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Microsoft aims to reduce Windows Update restarts

Microsoft is tweaking its Windows Update service with Windows 8, and is trying to limit the number of restarts for... Read more

15 November, 2011

Cable reveals US concerns over Chinese cyber-warfare

...XFocus — a hacker group that the US believes was involved in developing Blaster worm exploits — had links with VenusTech, a Chinese company that also had... Read more

6 December, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Dross surfaces during silly season

...could call it the Fab Line. D'you want wafers with that? Blaster Worm Thanks, Microsoft, for leaving that gaping hole. Cheers, ISPs, for routinely... Read more

14 August, 2003 by Rupert Goodwins

Microsoft shuts down Update address

Microsoft says it has permanently killed the Windows Update Web site targeted by the MSBlast worm Read more

18 August, 2003 by Ina Fried
W32.<endeca_term>Blaster.Worm</endeca_term> Removal Tool 1.0.6.1

W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool 1.0.6.1

...of your computer with this removal tool. It will terminate the W32.Blaster.Worm viral processes, delete the W32.Blaster.Worm files, delete the dropped... Read more

12 August, 2003

How I survived MSBlast

The Blaster worm is affecting hundreds of thousands of Windows computers whose owners couldn... Read more

22 August, 2003 by Matthew Broersma
Tracing Technique for Blaster Attack

Tracing Technique for Blaster Attack

Blaster worm of 2003 is still persistent, the infection appears to have successfully... Read more

25 August, 2009

Windows XP Service Pack 2: a first look

...Activating Windows Firewall by default should prevent some attacks: for example, the Blaster worm cannot penetrate a system that's protected by a firewall. Windows... Read more

24 March, 2004 by Kai Schmerer

Did Blaster bring down the US grid?

...forgot to turn it back on when he went to lunch. The Blaster worm first appeared on 11 August, and infected more than a million... Read more

10 December, 2003 by Bruce Schneier
F-Secure: Inside the cage

F-Secure: Inside the cage

...every IP address shows the location of a machine infected with the Blaster worm. Worms scan the entire range of IP addresses "in a matter... Read more

28 September, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Attackers target Windows DNS flaw

...in several security bugs before, including in the vulnerability that let the Blaster worm spread. The French Security Incident Response Team deems the Windows DNS... Read more

13 April, 2007 by Joris Evers

Wikipedia used to spread malware

...in an attempt to spread malicious code. The entry for the W32.Blaster worm in the German version of the popular online encyclopaedia was altered... Read more

6 November, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Matalan checks out Linux tills

...to Menzel. The evaluation began at the end of 2003 when the Blaster worm was wreaking havoc in companies. In contrast, there have been no... Read more

27 September, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Redmond hails lifecycle security programme

Builder: Microsoft has claimed success in its quest to find a way to get its developers to write secure code Read more

2 September, 2005 by Renai LeMay

Man arrested for MSBlast pleads guilty

...to court documents filed last year, FBI agents traced traffic that the Blaster worm generated back to a Web site with a name that resembled... Read more

12 August, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

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