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• E-mail worm exploits Sept 11

  An e-mail claiming to have information about the September 11 attacks on the US releases a mass mailing worm.

• Continued lax security allowing worm infiltration

  Businesses continue to be lax about taking basic practical steps to stop e-mail worms wreaking havoc with their networks, according to anti-virus experts.

• Worm strikes SQL servers

  You may have noticed a recent increase in scanning on TCP port 1433 across your network. This is not due to manual hacking attempts but an automated worm called SQLSnake that's looking to compromise Microsoft SQL servers.

• Klez worm reborn as nastier version

  A new variant of the destructive Klez worm has had moderate success, prompting one antivirus company to release free tools to deal with its spread.

• Outlook Express flaw speeds hacking

  A flaw in Microsoft's bundled e-mail client could allow an online vandal to take control of a victim's computer by sending a specially formatted e-mail.

• Major Microsoft IIS attack predicted within week

  Businesses have been warned to brace themselves for a major attack on Microsoft Internet Information Servers within the next week.

• Mobile hackers: Tying up your phone

  Japanese wireless phone giant NTT DoCoMo has warned the company's 24 million mobile Internet service subscribers that a malicious email could be making its way to their phones. Is this another sign hackers are turning their attention to wireless devices?

• Worm worries grow with release of Windows hacks

  Program files designed to exploit two major vulnerabilities in Microsoft software are being used to attack computers, but security experts worry that worse--an MSBlast-type worm--could be ahead.

• Defcon subway hackers can talk

  The three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who have been barred by a court order from discussing subway card vulnerabilities are now free to say what they want.

• Cyberattacks outstripping defences

  Cyberattacks today have become so complex that there may be no real way to completely protect against them, internet security researchers have warned.

• Hacking techniques help security: HP

  HP is to launch a penetration-testing service for businesses in October using controlled exploit code.

• Real Player vulnerable to hacking

  Three serious security vulnerabilities have been found in Real Player, the popular multimedia software.

• Conficker worm strikes ANZ Bank

  Australia and New Zealand Banking Group today confirmed it had become the victim of a computer virus attack, with sources saying it was the much-hyped Conficker worm.

• Another Mac OS X hack challenge launched

  A university systems engineer in Wisconsin is giving hackers until Friday to break into his Mac.

• Microsoft to hackers: Don't publish code

  The software giant criticises security firms and independent programmers who release sample programs to compromise computer systems.

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