New worms have surfaced that attack a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows 2000 Plug and Play service. Over the weekend, two variants of a new worm, dubbed Zotob, have begun circulating, though neither variant has become widespread, researchers say.
Robert McMillan |
16 Aug |
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Authentication software vendor ActivCard has completed its acquisition of Australian identity management company Protocom Development Systems Pty. Ltd., the companies announced Monday.
Robert McMillan |
09 Aug |
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Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow a hacker to use Google's massive database as a resource for intrusion.
Robert McMillan |
02 Aug |
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U.S. banks are putting customer convenience ahead of security and, in the process, making it much easier for online "phishers" to create counterfeit bank cards, according to a Gartner report released Tuesday. And with the Internet now a common source of stolen account information, phishers are accounting for a growing portion of the estimated US$2.75 billion in annual losses that bank card abuse is costing U.S. banks, the research firm said.
Robert McMillan |
03 Aug |
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Internet Security Systems (ISS) research analyst Michael Lynn quit his job to provide information on a serious Cisco Systems router vulnerability at this week's Black Hat USA conference after his company decided not to give a presentation on the flaw.
Robert McMillan |
28 Jul |
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While the cost of fending off hackers appears to be dropping for U.S. companies, attacks that involved unauthorized access to information are becoming much more costly, according a survey published Thursday by the Computer Security Institute and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Robert McMillan |
18 Jul |
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