 12/27/2001 WinXP is vulnerable to attacks
Microsoft's newest version of Windows contains serious flaws that enable hackers to steal a victim's data files across the Net or install malicious software on users' machines... | more info »
12/18/2001 Microsoft issues patch for three new holes in IE
Microsoft has urged users of its IE browser to download a patch to fix three new security holes and all prior known vulnerabilities... | more info »
12/12/2001 Antivirus vendors decline to protect alleged FBI Trojan
Antivirus software manufacturers said Monday they had no intention to create a loophole in their security products to let the FBI or other government agencies use a backdoor program to spy on the computer communications of suspected criminals... | more info »
12/04/2001 Sega Dreamcast Game delivers 'Kriz' Virus
Antivirus expert Sophos has reported virus alert that seems to be the first incident of console-to-computer virus crossover... | more info »
11/27/2001 New version of the Badtrans worm spreading fast
A new version of an Internet worm called Badtrans is rapidly spreading in the wild... | more info »
11/21/2001 Microsoft acknowledges the security hole in its Media Player
Microsoft Corp. urges users of its Windows Media Player software to apply a patch that fixes a vulnerability in one version that allows a malicious hacker to take control of a user's computer... | more info »
11/17/2001 Microsoft releases patch for vulnerability in IE
Microsoft Corp. has issued a patch for the security hole in Internet Explorer Versions 5.5 and 6 that can reveal cookie data to malicious hackers... | more info »
11/13/2001 Feds spread message to Muslim countries over the Net
The U.S. State Department has boosted its Internet outreach efforts in a bid to gain broader support -- particularly in Muslim countries -- for the war against world terrorism and Afghanistan's Taliban organization... | more info »
11/08/2001 New Leak Tests: Today's Personal Firewalls have to be improved
New leaktest tools called "Yalta", "TooLeaky" and "FireHole" try to prove that outbound filtering feature used by most of personal firewalls is totally deceptive... | more info »
11/02/2001 New 'Nimda' worm variant strikes the Net
A new variant of the infamous "Nimda" worm has appeared on the Internet and is spreading in the wild. Though it is undetermined whether this variant of the worm will be more or less serious than the original 'Nimda' all users are urged to patch their systems as soon as possible to prevent infection... | more info »
10/30/2001 Two new mass-mailing viruses are spreading over the Net
Several anti-virus developers have issued a warning to users about two worms that are spreading in the wild... | more info »
10/26/2001 New Trojan masquerades as a solicitation from the American Red Cross
Septer.Trojan is a Trojan horse that attempts to steal your credit card information by masquerading as a solicitation from the American Red Cross... | more info »
10/22/2001 Pakistani Group Defaces U.S. Military Site
A Pakistani hacking group defaced a Web site operated by the U.S. Department of Defense on Saturday... | more info »
10/16/2001 Cyber Assaults Set To Double In 2001
Assaults on Internet computers are on pace to easily double the number reported last year, according to a government-funded security information clearinghouse, Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)... | more info »
10/11/2001 The White House is going to boost computer security of the country
The White House Tuesday officially launched a new, separate agency focusing on information security and appointed of Richard Clarke as President Bush's special adviser on cybersecurity issues... | more info »
10/05/2001 Microsoft starts 'Get Secure' security programme
Microsoft Corp. announced on Wednesday several major changes to its security practices designed to help mitigate unpatched systems recently compromised by the Code Red and Nimda worms... | more info »
10/01/2001 The Creator of "Kournikova" virus sentenced to community service
The 20-year-old creator of the infamous "Anna Kournikova" virus, which infected computers worldwide, was sentenced on Thursday to 150 hours' community service... | more info »
9/25/2001 Protect yourself against Nimda worm
Although the spread of the disturbing Nimda worm has slowed, many companies are puzzled over removing the malicious agent from their networks... | more info »
9/21/2001 New Nimda worm could be more dangerous than Code Red
A new Internet worm spreads to both servers and PCs running Microsoft software flooding the Internet with data... | more info »
9/18/2001 Hackers retaliated for the terrorist attacks on United States
The group of hackers calling themselves the Dispatchers retaliated for the terrorist attacks on United States by plotting their own attack... | more info »
9/14/2001 A Cyber-attack could follow up the physical attacks
Government and private security companies said late Tuesday that they
were worried that computer terrorism might follow the day's violent
terrorist attacks... | more info »
9/11/2001 Security flaw found in MS Exchange 2000
According to Matthias Andree, machines running the combination of Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Exchange 2000 can be used to inadvertently reveal directory information to an intruder... | more info »
9/07/2001 CodeGreen combats Code Red
A German coder calling himself Herbert HexXer released source code for a new worm called CodeGreen, which is designed to combat the Code Red... | more info »
9/03/2001 New worm masquerades as a warning from Microsoft
Antivirus vendor Central Command says it has discovered a new worm that masquerades as a warning from Microsoft Technical Support... | more info »
8/30/2001 New Security Fixes released for Outlook
Microsoft Corp. recently released new versions of the Outlook View Control for Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2000... | more info »
8/28/2001 Microsoft bugware blamed for 'exceeding authorization' incident
Brian West of Oklahoma has inadvertently discovered that he could gain privileges on the local Poteau Daily News Web site without authentication... | more info »
8/22/2001 Hotmail security hole fixed
Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that it has fixed a security flaw in its Hotmail email service that could have exposed user e-mails... | more info »
8/17/2001 Microsoft releases two new security utilities
Nearly a month after the first outbreak of the "Code Red" worm, Microsoft released two new security tools designed to help systems administrators and users keep their systems up to date and protected... | more info »
