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Is Tech-savvy Virus Dangerous Or Not?
News That doesn't mean it's more dangerous, said Vincent Gullotto, director of Network Associates' antivirus emergency response team. Whiz-bang new features can sell software, but will they make a computer virus spread faster?
[November 16, 2000, 8:09]
Dangerous Waste Creates Disposal Dilemma
Leader If it is a mark of true civilisation that it is prepared to deal with dangerous waste, then in this matter we are prepared to be very civilised indeed. Civilisation is defined by many things: science, art, politics, trade - and sewerage.
[August 11, 2005, 13:40]
FBI 'hack' Could Set Dangerous Precedent
News It's extremely dangerous just to throw the door open -- it will be a free-for-all," said Jennifer Granick, clinical director for the Stanford University Center for Internet and Society. The United States is the repository of so much data; it is...
[May 2, 2001, 8:17]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback Would you buy a car that coughs and splutters every day, needs extra bits and is STILL unreliable; ALL American produce is deliberately designed that way - Quick to market, no quality or reliability, just a fast ‘buck’.
[December 13, 2004, 19:00]
MP3.com Enters Dangerous Territory
News Music download site MP3.com has launched an updated version of its My.MP3.com service that allows users to store CD collections online. The 'Beam-it' service uses proprietary software that verifies a CD's identity in any remote PC.
[January 14, 2000, 6:00]
Perl Flaw More Dangerous Than Thought
Talkback This problem is with a function, "printf", which is not unique to Perl, but which is used in other languages such as C and Java. Any language using the printf function is vulnerable, since the problem has to do with how that function works.
[December 8, 2005, 5:19]
Botnet More Dangerous Than Storm?
Blog Comment I wonder what it is that these people get out of unleashing these viruses, I suspect some are linked to anti-virus companies, otherwise why would anyone risk going to jail if there is no benefit?
[February 9, 2008, 17:18]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback Windows XP Service Pack 1 is far much better than SP2, and it doesn't even support my plug and play scanner, and it doesn't even monitor my NAV 2004, so what would be the solution to all this stuff and cuz its really bothers me.
[December 12, 2004, 9:11]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback There's that word again. ActiveX is mentioned in nearly every story about an IE flaw. Why don't they just get rid of the damn thing like the Mozilla team did?
[December 1, 2004, 12:30]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback ActiveX can be useful (when used appropriately), but if it's causing all these problems then the logical solution is to eliminate it from the affected software. Or if it's that vital to the running of websites and so on, why not create a secure...
[December 1, 2004, 14:05]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback I am using Windows XP SP2 Ok There is a flaw, how could I plug up the gap, any idea? help. Thanks
[February 1, 2005, 13:30]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback No matter how complex a flaw is, someone will do it.And then write a script/program that makes it easier and faster for others. Guaranteed.
[December 1, 2004, 14:07]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback With every update, M$ seems to sort one flaw and pave the way for another. It reminds me of botched code: taking patch after patch, while none of them are big/comprehensive enough to seal the proverbial wound from which hackers and coders can...
[December 13, 2004, 14:12]
Botnet More Dangerous Than Storm?
Blog Comment Sadly, there is a benefit to building these botnets. Amongst other things these are the systems which pump millions of spam emails into the internet pushing pump-and-dump shares, pen*s enlargement, a cocktail of non-recreational drugs and $100 of...
[February 11, 2008, 8:25]
Dangerous Flaw In Lib CGI
News A serious vulnerability has been found in the CGI C libraryLibCGI(libcgi.h), which is used widely by Unix and Linux programmers. Some serious security concerns have also recently been raised about C compilers themselves.
[December 17, 2002, 11:14]
Perl Flaw More Dangerous Than Thought
Talkback Why is this a Perl vulnerability? Perl is written in C, so couldn't this also be called a C vulnerability? Put the blame where it belongs, on Webmin, not on the language in which it was written.
[November 30, 2005, 19:53]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback I think is sad that you tell the world about a severe flaw in SP2, yet the advertisment on the same page tells you to "click here to download and evaluate SP2 now".
[December 1, 2004, 15:26]
Microsoft Live May Be A Dangerous Move
Talkback Although not exactly Pulitzer material, this article is one of the best-written technical articles I have seen in many a month - and I read many daily. It's concise, germane, and gets to the nub of the issues with minimum fuss and maximum...
[November 16, 2005, 20:17]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
Talkback If "IE" is for "Intranet Explorer" most of ActiveX flaws were the things no to be considered. Now we have alternatives, such as Firefox, for safer surfing on the Internet.
[December 1, 2004, 18:52]
Bagle Author Releases 'dangerous' Assembler Code
News Richard Starnes, vice president of security industry group ISSA UK, said the source code is "dangerous" but noted that it could hold clues that will help law enforcement agencies track down the author.
[July 5, 2004, 13:30]
