Security News

Java Security Hole Makes Netscape Into Web Server
2000-08-06 10:09

http://www.brumleve.com/BrownOrifice/ Dan Brumleve is at it again with Brown Orifice. In this episode, our fearless grey hat opens a security hole in the web's foundation that makes Napster look...

Security scandals stifle UK ebusiness
2000-08-04 08:46

http://www.uk.internet.com/Article/100368 James Middleton Thursday 03 August 2000 Lack of consumer confidence is stifling ebusiness uptake in the UK, according to the National Consumer Council...

Firms Merge to Form Security Powerhouse
2000-07-27 20:55

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_424221,00.html July 27, 2000 Clint Boulton, InternetNews.com Assistant Editor InternetNews - Business News Archives In a move bound to leave...

Microsoft Security Exec Sees Improvements
2000-07-26 08:10

http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17825,00.html The company has taken several steps, including faster distribution of software patches, he says. by Gary H. Anthes, Computerworld July...

Heading off Cyber-geddon
2000-07-26 04:28

http://triblive.com/business/bcyb0725.html July 25, 2000 By: Paul Beebe TRIBUNE-REVIEW A hacker breaks into the computers at the Worcester, Mass., airport control tower. Someone shuts down Miami's...

PowerGen coughs up after security scandal
2000-07-22 07:04

http://www.uk.internet.com/Article/100322 James Middleton 21 Jul 2000 PowerGen is in the process of writing to each of its 7000 online customers to offer them 50 compensation for inconvenience...

IMPORTANT MEMO: Los Alamos National Laboratory [Humor]
2000-07-18 02:45

Forwarded By: "James M. Atkinson, Comm-Eng" IMPORTANT MEMO To: All staff, Los Alamos National Laboratory From: Bill Richardson, Secretary of Energy Dear staff members: Due to an unfortunate...

Analyst says break-ins reveal continued vulnerabilities at              NASA
2000-07-17 16:40

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO47186,00.html BY Ann Harrison (Jul. 14, 2000) The arrest of two New Yorkers accused of breaking into NASA computers points to ongoing...

Request for Experts and IT Decision Makers to be quoted in              ComputerWorld (fwd)
2000-07-13 21:39

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:04 -0400 From: Pete Loshin To: dcsb () ai mit edu Subject: Request for Experts and IT Decision Makers to be quoted in...

Security, the Way It Should Be
2000-07-11 06:51

http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/frame/0,1213,NAV47_STO46810,00.html July 10, 2000 BY DEBORAH RADCLIFF Today, security is often provided by patched-together, reactionary defenses, which many...