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- Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives
- Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drivesIf our Army is under attack......isn't that war?Um...good luck on that!!Do they not realize that the cost of lost productivity from completely un-networking and banning shared media FAR outweighs the cost of security s/w and remediation from time to time? Ever hear...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Flash memory, SECURITY, US-Army, USB flash drive, virus, worm attack, USB, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives
- Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to internal e-mail messages seen by Wired's Noah Shachtman. According to the...
- Tags: Malware, USB Flash Drive, Worm Attack, USB, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patches
- If you're like most folks you are taking your time installing Microsoft's latest round of security patches. However, you may want to get your rear end in gear. Specifically apply MS08-001, which was released on Jan. 8. That patch fixed a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing...
- Tags: Patch Management, Immunity, Microsoft Corp., Worm Attack, Ryan, Stewart, Cyberthreats, Patches, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Worm attack forces Reuters IM offline
- Worm attack forces Reuters IM offlineLet me get this straightFrom Symantec:[i]Note: A recipient must click on the link, and download and execute the file. The file is a copy of the worm.[/i]You get an instant message with a link in it, you have to click on that link to open...
- Tags: Instant messaging, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, SECURITY, Stupidity, PeeCee user, worm attack, Reuters Ltd., IM, worm, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2005-04-14
- New Focus: Triple worm attack
- New Focus: Triple worm attackNo worries.I am not worried at all, I use Linspire!When will we Learn?We need to move on to a different operating system. We need to use different browsers.As long as 93% of PC users use Windows and close to 90% user Internet Explorer, there is fertile...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, computer, PC, Linux User, virus, exploit, security, worm attack
- Discussion threads 2005-02-03
- Feds nab second suspect in worm attacks
- The U.S. Department of Justice announces that a juvenile had been arrested in connection with the release of a computer worm that spread in the same way as the MSBlast worm. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that a juvenile had been arrested in connection with the...
- Tags: MSBlast Worm, Computer Worm, Jeffrey Lee Parson, Blaster Worm, U.S. Department Of Justice, Worm Attack, Computer, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Robert Lemos, Software
- News items 2003-09-26
- Will we soon see another large-scale worm attack?
- It's been a year since the Code Red worm wreaked havoc on the Net. What's changed? Worms and viruses have gotten sneakier, says Robert Vamosi. But your antivirus software hasn't. Worried? Here's how to prepare for future threats. One year ago this week, the Code Red worm caused a...
- Tags: Software, Code Red Worm, Internet Worm, Antivirus Software, Worm Attack, Virus, Ryan Russell, Worm Author, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cyberthreats, Internet, Worm, Robert Vamosi
- News items 2002-07-19
- Will we soon see another large-scale worm attack?
- It's been a year since the Code Red worm wreaked havoc on the Net. What's changed? Worms and viruses have gotten sneakier. But your antivirus software hasn't. Worried? Here's how to prepare for future threats. COMMENTARY--One year ago this week, the Code Red worm caused a national panic...
- Tags: Software, Code Red Worm, Internet, Internet Worm, Antivirus Software, Worm Attack, Virus, Ryan Russell, Worm Author, Viruses And Worms, Security, Robert Vamosi, Technology News
- News items 2002-07-17
- Gigger 'update' worm attacks hard drive
- Don't be taken in by Internet worm Gigger, which poses as a Microsoft update. The worm attempts to delete all the hard drive files upon reboot. This JavaScript worm poses as a Microsoft Outlook upgrade. Don't be taken in by Internet worm Gigger, which poses as a Microsoft...
- Tags: Hard Drive, WSH, Microsoft Corp., Worm Attack, Computer, Subject Line, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Scripting Languages, Security, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Robert Vamosi
- News items 2002-01-11
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- Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
- RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief. In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...
- Tags: Operating systems, Construction, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web site, Web, Loverock Davidson, Linux, window, Microsoft Windows, security, Windows User, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild
- iPhone is officially the most malware ridden mobile platform in the worldAnd since the "bad guys" always go after low hanging fruit, that [b]proves[/b] that iPhone is the [b]least[/b] secure mobile platform in the world. Buy an iPhone if you want to be infected [b]within seconds[/b] by malware [b]that requires...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Apple iPhone, jailbreak, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Where should Mozilla go from here?
- Consolidation and security, Now!Firefox has emerged as the most buggy browser robustness and security. It has more vulnerabilities discovered than any other browser, month after month. Each new release sees new stability and robustness problems.And Firefox still does not have support for sandboxing.Repeatedly they have to patch patches because their...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Web browser, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat
- Linux distro appliances are the futureCompanies are wising up and getting away from MS 20G worm/virus operating systems and going to Linux distro driven appliances.It is the future with appliances no one needs a Windows OS with Office for someone to open a (.doc) to edit it is a security...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Red Hat Inc., Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics
- Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw
- Danger Will Robinson, Danger.[i]By December 2009, a second variant appeared with new propagation techniques ? spreading via removable and mapped drives, and network shares with weak passwords. This updated worm also started blocking access to anti-virus and security-related sites.[/i]You either have a typo or a time machine. December...
- Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Common-sense, Microsoft Corp., financial danger, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- iPhone, QuickTime bitten by security bugs
- Ryan, can you explain that? [was: Liars! This is Teh Unpossible!!]Wonder why these have not been tagged with the word "gaping" in the title? Weird.Does QuickTime have any secure code in it?I must say that I'm impressed with how many gaping security holes Apple has managed to cram into a...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, Apple QuickTime, Apple iPhone, security bug, Apple Inc., vulnerability, security, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., RightNow Technologies, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes
- So basically all of them......affecting Vista or 7 require user intervention just like all other modern operating systems these days?OK.RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holesAll of the bulletins specifically say that Win7 is not affected.Two require no user interaction whatsoever.The first two listed require user interaction only in that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), INTERNET, Patches, UAC, user interaction, OS X., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Apple confirms malware protection in Snow Leopard
- They say Americans don't understand ironyNo irony there, Jason. Any degree of immunity that OS X has to malware is exactly because of such measures.I am gonna love.....to see the people make excuses for the reason for this. You can't say one thing and then do another in the...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Pwn2Own, virus, malware, trojan horse, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Microsoft WINS vulnerability under attack
- Just one week after Microsoft issued a fix for a worm hole in the Windows Internet Name Service WINS, malicious hackers have started launching attacks against unpatched systems. The attacks, first spotted by the SANS Internet Storm Center, are hitting Microsoft Windows users who have not yet...
- Tags: Vulnerability, WINS, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
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