Microsoft warns of new flaws that could let hackers manipulate database servers and steal data from users' PCs.
Some copies of a popular mail-server program are implanted with a back door that could allow access to Internet attackers, security experts have warned.
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Microsoft warns of new flaws that could let hackers manipulate database servers and steal data from users' PCs.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP servers can be attacked through the software ordinarily used to create secure connections to remote workers.
One of the world's largest IT security companies, Internet Security Systems, has been left with egg on its face after one of its servers was defaced by intruders.
Although many software makers promote responsible disclosure, it isn't universally backed by the security community. Critics say it could make security companies lazy in patching. Full disclosure of flaws is preferred.
A software slipup in Microsoft's latest update to Office 2000 results in the application repeatedly asking some customers to register the program.
The OpenBSD project is making changes in its latest operating system release that it believes could eliminate a class of security bugs that has plagued computers for decades.
Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.
In light of the fact that the Internet has many more threats other than viruses, responsible companies protect their networks with firewall software. Symantec Australia has released Norton Internet Security (NIS) 2000
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