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Security warning too quick for comfort?
News The warning's release reopened a long-simmering debate over how much time a security researcher should give a software maker to verify and fix vulnerabilities that could affect large numbers of computer users.
[June 18, 2002, 9:21]
Homeland Security gives cyber 'early warning system' details
Blog The US is to develop an 'early warning system' to warn of cyber attacks, US secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said on Tuesday. We want to develop an early warning system," said Chertoff.
[April 8, 2008, 22:35]
Xombe Trojan imitates Microsoft security warning
News It appears to be an imitation of one of last year's most successful worms, the mass-mailed Swen, which also masqueraded as a security warning from Microsoft. An email disguised as a message from Microsoft's security team contains a dangerous Trojan...
[January 12, 2004, 11:10]
Latest Trojan is disguised as security warning
Talkback You mean lastest *MS* trojan, don.t you? Nowhere in the article does it say that it affects other systems than MS systems. Please help the situation get better by at least mentioning which general categories of systems are affected and which are not.
[April 29, 2005, 7:54]
Security warning over Palm Treos
News Some versions of the Palm Treo carry security flaws that could allow a person in possession of the device to access data even when the handheld is locked, Symantec has warned. The Palm Treo models 700p, 680 and 650 contain the security flaws...
[February 16, 2007, 9:38]
NT4 security support warning issued
News Businesses still running Microsoft's Windows NT4 server have been warned they may need to increase intrusion detection and firewall security after support ends for the platform from 1 January 2005. Microsoft's decision to extend support means that...
[December 6, 2004, 15:35]
Viral marketing has virus-like effects
News Internet security companies are warning about devious marketing tactics that have virus-like effects, but aren't actually viruses. Ironically, even though Internet Explorer presents a 'security warning', many people treat this as some kind of a...
[July 16, 2003, 10:48]
Cisco warns of VPN security issue
News In what seems to be an almost weekly occurrence, Cisco Systems has issued yet another security warning. Cisco said in its security warning that it will fix the client problems with new releases of software.
[April 19, 2004, 10:15]
Cisco menaced by Italian 'BlackAngels'
News Cisco Systems issued a security warning this weekend to customers after new software code was published on the Internet that targeted certain vulnerabilities on several of its networking products. After the code was published, Cisco posted a...
[March 30, 2004, 8:45]
Government agency warns of Windows flaw
News The UK government's cyberagency responsible for warning about security incidents and electronic attacks on critical national infrastructure has issued an alert about a Microsoft buffer overflow vulnerability.
[July 16, 2003, 10:06]
Hackers whack ColdFusion users
News Last week, L0pht, a site that devotes itself to discussions on computer security, posted a warning about a vulnerability in the remote administration features of Allaire Corp.s ColdFusion Application Server.
[April 30, 1999, 8:05]
New Unix worm could be the next Code Red
News A new Internet worm designed to attack a common flaw in Unix systems has been confirmed dead, but security experts are warning that the self-propagating worm could be the next Code Red. But security firms are warning that the next version is likely...
[September 10, 2001, 16:58]
Increase in Windows attacks reported
News Several security experts are warning of increased cyberattacks targeting Windows PCs, but Microsoft says all is calm on the attack front. The SANS Internet Storm Center, Symantec, McAfee and several other security companies are warning of a new...
[September 1, 2006, 9:05]
Government tries to secure UK from electronic attack
News The Home Office has said it will start giving advance warning about upcoming security patches and software vulnerabilities to essential public services, such as transportation, health and telecommunications.
[July 27, 2004, 17:20]
Security flaws found in Cisco IP phones
News Cisco Systems issued a warning on Wednesday that some of its IP phones could be compromised, allowing unauthorised individuals to bypass security restrictions. In the warning, Cisco detailed flaws for two sets of products.
[February 22, 2007, 8:22]
US govt to get early warning of Net attacks
News A centralised early warning system for Internet security alerts should be working by this autumn, an official from the US Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday afternoon. We don't have today a way to do early warning detection broadly...
[August 1, 2003, 10:40]
EU proposes plan to secure Internet
News The plan calls for more effective threat-warning systems, larger investments in security research and education, a standardised policy for encryption, and harsher punishments for cybercriminals. The draft also calls for a more comprehensive...
[June 7, 2001, 9:23]
New variants of Web attack tools found
News Computer security company Information Security Systems (ISS) has issued a warning about new variants of the tools used to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on major Web sites in February.
[September 27, 2000, 15:54]
iTunes flaw helps hackers
News A critical vulnerability has been found in some versions of Apple's popular iTunes that could allow attackers to remotely take over a user's computer, according to a warning issued on Thursday by a security research firm.
[November 18, 2005, 15:05]
Phishers pushing spyware through DNS holes
News The warning follows reports Friday that some people's computers were being redirected from sites such as eBay and Google to malicious Web servers that attempted to install spyware. Lam said that the site certificates used by financial Web sites and...
[March 9, 2005, 8:25]
