administrators attacker
Five critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News That said, all of today's security bulletins address vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take complete control of a vulnerable PC. Until a patch for this is issued, as a temporary workaround we suggest IT... [09 Sep 2009]
Microsoft issues advisory for IIS flaw
News The flaw could allow an attacker to take over the server. In a posting on Monday, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) suggested IT administrators "disable anonymous write access to the FTP... [02 Sep 2009]
Microsoft IIS 'at risk from FTP flaw'
News Microsoft on Monday said it is looking into a report of a flaw in some versions of its Internet Information Services (IIS) product that could allow an attacker to gain control of a system. In a posting on Monday, the US... [01 Sep 2009]
Linux flaw bypasses security
News The exploit bypasses null pointer dereference protection in the mainline kernel, which could allow an attacker to gain root control of a system, Spengler wrote. This will cause the kernel to try to read/write data from... [21 Jul 2009]
Mozilla unearths critical Firefox 3.5 Just-in-time hole
News That means an attacker may be able to execute malicious code on a target machine, if the victim visits a website containing an exploit. On Wednesday, the US Computer Emergency Response Team said users and... [16 Jul 2009]
Ubuntu patches flaw
News A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as root, or crash the system, leading to a denial of service. The email also detailed a number of other bugs which could be exploited by an... [26 Aug 2008]
Internet blacklisting tool unveiled
News It is based on DShield researchers' finding that groups of networks share various degrees of common attacker overlap: what the researchers called "correlated victims". DShield and similar sites offer firewall filters... [28 Jul 2008]
Real-Time Multistage Attack Awareness Through Enhanced Intrusion Alert Clustering
White Paper For many networks and their system administrators, the alerts generated by Snort are the primary indicators of network misuse and attacker activity. Correlation and fusion of intrusion alerts to provide... [11 Apr 2008]
Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters
News Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager at Symantec Security Response, said: "While the batch of critical vulnerabilities all require some sort of user interaction to exploit, the interaction can be as simple as visiting a trusted website... [14 Feb 2008]
Network Security Hacks: Firewalling
White Paper By instituting a firewall, one can prevent unauthorized access to services at the network level before an attacker is given the chance to attempt to exploit them. The firewall is a key technology that is instrumental in... [24 Oct 2007]
It's a cracker: Blog software breached
News He did not say how the attacker breached the WordPress system. The vulnerability could allow an attacker access to the server running the blogging software. WordPress has additional tips for web hosters... [07 Mar 2007]
Glitch mars Microsoft patch batch
News Symantec security response director, Oliver Friedrichs, said in a statement: "The quantity of Microsoft Office vulnerabilities this month illustrates this emerging attacker focus, and users should consider the... [11 Oct 2006]
Sober attack shouldn't bite, say antivirus experts
News It's more likely the attacker will lay low or be blocked, rather than succeed. But experts from antivirus companies F-Secure, MessageLabs and Websense all agreed this Sober attack is unlikely to have a major effect, as... [04 Jan 2006]
Criminal IT: There's no cure-all for information security
Comment Information security measures should protect the information assets, detect any security breaches and deter any attempts by emphasising how difficult they might be and how likely the attacker is to be discovered. [22 Jun 2005]
MySQL worm spread halted
News Bot software represents a significant danger on the internet because computers compromised by the programs can be controlled by an attacker, allowing anonymous assaults on websites, untraceable spam floods and a way for... [31 Jan 2005]
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