vulnerabilities
RSS vulnerabilitiesParasites perform long multiplication
News Vulnerabilities in the internet have been put to use by boffins who have used the combined power of servers around the world to perform complex calculations. Scientists at Notre Dame University sent many different... [30 Aug 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Work work work, OS attacks and the secret of Google's success
Comment However, what is obvious is that Windows is the most defaced platform around and Microsoft needs to address the vulnerabilities urgently. Everyone knows that the best indicator of a hardworking member of staff is to be... [28 Aug 2001]
Microsoft offers free bug protection
News The free download aims to combat vulnerabilities in its Internet Information Services (IIS) product, part of the Windows NT and 2000 operating systems and used in the publication of web pages. Microsoft is offering a... [24 Aug 2001]
Code Red: Pat on the back for Microsoft and the media
News The statement said: "It is possible that the publicity given to the vulnerabilities of the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and the availability of the patch will have helped to reduce the effects of the worm... [01 Aug 2001]
Code Red: Microsoft and US government got it wrong
News The worm works by searching for vulnerabilities in servers and propagating itself rapidly between them. Data from web performance monitoring firm Keynote has thrown doubt on US claims the Code Red worm halted traffic... [31 Jul 2001]
Does the internet have 24 hours to live?
News There are other vulnerabilities in IIS web server that are probably equally widespread, like that extended unicode vulnerability," he claimed. The internet could come to a grinding halt tomorrow night - and all because... [30 Jul 2001]
Tailless mice eating holes in corporate networks
News He added: "If you must use wireless devices in security sensitive areas, use infra-red that has a more limited range, offering less chances of vulnerabilities. Security experts have sounded a warning to users of a... [04 Jun 2001]
Virus writers pay their curious homage to Unix
News According to analysts and virus watchdog the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), there has been a significant increase in the number of self-propagating worms and active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Solaris,... [30 May 2001]
Worm attack: MS and Solaris users beware
News The worm, known as Sadmind/IIS, can compromise system security through a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Solstice program, allowing web pages to be defaced. The worm installs software to attack servers running Microsoft IIS and can... [08 May 2001]
Ethical hacking - no reason to run scared
Comment The point is - and always has been - no single product, series of products, or services can completely eliminate security vulnerabilities. No, not the head of Whitestar Corporation before a maiden voyage of a certain... [23 Apr 2001]
Hackers tear apart US sites - FBI issues public warning
News We did issue a warning about software vulnerabilities back in December of last year, but since then we have clocked up another 24 corporate victims, so we decided it was in the public interest to do something about it,"... [30 Mar 2001]
A hack too far: Charity site defaced - experts fear epidemic
News It's such a simple thing to do, there are so many remote vulnerabilities, a hacker can just waltz up and go straight into a system. Late last night, the Brazilian group hacked into the computer system of the Parkinson's... [22 Mar 2001]
European communications 'wide open' to interception
News A former Nato encryption expert, who advised the EU on communications vulnerabilities in 1996, claimed that the Commission had been in the habit of sending completely unencrypted information, throwing into doubt the EU... [09 Mar 2001]
Securicor promises 'no more data scandals'
News Stephen Taylor, CEO of Securicor eSolutions, said in a statement: "We selected RSA Security because it offers us the most reliable implementation available and we believe strongly in its reputation for shipping code that is free of... [27 Feb 2001]
Microsoft server flaw lesson goes unlearned
News But the company reported significantly more success in mending a series of vulnerabilities in Berkeley Internet Name software (BIND) which were discovered by the CERT Coordination Centre at Carnegie Mellon University at... [23 Feb 2001]
