comment In the case of the Ramen worm, patches to cover the targeted flaws have been available for around six months. Security experts have noticed an increase in the number of internet scans for... [22 Jan 2001]
Linux community on the look out for Ramen worm
News The self-spreading worm scans the internet for servers based on Red Hat 6.2 or 7.0 and then attempts to gain access by using the well known security flaws in the servers. The RPC.statd and wu-FTP... [19 Jan 2001]
Security fears hold back online billing
News David Pitt, president of Convergent Europe, said the recent spate of security flaws, such as the Powergen scandal, has made businesses very cautious. Cherkoori explained that security... [26 Sep 2000]
Microsoft bugs: Shape up before you ship out
Comment When these flaws allow highly-damaging actions like DoS attacks, then the answer has to be yes. An Australian discovered that a flaw in the code allows malicious hackers to crash PCs running WebTV for Windows, and... [15 Sep 2000]
Common ground: uniting against the virus threat
Comment The media should be addressing the flaws in the software rather than seeking out the next big sensation. The main sufferers have often been the security experts - they greeted the recent 'Resume - Janet... [23 Aug 2000]
Third time unlucky: Another online blunder for Barclays
News EXCLUSIVE: Barclays' online security is under fire again - after a third security lapse in the space of a fortnight exposed further flaws in the banking giant's online offering. A... [10 Aug 2000]
WAP phones 'open to viruses'
News He said: "Operators are well prepared for any possible security flaws the new technologies may bring. Security experts fear the recent Timofonica virus, which sent SMS text message spam... [11 Jun 2000]
Ecommerce Bill in trouble over human rights
News He added that Justice - which examines every piece of government legislation for human rights flaws - had never seen such a badly drafted document. According to Beatson and fellow barrister Tim Eicke, the proposal to... [25 Oct 1999]
Hackers pose bigger threat than Y2K
News But security flaws in communications systems and hackers are an unknown quantity - with many companies not realising how vulnerable they are. The IISS added that an increasing dependence on computer... [05 May 1999]
UK government 'exposed to hackers'
News The study found that many government email servers are running software packages with known security flaws. Lax security in email servers is putting the UK government at risk of cyber... [26 Apr 1999]
US tax office slammed over security flaws
News The US tax office, the Inland Revenue Service (IRS), has failed to rectify security flaws found in its computer system two years ago, according to the latest report from the General Accounting Office (GAO). [15 Jan 1999]
One in five corporate servers hijacked by spam-mailers
News This morning Silicon.com reported that NTA Monitor conducted an Internet survey which found that over half of Europe's corporations have security flaws on their email servers leaving internal... [10 Nov 1998]
