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Symantec To Buy SecurityFocus
News Separately, Symantec announced it will buy three niche security companies: intrusion detection software maker Recourse Technologies, managed security firm Riptech, and vulnerability information firm SecurityFocus.
[July 18, 2002, 10:59]
Testing Times For Open Source
Talkback Update from BUGTRAQ: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379207/2004-10-24/2004-10-30/2 For a complete overview: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379356/2004-10-24/2004-10-30/1
[October 27, 2004, 23:33]
News Burst: Hospital Hacked, Patient Records Stolen
News A computer intruder broke into a Seattle area hospital and downloaded thousands of private medical records earlier this year, according to a report on SecurityFocus.com. But SecurityFocus editorial director Kevin Poulsen says the hacker showed him...
[December 7, 2000, 9:13]
Spida Bites Microsoft SQL Servers
News Called DoubleTap by vulnerability analysis firm SecurityFocus, the worm has already managed to infect 1,600 servers that run the software, said Elias Levy, chief technology officer for the company. Even though SecurityFocus is currently tracking...
[May 22, 2002, 10:02]
Hospital Hacked - Records Stolen?
News A computer intruder broke into a Seattle-area hospital and downloaded thousands of private medical records earlier this year, according to security news Web site SecurityFocus.com. The break-in of University of Washington Medical Centre computers...
[December 7, 2000, 16:05]
Computer Prank Slips Past Security Experts
News A Trojan horse posing as a security tool did just that Wednesday night, when experts at SecurityFocus.com -- which moderates the popular Bugtraq security list -- sent the mildly malicious code to the list's 37,000 users.
[February 2, 2001, 8:55]
Hybrid DDoS Worm Strikes Microsoft SQL Server
News US-based security company SecurityFocus noticed a rapidly growing network of controlled agents known as bots on Tuesday, which reportedly increased by 600 percent in the space of six hours. SecurityFocus said the hybrid tool has been named "Voyager...
[November 23, 2001, 13:38]
Yahoo! News Hacked, Content Altered
News news of the hack was first reported and brought to the company's attention by SecurityFocus.com this week. s security lapses, according to the SecurityFocus report. For example, Lamo's altered story reported that the Russian hacker faced the death...
[September 21, 2001, 9:10]
Code Red II: A Double Whammy
News This thing has been spreading real, real quickly," said Ryan Russell, an incident analyst at SecurityFocus. Security information service SecurityFocus has posted an alert on the new bug, warning that it is potentially more damaging than the...
[August 7, 2001, 9:25]
Unpatched IE Flaw Allows Remote Attacks
News Previous versions of IE may also be affected, said SecurityFocus. More information on the flaws can be found on the SecurityFocus Web site, under bug number 14282 and 14284. A flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer's image rendering capabilities may...
[July 20, 2005, 16:45]
T-Mobile: We Were Hacked
News The incident, first reported by online security information site SecurityFocus, came to light after 21-year-old Nicolas Jacobsen was charged with the crime. The SecurityFocus report also points to several pictures that have appeared on the Internet...
[January 13, 2005, 8:15]
Like Stealing Credit Cards From Babies
News Maxus decided to pull a publicity stunt this weekend, notifying a computer security news Web site named SecurityFocus about his credit-card giveaway page. Elias Levy, chief technology officer of SecurityFocus, then broke the story, and soon after...
[January 13, 2000, 9:39]
HP Threatens Researchers With DMCA
News On 19 July, a researcher at SnoSoft posted a note to SecurityFocus.com's popular Bugtraq mailing list with a hyperlink to a computer program letting a Tru64 user gain full administrator privileges. HP hereby requests that you cooperate with us to...
[July 31, 2002, 12:15]
How To Steal 2,500 Credit Cards, Part 1
News This is a microcosm of what's out there," said Elias Levy of SecurityFocus.com. Prokhorov also contacted SecurityFocus.com with his information, and the site today will issue its own report based on its independent investigation.
[January 17, 2000, 9:19]
HP Backs Down On DMCA Warning
News On 19 July, a researcher at SnoSoft posted a note to SecurityFocus.com's popular Bugtraq mailing list with a hyperlink to a computer program letting a Tru64 user take over the system. HP hereby requests that you cooperate with us to remove the...
[August 2, 2002, 7:45]
Firefox 1.5 'smashes' 1.0 Download Stats
Talkback Security Focus reporting a DOS exploit for Firefox 1.5 http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/73 Didn't take long.
[December 7, 2005, 20:06]
Firefox Flaw Sparks A Fiery Debate
Talkback According to http://www.securityfocus.com/bid the Vendor Mozilla with Title FireFox of Version 1.0 scores 3 vulnerabilities whereas Vendor Microsoft with Title Internet Explorer of Version 6.0SP2 (which means you run Internet Explorer on XP with...
[January 7, 2005, 20:51]
Another Security Bug For Microsoft?
News One Russian security researcher, known as Zaraza, posted a warning to the SecurityFocus bugtraq mailing list on Saturday. SecurityFocus have published workaround information that can be used to mitigate the bug until more information comes to hand.
[October 15, 2003, 10:00]
Security Pros Develop Flaw Database
News The move comes a week after Symantec acquired the security community's most popular spot to talk about software flaws, the Bugtraq mailing list, when it bought list's owner, SecurityFocus. Stephanie Fohn, the outgoing president of SecurityFocus...
[August 6, 2002, 8:04]
ISIS To Provide 'open Source' Security Information
News The move comes a week after Symantec acquired the security community's most popular spot to talk about software flaws, the Bugtraq mailing list, when it bought list's owner, SecurityFocus. Stephanie Fohn, the outgoing president of SecurityFocus...
[August 5, 2002, 10:35]
