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Cyberterror threats dismissed
Talkback Urgent - 'Experts' challenge mi2g Chairman's speech at Oxford University - Open Letter London, UK - 11 February 2005, 16:15 GMT For the Attention Of: Matt Loney Editor, ZD Net UK Michael Parsons News Editor, ZD Net UK
[February 11, 2005, 16:03]
Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate
Talkback Urgent - 'Experts' challenge mi2g Chairman's speech at Oxford University - Open Letter London, UK - 11 February 2005, 16:15 GMT For the Attention Of: Matt Loney Editor, ZD Net UK Michael Parsons News Editor, ZD Net UK
[February 11, 2005, 15:59]
Linux servers 'attacked more often'
Talkback Mi2g is a very dodgy company. I'm not sure you want to be putting up their stuff :-/ http://www.attrition.org/errata/charlatan/mi2g-history.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/28233.html
[February 21, 2004, 13:09]
Linux servers 'attacked more often'
Talkback The MI2G study of servers "did not include other methods of intrusion such as viruses and worms" The same firm mi2g also wrote the following http://www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/press/190204.php QUOTE London, UK - 19 February 2004, 13:30 GMT - mi2g...
[February 20, 2004, 19:14]
Linux servers 'attacked more often'
Talkback mi2g is a dodgy company with dodgy staff in need of cash and publicity. Check this link: http://www.attrition.org/errata/charlatan/mi2g-history.html I wouldn't put too much faith in the report.
[February 20, 2004, 17:48]
Hacking modules target London firms
News Hacker Activated Code (HAC) modules, designed to force computers into thinking it is already the year 2000, have been reported by London based computer security firm Mi2g. The firm has found evidence of the code within the networks of at least two...
[November 3, 1999, 8:00]
News Burst: Hacker modules target London firms
News Hacker Activated Code (HAC) modules, designed to force computers into thinking it is already the year 2000, have been reported by London based computer security firm Mi2g. The firm has found evidence of the code within the networks of at least two...
[November 2, 1999, 12:39]
Linux hack attacks on the rise
News Hackers are increasingly targeting Web servers based on the Linux operating system, while the number of successful attacks on Windows systems decreases, according to a new report from UK system integrator Mi2g.
[July 15, 2002, 16:24]
Counting the cost of Slammer
News Analyst firms have begun to weigh in with initial estimates of the damage done by the SQL Slammer worm, the virulent program that spread quickly throughout the Internet a week ago. On Thursday, London-based market intelligence firm Mi2g said that...
[February 3, 2003, 7:54]
Linux servers 'attacked more often'
News Linux advocates often take pride in the operating system being more secure than Windows but this claim may have attracted unwanted attention from the hacking community. An analysis of hacker attacks on online servers in January by UK-based security...
[February 20, 2004, 10:30]
Political hackers on the increase in Britain
News Hacking attacks on political Web sites more than tripled in the UK during 2001, despite a sharp fall in the number of defacements around 11 September. The UK government Web address .gov.uk experienced a 378 percent increase in defacements last year...
[January 14, 2002, 17:52]
Cyberterror threats dismissed
News A controversial UK security vendor is calling for the creation of a World Security Organisation (WSO) to crack down on 'cyberterror' as well as real world threats by air, land, sea and space. Yet some in the industry have criticised the...
[February 10, 2005, 8:45]
Cyberterror threats dismissed
Talkback Dear Sirs / ZD Net Readers The talk by our Chairman at Oxford University is not tomorrow night but this evenig. Please note that the proposed World Security Organisation has many facets and the precise reasons for proposing it are discussed in DK...
[February 10, 2005, 10:09]
IT managers view SP2 with suspicion
News Most IT managers believe that upgrading systems to Microsoft's latest security patch for Windows XP could generate problems, according to a recent survey. The InsightExpress study, which polled IT managers in the United States, found that 63...
[August 25, 2004, 8:30]
Asian spammers 'hijack broadband PCs'
News Home and small business computers in Western countries are being hijacked as spam relays by groups operating in Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and other parts of Asia, according to a security firm.
[October 21, 2003, 9:30]
Yankee Group slams 'Linux extremists'
News The Yankee Group has hit back at critics in the Linux community who have claimed that its surveys comparing Linux and Microsoft Windows are not impartial. Its latest survey, published on Monday, reported that Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is at...
[April 7, 2005, 13:00]
Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate
News Richard Clarke, the former White House cyber security advisor, has criticised a UK company for using the term "cyberterrorism". DK Matai, chairman of security consultancy company mi2g, put forward proposals to the Oxford University Internet...
[February 11, 2005, 13:25]
Virus variants spread
News New variants of old viruses are causing headaches for computer users this week. Both MyDoom and Netsky have been altered to continue assaulting vulnerable users. Despite requiring the computer user to actively run an attachment, Netsky.C seems to...
[February 26, 2004, 7:40]
Two-headed hard drive aims for 'perfect' Web security
News A Japanese start-up has come up with a mutant piece of hardware that it says may deliver "perfect security" for Web servers: a two-headed hard disk drive. Tokyo-based Scarabs has developed a prototype of the hard drive, which has a read-only head...
[July 24, 2002, 11:51]
Linux servers 'attacked more often'
Talkback Continued. ATTACKERS EXECUTING COMMANDS FROM THOUSANDS OF INFECTED SYSTEMS Once a system is compromised, an attacker can install malicious code known as a bot that allows the attacker to use the system for future scanning or as a launching point...
[February 20, 2004, 19:15]
