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Hackers Put Net Security Watchdog Out Of Action
News Unknown attackers inundated the US Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center with data Tuesday and Wednesday, cutting off the public's access to the organisation that is largely responsible for warning others on the Internet about...
[May 24, 2001, 9:30]
Flaws In Common Software Threaten Net
News As previously reported, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center, a major clearinghouse for security-related information on the Internet, issued an advisory and urged system administrators and network engineers to test any...
[February 13, 2002, 8:40]
Contemporary Arts Center Increases Network Security And Productivity
White Papers As the center increased its Internet use it needed to balance accessibility with security. In response, the center upgraded to Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 to gain advanced application-layer filtering, unified firewall...
[November 29, 2006, 0:00]
Increase In Windows Attacks Reported
News The SANS Internet Storm Center, Symantec, McAfee and several other security companies are warning of a new worm that wriggles into Windows PCs by way of a security flaw for which Microsoft issued a patch with security bulletin MS06-040 on 8 August.
[September 1, 2006, 9:05]
US Warns Of Increased Cybercrime Risks
News Globalisation and increased reliance on the internet raise the risk of cyberattacks, a top US government security official warned on Thursday. Security is also threatened by the move to rely on the internet or a converged network based on the...
[February 9, 2007, 8:47]
US Government Unveils Cybersecurity Plan
News Two months ago, Clarke lambasted the lack of security in wireless LANs (local area networks) as a major vulnerability in the nation's Internet infrastructure, but in the draft released Wednesday, the plan recommends only that federal agencies "be...
[September 20, 2002, 7:40]
Scripting Flaw Leaves Sites Vulnerable
News It is not really easy to execute," said Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer for the SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Internet Storm Center, who obtained a program file that illustrates the vulnerability.
[February 28, 2002, 9:48]
Hackers Split Over Vigilante Strikes
News Groups of online vandals and hackers are split over how to respond to this week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with some Internet vigilantes calling for an assault on perceived terrorist sites and others pleading...
[September 17, 2001, 9:32]
Worms Target Lazy Passwords
News A spike in Internet traffic caused by a worm over the weekend can be largely blamed on bad passwords and poor security practices, security experts said on Monday. The worm caused a spike in traffic on Saturday and Sunday, but after the weekend had...
[March 11, 2003, 8:42]
Security Clearinghouse Under The Gun
News Carpenter also dismissed the security researcher's main concern: That companies who receive early information may leak details and place the security of the Internet in jeopardy. Internet Security Systems found itself on the other side of the...
[January 30, 2003, 8:05]
Bug Alert Firm Sets New Guidelines
News In a move aimed at quieting critics, network protection company Internet Security Systems posted guidelines on Monday on how it will warn the public of flaws in companies' software. The policy conforms with a draft set of guidelines recommended by...
[December 3, 2002, 8:43]
CERT Casts Doubt On Security Find
News We don't see any specific vulnerability being discovered here," said Jason Rafail, an Internet security analyst at the centre. Security community members have criticised the researchers for presenting too little detail to support their warnings of...
[January 23, 2004, 9:10]
Firms Urged To Use Unauthorised Windows Patch
News Internet Storm Center urged businesses to use the unofficial patch, as The Internet Storm Center admitted that many businesses would be very reluctant to deploy an unofficial patch on their systems, but insisted that such drastic action is needed.
[January 3, 2006, 16:10]
Attack Code Raises Risk For Windows
News Microsoft continues to work on a fix for the problem, and attacks are still limited, Christopher Budd, a Microsoft Security Response Center staffer, wrote on a corporate blog on Sunday. This mitigates the risk, according to the SANS Internet Storm...
[April 17, 2007, 10:27]
Windows Vista: Build 5231 review
Reviews Although we got a taste of the new IE in last month's build, Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista includes new security and interface features. For you and me, that means a promise of greater stability and security within the OS, better graphics...
[October 18, 2005, 10:25]
Sendmail Flaw Tests New Security Body
News A critical flaw in Sendmail, the Internet's most popular email server, has become the first test for the US' newly minted Department of Homeland Security and its cyberdefence arm. The DHS's Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure...
[March 4, 2003, 7:36]
Homeland Security Bill Becomes US Law
News When President Bush signed a bill on Monday creating the Department of Homeland Security, he started a process that will reshuffle bureaucracies, permit greater Internet surveillance and refocus the government's computer security efforts.
[November 26, 2002, 11:41]
Hackers Take Advantage Of Windows WMF Flaw
News The Internet Storm Center has advised businesses to use an unofficial patch developed by security software developer Ilfak Guilfanov, because the official Microsoft patch will not be available until next Tuesday.
[January 3, 2006, 17:20]
Cyberterrorism: Security Versus Liberty
News People pretty readily let go of privacy concerns as soon as security is involved," said Jonathan Zittrain, co-director of Harvard University Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Jennifer Granick, a defence attorney and director for...
[August 27, 2002, 13:35]
McAfee VirusScan 8.0 review
Reviews Despite Security Center's embrace of third-party security applications, it's still very McAfee-centric. Security Center accurately detected the presence of ZoneAlarm, as indicated by the 10.0 rating on the AntiHacker index; but by default, it...
[September 29, 2003, 11:20]
