Network assailants brought Microsoft's Internet connection to its knees with a denial-of-service onslaught, causing the company's major Web sites to slow to a near-halt before service was finally restored. The FBI is investigating.
To fully implement TCP/IP in Windows XP would make denial of service attacks a walk in the park, Microsoft said.
There were plenty of hot issues in 2001 and no shortage of good quotes to go along with them. ZDNet Australia has compiled the funniest, most ironic and sometimes downright ridiculous quotable quotes delivered by IT mouthpieces in 2001.
Problems with Internet Explorer, XML handling, SQL Server and Commerce Server could allow hackers to read files off your PC, or crash your server
Scott Culp, director of Microsoft's security response centre, has of late been in a feisty mood, calling the security industry and hackers into account for distributing what he says is dangerous code.
A worm that takes advantage of what some security experts describe as the most widespread Windows flaw ever has started spreading, while new analysis has uncovered a time bomb in the worm's code poised to unleash a furious denial of service attack at Microsoft itself.
Windows Messenger could be blocked by default or disabled in the next Windows XP Service Pack as Microsoft updates patches for some critical flaws.
Microsoft has announced the discovery of four new flaws in IIS and has created a cumulative IIS patch that provides fixes for these and other vulnerabilities.
For the early adopters who have installed Microsoft Office 2003, there is an important update that you need to be aware of. Also, the MiMail worm is beginning to forge a destructive path. See how to cut it off at the pass.
A new flaw in Sendmail, the widespread SMTP service for Linux and Unix systems, could lead to a DoS event. Learn the details about this flaw and other security updates.
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