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Slapper worm continues to put it about
News A computer that gets infected becomes part of the network and could be commanded, or used to command the other computers on the network, to attack, said Al Huger, senior director of engineering for the incident response team at security company...
[September 17, 2002, 12:39]
Email from 'Citibank' conceals Trojan
News An email purporting to be from Citibank carries a Trojan virus that plants a back door on an infected computer, allowing a hacker to use the machine as a channel for other activities on the Internet. After activation, this Trojan copies itself to...
[November 12, 2003, 10:30]
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Patch: Netmon Protocol Parsing
Downloads If malformed data is sent over a network that an administrator is monitoring, it could overrun the buffer (a temporary data storage area on your computer) and either cause the NetMon to fail, or cause code of the sender’s choice to run on the...
[November 3, 2000, 7:00]
NTRconnect Remote Access for Mac
Downloads Secure remote access to your Mac from any computer at any time. Second, select the computer you wish to control (you can select any of the computers you have access to from the Control Panel). Third, access the remote computer selected; the desktop...
[December 27, 2007, 23:20]
The Security of the State
Leader PM: "Still, perhaps we ought to get John Reid to to start up some sort of internal regulator, called, say, the Office of UK Computer Security. The PM is frowning at his computer, while Sir Humphrey is discreetly checking his BlackBerry
[August 31, 2006, 15:10]
Another Day, Another Data Loss
Blog It is simply no longer enough to write a computer security policy and expect everyone to follow it to the letter. An investigation is now under way into the disappearance of a computer hard drive containing the personal details of approximately 100...
[October 13, 2008, 8:56]
Bush beefs up cybercrime spending
News Cyberspace security is a key element of infrastructure protection because the Internet and other computer systems link many infrastructure sectors," an analysis prepared by the White House said. Bush has proposed a $2.4tn (£1.32tn) federal budget...
[February 3, 2004, 9:10]
Hackers: Corporate security stinks!
News Another network-security specialist, for an academic supercomputer centre, said university networks are even worse, with an unsecured computer lasting only about 45 minutes before some student or Internet intruder takes control of the system.
[March 30, 2001, 8:13]
Symantec: Security reporting chain is broken
News Despite Symantec's concerns, Cambridge University computer security expert Richard Clayton said a more pressing concern for businesses was making sure patches were managed correctly, and that users were educated about security issues.
[October 22, 2007, 15:08]
Targeted Web attacks review
Reviews Forget the notion of a lone script kiddie sitting at a computer, launching wide-scale attacks on random computers around the world. Using known vulnerabilities in Windows, Outlook and Internet Explorer, a targeted Trojan horse can be installed on...
[July 13, 2005, 8:30]
Italian hackers: Business or leisure?
News Those arrested included four minors, the security manager of a large Italian ISP, a network security manager for a computer consulting company, and several IT consultants. Italy's Guardia di Finanza, or financial police, last week arrested 14...
[August 5, 2002, 12:04]
The fox guarding the chicken coop
News I am still interested in computer security, but now from the other side. Since elementary school, I have been interested in computer viruses, and I focused on computer security. The Czech police have raided his home and confiscated his computer...
[January 18, 2005, 9:50]
Hackers scanning for trouble
News According to Peter Tippett at computer security research firm ICSA, a new box connected to the Net will almost certainly be "scanned" before one week goes by. There are thousands of ways to break into a computer, and there are now several...
[August 24, 1999, 14:12]
Cisco initiative tackles mobile working security threat
News However, the technology won't work unless security software can tell the Trusted Agent application the current state of security on the computer or mobile device. Adding further protections to the system that attests to the security of a computer...
[November 19, 2003, 11:50]
Symantec unwraps anti-spyware beta
News At that time, the product will arrive as part of Symantec's Norton Internet Security AntiSpyware Edition, a midyear update of its annual computer defence applications set. Spyware is a brand of malicious program that secretly loads itself onto an...
[April 19, 2005, 10:05]
Backup software hit with security alerts
News The other two could assist an unauthorised user to commandeer the computer running the vulnerable backup and data recovery software, the company said in a security alert. Earlier this week, computer code that takes advantage of a known...
[January 19, 2006, 8:50]
Brave New Ballot review
Reviews Why, Rubin asks at some point, should some election officials react with as much hostility as the manufacturers when computer security experts point out flaws in election system design? Brave New Ballot does a pretty good job of showing how...
[February 2, 2007, 11:54]
Develop a security strategy for mobile working
News You can also add an extra layer of security by requiring two-factor authentication to log on to the computer. That's why it's important to develop security policies for mobile computer users from the beginning, and ensure that those policies can...
[July 19, 2006, 13:35]
Plymouth University - Viglen Helps University Reduce Desktop Power Consumption by 40%
White Papers Duo processors, desktops used 40 per cent less power and security updates were also managed whether the computer was left on or off. The University of Plymouth understands the power of IT to support learning and attracts an increasing number of...
[October 23, 2008, 1:01]
MS admits planting secret password
News Two security experts discovered the rogue computer code -- part of which was the denigrating comment "Netscape engineers are weenies! Microsoft urged customers to delete the computer file-called "dvwssr.dll"-containing the offending code.
[April 14, 2000, 12:11]
