IT Security News March 2003
| March 26 2003 Commuters hack wireless networks Wireless hacking is most likely to occur during the rush hour, a survey has found....[more] | |||||
| March 26 2003 Anti-war hacking rises sharply More than 20,000 websites have been hacked since the war on Iraq began according to one security firm....[more] | |||||
| March 26 2003 Information security too important for IT Companies are paying lipservice to security, says management report....[more] | |||||
| March 24 2003 Firms 'ill-prepared for disaster' More than a quarter of a million businesses in the UK are ill-prepared for how a disaster such as a terrorist attack could affect their technology systems....[more] | |||||
| March 24 2003 Hacktivists DDoS 10 Downing St site UK government website 10 Downing Street was briefly rendered inaccessible yesterday after a co-ordinated denial of service attack protesting the Prime Minster's role in the conflict. The site, which runs IIS on Win2K (according to Netcraft), is back on-line. Unconfirmed reports suggest hacke...[more] | |||||
| March 19 2003 Email worm attempts to exploit interest in war Virus/worm writers are exploiting public interest in the imminent war between Iraq and the US, in a bid to get unsuspecting users to run viral attachments. The W32/Ganda-A worm, which surfaced on Monday, appears to have been written in Sweden and uses different subject lines to try and achieve t...[more] | |||||
| March 17 2003 Lock up your computers! Crime is everywhere Did you know that 61 per cent of British businesses suffered computer-related crime last year?...[more] | |||||
| March 15 2003 802.3af powers up LAN, lowers cost The proposed IEEE 802.3af standard for supplying power over Ethernet cabling will ease deployment of IP telephones and wireless access points, and reduce the cost of powering the devices. Currently in draft status, the standard is expected to be ratified by June. Traditionally, IP phones have req...[more] | |||||
| March 14 2003 Alliance to certify Wi-Fi security specs HANOVER, GERMANY -- The Wi-Fi Alliance expects to certify by May its WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) set of specifications in the first of several efforts to provide greater security to users of high-speed wireless networks, said Andrea Vocale, a technical expert with the alliance, speaking Monday at a...[more] | |||||
| March 12 2003 McDonald's to Offer Wireless Internet Would you like super-sized Internet access with that burger and fries? In a further sign of the spread of wireless Internet technology, McDonald's restaurants in three U.S. cities will offer one hour of free high-speed access to anyone who buys a combination meal. Ten McDonald's in Manhattan will be...[more] | |||||
| March 10 2003 Worm could be clearing path for DDoS attack The Deloder worm is beginning to spread slowly on the Internet - leaving two Trojan horse programs in its wake...[more] | |||||
| March 07 2003 Officials urge quick patch on e-mail security hole SAN DIEGO — The race is on to patch a security hole on millions of e-mail computer servers. The concern: The flaw could be exploited by hackers to potentially disrupt America's infrastructure as war looms with Iraq. The hole was found by security firm Internet Security Systems (ISS) in December....[more] | |||||
| March 05 2003 Is the most important DNS software vulnerable? It's nothing less than the software that runs the net (at a certain level)....[more] | |||||
| March 05 2003 Singapore, Intel Form Wireless Pact SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world's largest chipmaker, Intel Corp, and Singapore's telecoms watchdog unveiled on Wednesday a project to promote wireless connectivity in Asia....[more] | |||||
| March 05 2003 Hackers' code exploits Sendmail flaw The code, released less than 24 hours after the announcement of the flaw, may go too far, according to Sendmail's founder...[more] | |||||
| March 05 2003 VPN experts downplay 'splitting' headache At a time when protecting corporate networks is paramount, many users are steering clear of a feature of IP Security VPNs called split tunneling, a move that can give a false sense that remote-access networks are more secure than they really are, experts say. Split tunneling was created to allow...[more] | |||||
| March 04 2003 Macromedia reports critical hole in Flash player Macromedia has warned of a "critical" security flaw in the latest version of its Flash animation player, and has advised users to install a new version that it released on the Web to fix the problem....[more] | |||||
| March 04 2003 Major vulnerability threatens global e-mail security IT security professionals have been working frantically for the past two weeks to fix a major internet vulnerability that could have had disastrous consequences for millions of businesses....[more] | |||||
| March 03 2003 Klez Is Still No. 1 Worm Two antivirus vendors say the long-lasting worm remains the most prominent infection....[more] |
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