Security News

DoS attacks on NHL web site
2000-05-25 00:19

Forwarded by: "Berislav Kucan BHZ" http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/05/24/nhlweb0524_01.htm= l NEW YORK (AP) -- NHL officials are trying to find who disabled the league's...

Love Bug Prompts Security Experts To Poke at Microsoft's              Weak              Points
2000-05-24 18:01

Forwarded by: Marjorie Simmons http://interactive.wsj.com/dailyedition/ Love Bug Prompts Security Experts To Poke at Microsoft's Weak Points Lee Gomes, Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL...

South African police take on cybercrime
2000-05-23 15:09

http://www.netassets.co.za/netassets/sitewide/content/direct/1,2275,621905-5858-0,00.html By Gugulakhe Masango, I-Net Bridge The criminal activities of hackers and cyberpunks are to come to an...

Security Hole found in NAI Firewall
2000-05-22 19:29

Forwarded From: John Kleinschmidt http://www.securityfocus.com/news/40 Security Hole found in NAI Firewall Censorware gaffe turns "World's Most Secure Firewall" into open door. By Kevin Poulsen...

MSIE's cookie jar is public
2000-05-11 21:00

Bennett Haselton has discovered another security flaw. This one allows any hostile website to read cookies on its visitors' hard drives. It's being called the "Open Cookie Jar." The vulnerability...

Philippines, like most other countries,              lacks resources to fight cybercrime
2000-05-09 21:52

Philippines, like most other countries, lacks resources to fight cybercrime By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (May 9, 2000 5:38 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Like many...

Anti-Virus Patents Issued to Start-Up, RVT Technologies,              Inc. For the Isolation of Computer Systems
2000-05-09 20:56

Anti-Virus Patents Issued to Start-Up, RVT Technologies, Inc. For the Isolation of Computer Systems Copyright © 2000 Nando Media Anti-Virus Patents Issued to Start-Up, RVT Technologies, Inc. For...

Crippling Virus Stuns Business World
2000-05-07 04:27

[Forwarded by: Vanna P. Rella ] This article is probably the funniest article I've read about the Love Bug virus ... considering Associated Press isn't known for it's sense of humor. I think my...

FBI Views Hackers as Racketeers
2000-02-17 07:03

http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/02/16/hackers0216_01.html WASHINGTON (AP) [2.16.00] -- The nation's top law enforcement officials today described "fast-developing leads" in...

Behind the Scenes at 'Hackers, Inc.'
2000-02-05 09:11

http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,15132,00.html So you thought hackers were nerds in dark rooms traveling in cyberspace to attack companies' computer systems or steal data. Think...