vulnerabilities
RSS vulnerabilities"Invincible" Oracle not so secure
News Oracle is coming under increasing fire for its repeated claims that its software platform is "unbreakable" and able to withstand the best efforts of any hacker.silicon.com has spoken to two IT security firms in the last week that have... [23 Nov 2001]
Three security threats you'll never have heard of
News Most of the attacks exploit the vulnerabilities caused by developers' oversights, as it is impossible to build software where every single possibility is taken into consideration. Company networks could soon be subjected... [21 Nov 2001]
Hackers are insects: Official!
News They don't like to think of themselves as wrong-doers and claim to be helping people by publishing vulnerabilities. Entomology, the study of insects, can be loosely applied to studying the behaviour of hackers - or so... [21 Nov 2001]
Privacy paragon scraps security ideals
News SafeWeb will be focus on security products which enable remote workers to log on to their company extranets without leaving vulnerabilities in the corporate network. Internet start-up SafeWeb has dumped its high ideals... [20 Nov 2001]
Printers are a hacker's best friend
News The vulnerabilities concern the software which allows different clients to share a networked printer. Cert warned: "Administrators should check their systems for exposure, even if they have recently addressed some line... [13 Nov 2001]
Microsoft Passport flaw revealed - Wallet insecure
News Further vulnerabilities in Microsoft's controversial Passport authentication system, which could leave personal and financial data open to abuse, have been revealed. He said his theoretical attack took advantage of the... [05 Nov 2001]
Microsoft launches insecure security system
News Microsoft's new security programme - which includes updated security patches - CD-Roms and increased support, was launched in early October to protect customers' systems from existing vulnerabilities in IIS and the... [05 Nov 2001]
Red Hat security hole fixed in less than 24 hours
News There are many security vulnerabilities that have been found in both proprietary software and open source software that have been fixed in a few hours of discovery, but in the closed source world, it's taken about six... [26 Oct 2001]
'XP is not safe' say security firms
News Microsoft's .NET platform, the internet infrastructure for web services which relies on XP, allows virus writers to exploit Microsoft's known vulnerabilities and spread malware across different platforms, such as pocket... [26 Oct 2001]
Microsoft's brotherhood of silence
News The paper, written by Scott Culp, manager of the Microsoft response centre, urges the community to be more cautious when discussing the vulnerabilities. Every one of these worms exploited vulnerabilities... [19 Oct 2001]
Microsoft refuses to play security game
News Microsoft has been much criticised recently for poor security, particularly in the light of virus attacks such as Code Red and Nimda which took advantage of vulnerabilities in the IIS web-server software. [17 Oct 2001]
Best of Reader Comments: An all-Microsoft special
Comment Hellen said the vulnerabilities of IIS are distorted because of a large user base, and because the easy installation option does not invoke the highest security settings available in the software. In a silicon.com... [12 Oct 2001]
Microsoft: the system admins strike back (Part one)
News Hellen said the vulnerabilities of IIS are distorted because of a large user base, and because the easy installation option does not invoke the highest security settings available in the software. In a silicon.com... [12 Oct 2001]
Microsoft blames laidback sys admins for IIS breaches
News Hellen said the vulnerabilities of IIS are distorted because of a large user base, and because the easy installation option does not invoke the highest security settings available in the software. Gartner asserted that... [12 Oct 2001]
Mitnick on Mitnick: 'Why I'm going legit' (part two)
News I have contacts in the computer underground and stay abreast of security vulnerabilities and things that are under wraps. Mitnick: One that really comes to mind involved a security researcher in the UK, who had a... [08 Oct 2001]