8/15/2001 Gibson releases the tool to prove Windows XP vulnerability
Steve Gibson, owner of GRC.com, yesterday posted on his Web site a free utility called SocketToMe. The tool, made in co-operation with Collake Software, allows Windows users to determine whether their system has an advanced networking technology called "raw sockets"... | more info »
8/10/2001 Code Red hits Hotmail
Microsoft Corp. has admitted that several systems hosting the MSN Hotmail service have been infected by variants of the Code Red worm... | more info »
8/07/2001 Code Red II is more malicious than its predecessor
A new and possibly more malicious version of the "Code Red" computer worm is rapidly spreading in the wild using the same means of compromise as the original Code Red... | more info »
8/03/2001 Tracking down the creator of 'Code Red' is not an easy task
A security expert has carefully examined two versions of the Code Red worm and said that he did not see the creators of the worm getting caught unless they go off and start bragging about it. ... | more info »
7/30/2001 Microsoft, US government and FBI have united in Code Red alert
Following the Code Red worm's targeted denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the White House internet servers over the last fortnight, the US Government has issued unprecedented warnings about the warm, calling it a distinct threat to the internet... | more info »
7/23/2001 White House escapes 'Code Red' attack
Admins of the White House Web site escaped an Internet worm's denial-of-service (DoS) attack by switching the numerical address of the site to an alternate Internet address... | more info »
7/19/2001 Kill the Code Red Worm
The Code Red Worm, a new Internet worm designed specifically to compromise computers running Microsoft's Web server software may have already infected several thousand machines. Fortunately security professionals have discovered a way of snuffing out the worm... | more info »
7/11/2001 Security hole discovered in Check Point firewall
Security experts from Inside Security GmbH have discovered a security hole in Check Point Firewall-1 and VPN1 that will enable an intruder to access to the system and can lead to a denial of service attack (DoS)... | more info »
7/07/2001 Attack program threatens nearly 6 million Web sites worldwide.
A hacking script that gives remote attackers complete control of vulnerable computers running Microsoft's popular Web-server software has been posted on the Geocities home page of a Japanese hacker... | more info »
7/03/2001 Steve Gibson critisizes Windows XP security
Steve Gibson, owner of GRC.com, a site dedicated to Internet security and privacy, said that Microsoft had refused to his request that the company should remove support for an advanced networking technology called raw sockets from the home version of WinXP... | more info »
6/29/2001 A student discovers another flaw in Win2k
A couple of days ago an argentinian student released a tool designed to perform password attacks on Windows 2000 systems running the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)... | more info »
6/26/2001 McAfee warns users about W32.Leave.Worm
Ubizen's Security Intelligence Lab warns all users about the threat of the W32.Leave.Worm. According to McAfee the worm consists of three components: BIN.DLL, REGISTRY.DLL and an EXE file... | more info »
6/20/2001 DoCoMo takes nasty e-mail senders to Court
NTT DoCoMo hopes to help subscribers of its I-mode wireless Internet service stop junk e-mail by taking nasty e-mail senders into court... | more info »
6/15/2001 Malicious mobile e-mail scares Japan
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's top wireless carrier warned the company's 24 million mobile Internet service users Thursday that a malicious e-mail could be making its way to their phones... | more info »
6/09/2001 Calif.'s Power Grid Computers were under siege for 17 days
A computer system that operates much of the flow of electricity across California was attacked by hackers during the height of the state's ongoing power crisis... | more info »
5/29/2001 Excite@Home thanks a hacker
After a hacker poked around the network in April he pointed out a vulnerability that allowed access to the company's internal network and exposed nearly 3 million support records to the public. ... | more info »
5/18/2001 Trojan Horse scans online customers
A Trojan Horse, disguised as a software that pays users for viewing adverts, is in fact scanning their hard disks for e-wallet passwords... | more info »
5/14/2001 Microsoft confirms planting a secret password in its software
Last Thursday, Microsoft acknowledged its programmers planted a secret code in its software that could be used to gain illegal access to many Internet sites worldwide... | more info »
5/07/2001 Blizzard Entertainment sites hacked following 'spyware' scandal
Diablo2 publisher Blizzard Entertainment Web sites, including Battle.net, have been disabled today. The company recently altered its terms of service (ToS) and took full advantage of patch 1.06, which contains a mechanism enabling Blizzard to monitor Battle.net users... | more info »
4/23/2001 Netscape SmartDownload leaves users vulnerable to attack
The simple act of visiting a Web site with a maliciously made URL could be enough for a Trojan horse program to infect the user's Windows PC... | more info »
4/19/2001 Exploit devastates WinNT/2K security
An application called SMBRelay, written by The Cult of the Dead Cow's Sir Dystic, exploits a design flaw in the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol on Win NT/2K boxes, easily enabling an attacker to interpose himself between the client and the server... | more info »
4/12/2001Spyware concerns over PC game
Fast-selling PC game Black & White has generated a storm of controversy on messaging boards this week amid concerns that it is being used to spy on gamers... | more info »
4/11/2001 Computer dealer fined for sending virus to rival
A Devon computer dealer escaped jail after being found guilty of sending a virus to a local rival... | more info »
4/06/2001 Hacker tool threatens .Net
Microsoft's .Net platform has been dealt a security blow before it has even been released... | more info »
4/05/2001 Pentagon computers attacked 715 times last year
The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force combined suffered 715 cyber attacks last year, according to a report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) released last week... | more info »
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