Security Fix: April 3, 2005 - April 9, 2005
Reader Feedback on 'DNS Poisoning'
I received some thoughtful feedback from a few well-informed readers in support of my recent post on the DNS cache poisoning attacks. Several readers took issue with some of the folks mentioned in the posting who quibbled over the scope...
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April 8, 2005; 3:00 PM ET |
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Spring Cleaning: 5 New Windows Patches Coming
Microsoft is alerting customers that it plans to release at least five new security fixes for Windows users next Tuesday. The company typically releases software patches on the second Tuesday of each month -- though it didn't issue any in...
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April 8, 2005; 10:54 AM ET |
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Radio Silence on Internet Attacks?
I was plotting with my editor last night about the best way to report what could be a very important and developing story, about a series of recent Internet attacks designed to give hackers complete control over what users on...
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April 6, 2005; 12:11 PM ET |
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You Have Just Received a Greeting...er, Virus
The SANS Internet Storm Center is reporting -- for the second time in the past week -- that they are hearing from people who are being targeted by an e-mail scam that pretends to be an invitation to retrieve an...
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April 4, 2005; 4:20 PM ET |
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Cell Phone Viruses Getting Scary
Finnish anti-virus company F-Secure Corp. has a series of fascinating writeups on its blog about a new cell-phone virus that has a very sneaky way of spreading. Most of the cell-phone viruses in the wild today spread via "Bluetooth," a...
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April 4, 2005; 11:05 AM ET |
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