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Hackers Take Advantage Of Windows WMF Flaw
News Hackers are stepping up their attempts to exploit the WMF vulnerability that was discovered within Microsoft Windows last year, experts warned on Tuesday. These files can also be embedded within a Web page, and security vendor Websense has warned...
[January 3, 2006, 17:20]
More Woe For Marconi
News Shares in troubled telecoms equipment manufacturer Marconi fell on Tuesday morning after experts warned that the company was unlikely to stage a strong recovery in the near future. In a note to investors, the analysts warned that "we feel it...
[August 14, 2001, 11:42]
Dasher Worm Threatens Windows Users
News A Windows-targeted worm that drops spying software on vulnerable PCs is spreading across the Internet, security experts have warned. Security experts at Internet Security Systems expressed concern about the new worm and warned users to be vigilant.
[December 19, 2005, 9:45]
OpenOffice Password Crack Is Open To Abuse
News Security experts have warned that password recovery tools for OpenOffice, the open-source application suite, are vulnerable to abuse. But security experts have warned that such tools could be open to abuse.
[April 23, 2007, 17:39]
Cisco Warns Of VPN Security Issue
News Cisco warned customers on Thursday of what security experts are calling a "minor security issue" in its IPSec-based VPN 3000 Concentrator. And in March, the company warned customers that software code exploiting nine vulnerabilities had been found...
[April 19, 2004, 10:15]
Ex-NSA Expert Warns Of Concealed Backdoors
News Speaking to privacy groups as well as cryptography and security experts at the International Forum on Surveillance by Design at the London School of Economics, Madsen warned that this is an area of growing interest for security services such as...
[September 25, 2000, 10:51]
Hacking Goldmine As BT Publishes Remote Dial-up Numbers
News BT has told ZDNet UK that this list will be taken down from the Web, but security experts have warned that the numbers could already have fallen into the hands of malicious computer users. Hills described the publication of the numbers by BT as "a...
[March 25, 2002, 18:00]
Perl Warnings Toned Down
News Experts have warned that with the disclosure of the On 29 November, Dyad Security warned that an attacker could gain full control of a computer running a vulnerable version of Webmin because of a format string vulnerability in the application.
[December 16, 2005, 9:10]
Scripting Flaw Leaves Sites Vulnerable
News A member of the PHP engineering team warned Web developers of the software flaws in an advisory on Wednesday, but security experts believe that while some in the Internet underground have tools to exploit the flaw, few people have the resources.
[February 28, 2002, 9:48]
Malware Records Banking Passwords
News In April, security experts warned that 'bot networks' -- large networks of zombified home PCs -- are a greater threat than high-profile worms such as Sasser and MSBlast, because they could be used to steal financial information or to send...
[June 30, 2004, 8:55]
'Electronic Jihad' Played Down
News A year ago, security experts warned that online vandals had called for others in the Internet underground to deface Web sites as part of a contest. The Anti-Defamation League warned of similar attacks in December 2000.
[August 26, 2004, 8:10]
Jackson Pulled Into Throes Of MS-DoJ Fray
News Legal experts already had warned that Jackson's ongoing comments about the case -- some of which were leveled at the Court of Appeals -- had undermined the government's victory. They also warned that no matter what the outcome of the appeal...
[February 7, 2001, 10:28]
DOJ, Microsoft Close To Antitrust Deal
News But keeping the states in line may be difficult, particularly if the Justice Department is ready to settle on its own, legal experts warned. Kollar-Kotelly's inexperience with the case could work to the advantage of settlement, Lande warned.
[November 1, 2001, 8:57]
Massive Demand For Unauthorised Windows Patch
News F-Secure also warned this malware was spreading in spam emails that claimed to come from Yale University. F-Secure warned businesses and systems administrators not to visit the HTTP address. But with no official patch is due to be released until...
[January 4, 2006, 16:15]
Economic Woes Could Cost IT Sector £100bn
News Research group IDC warned on Monday that poor economic conditions would have a severe effect on spending on new technology. Minton warned that hardware sales would be most badly hit if economic conditions were worse than expected.
[July 2, 2001, 12:10]
AOL Rushes To Block Messenger Hole
News In this case, Conover warned that the security hole left the door open for attackers to create a self-propagating worm that could rival the destructive Melissa, I Love You, Code Red and Nimda worms that exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft's...
[January 3, 2002, 8:37]
AOL Plugs AIM Security Hole
News An exploit could easily be amended to download itself off the Web, determine the buddies of the victim, and then attack them also," Conover's advisory warned. In this case, Conover warned that the security hole left the door open for attackers to...
[January 4, 2002, 11:02]
Worms And Toasters Turn Up Heat On Corporate Security
News Ford also warned about the dangers of embedding Internet connectivity into household appliances such as toasters and refrigerators, specifically mentioning an online toaster that would, every morning, automatically connect to the Web and download...
[October 30, 2003, 16:05]
Big Brother Plans Pushed Through Parliament
News Criminals will simply use encryption they can't break," he warned. If this remains unchanged, this government will find itself on the losing side of its own 1998 Human Rights law," he warned. The government's decision to push through controversial...
[November 17, 1999, 15:28]
A Year Ago: Big Brother Plans Pushed Through Parliament
News Criminals will simply use encryption they can't break," he warned. If this remains unchanged, this government will find itself on the losing side of its own 1998 Human Rights law," he warned. The government's decision to push through controversial...
[November 17, 2000, 6:00]
