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• Security escapes from the lab

  As security threats increase, HP's researchers concentrate on management and active countermeasures.

• SCO waits for MyDoom attacks to end

  Controversial software maker the SCO Group will continue to use an alternate Web site for at least a few more days, even though the denial-of-service attacks that crippled its main site were set to end Thursday.

• Gloomy forecast for MyDoom fallout

  The mass-mailing MyDoom virus has become the fastest spreading program to date and the damage could continue for months or years.

• Mail server flaw opens Exchange to spam

  Administrators of e-mail systems based on Microsoft's Exchange might have spammers using their servers to send unsolicited bulk e-mail under their noses, a consultant warned last week.

• Security group names top software risks

  A security organisation published its fourth annual list of the most vulnerable software on Wednesday, putting network administrators on notice that they need to check their systems.

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• Mail server flaw opens Exchange to spam

  Administrators of e-mail systems based on Microsoft's Exchange might have spammers using their servers to send unsolicited bulk e-mail under their noses, a consultant warns.

• Security group names top software risks

  A security organisation published its fourth annual list of the most vulnerable software on Wednesday, putting network administrators on notice that they need to check their systems.

• Squashing the next worm

  Another virus, another epidemic. What will it take for the public to patch?

• Hacker code could unleash Windows worm

  A hacker group releases code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend, security researchers warn.

• Code to exploit Cisco flaw may pose risk

  Security experts warn that code which could be used to attack and crash Cisco routers has been posted to public mailing lists.

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• Bigger, badder Code Red worms being built

  As I write this, there are two new fast-spreading Internet worms for Windows users: Apost does the now-familiar "email itself to everyone" thing we've come to expect from Windows worms and viruses, except this worm sends multiple copies of itself.

• Cure for Code Red: An Internet border patrol?

  SECURING THE WEB: Making the Internet a better (and safer) place to live means mapping many of the institutions of the real world--defense, taxation, government, law enforcement--over to cyberspace. Here are some of the things that must to happen to bring the Internet into line.

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