Hackers strike at CERT tracking site

Security 11021 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

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The Computer Emergency Response Team's Coordination Center, which sends out alerts on computer security breaches, suffers a denial-of-service attack that brings down its Web site

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'Goner' worm spreading fast

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A mass-mailing e-mail worm started to spread quickly Tuesday, prompting antivirus software makers to advise their customers to upgrade their virus definitions.

Dubbed Pentagone, Goner or Gone, the Visual Basic Script program spreads via e-mail and the messaging system ICQ. On infected computers, it stops most antivirus and security programs.

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Mass mailing worm on march

Security 11021 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Antivirus experts have warned about a mass mailing worm which, while unremarkable is its design, is spreading rapidly across the UK.

The 'Goner' virus is nothing special in its construction. It spreads via email, harvesting addresses from Outlook and chat program ICQ.

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Security experts back .Net

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An independent security review of Microsoft's .Net framework has called the project a robust platform for enterprise and web application security.

Although Microsoft has often come under fire from the security industry in the past, joint research from security firms Foundstone and Core Security Technologies has found that the .Net framework team has addressed security with the utmost priority.

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Worm attack gets down to business

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A new computer worm that installs hacking software on infected computers hit home e-mail users hard last weekend and could spread to businesses Monday, warned antivirus experts.

Known as BadTrans.B, the worm is spreading mainly due to people's relaxed approach to security during the holiday season, said April Goostree, virus research manager for computer security company McAfee.com.

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FBI Develops Eavesdropping Tools

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At least one antivirus software company, McAfee Corp., contacted the FBI on Wednesday to ensure its software wouldn't inadvertently detect the bureau's snooping software and alert a criminal suspect.

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Hybrid DDoS worm strikes MS servers

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A known vulnerability in Microsoft SQL server systems is being targeted by a hybrid worm that combines a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) with the automated propagation techniques used by worms such as Code Red.

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Windows Media Player .ASF Processor Contains Unchecked Buffer

Security 11021 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

One of the streaming media formats supported by Windows Media Player is Advanced Streaming Format (ASF). A security vulnerability occurs in Windows Media Player 6.4 because the code that processes ASF files contains an unchecked buffer.

By creating a specially malformed ASF file and inducing a user to play it, an attacker could overrun the buffer, with either of two results: in the simplest case, Windows Media Player 6.4 would fail; in the more complex case, code chosen by the attacker could be made to run on the user's computer, with the privileges of the user. The scope of this vulnerability is rather limited. It affects only Windows Media Player 6.4, and can only be exploited by the user opening and deliberately playing an ASF file. There is no capability to exploit this vulnerability via email or a web page.

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