A worm, dubbed Sasser by antivirus firms, was spreading slowly throughout the Internet on Saturday, taking advantage of a vulnerability in unpatched Windows systems to infect new hosts. The Sasser worm began spreading Friday night and seems to be moving at a pace far slower than previous worms such as MSBlast and Code Red, said […]
Construction work continues on the London building that will eventually house the Regent Street Apple retail store. Workers replaced a huge, historic dome onto the roof of the building on April 19th, after it was taken off and stored last year. The four other retail tenants of the building have not been confirmed yet, but […]
A new chemical concocted by scientists at the Tyco’s Fire and Security Division looks and acts just like water except for one thing… it doesn’t get things wet.
19-year-old raises the alarm over security hole and is rewarded with precisely $0
Under his watch, the FBI has moved forward in its implementation of new technology systems, says Attorney General John Ashcroft. But Acting FBI Director Thomas Pickard claims that he asked Ashcroft for more money to update the Bureau’s counter-terrorism initiatives, including core I.T. needs. Pickard asserts that Ashcroft said no. According to testimony delivered before […]
Unknown attackers have compromised a large number of Linux and Solaris machines in high-speed computing networks at Stanford University and other academic research facilities, according to a university advisory. The attacks, which apparently compromised servers as recently as April 3, are currently be investigated, according to an advisory posted April 6 by the Information Technology […]
Air Force officials finished a two-week computer network-defense exercise March 26, which validated and strengthened the Air Force?s ability to defend its network against a wide range of attacks. About 200 people at network operations security centers and associated network control centers Air Force-wide experienced and overcame various tactical situations as part of Black Demon, […]
m0n0wall is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of use) at a fraction of the price (free software). m0n0wall is based on a bare-bones version of FreeBSD, along with a web […]
The infamous Do not scan those ip is back v0.3, more than 7700 ips to forget or to know/
The European Commission fined Microsoft Corp. ?497 million (US$613 million) and ordered the U.S. software giant to offer a version of its Windows operating system without the Windows Media Player software within 90 days, at the close of a five-year investigation into the company’s business practices in Europe, it announced Wednesday.
