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Internet privacy researcher Richard Smith released on Thursday a list of four issues that continue to undermine the security of Microsoft's Outlook 2002 and could leave the major mail program open to attack by virus writers.
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McAfee Virus definitions has been updated to version 4192
ZDNet has posted a report about spam
Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton Antivirus.
Microsoft has released security scripts for Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft has updated their security bulletin for the Cumulative VM Update
Thanks to Ryan for sending me this security alert from WatchGuard:
In a post to NTBugtraq on March 14, Radim EliCZ Picha described a design flaw in the Windows NT and 2000 debugging subsystem that could result in elevated privileges. Picha also included exploit code. Experts at WatchGuard have confirmed that a hacker can use this exploit to elevate any local user, even Guest, to local Administrator. There is no direct impact on WatchGuard products. Administrators using Windows NT and 2000, servers and workstations, should recognize this vulnerability and know how to defend against it. A patch is not yet available.
In a post to NTBugtraq on March 14, Radim EliCZ Picha described a design flaw in the Windows NT and 2000 debugging subsystem that could result in elevated privileges. Picha also included exploit code. Experts at WatchGuard have confirmed that a hacker can use this exploit to elevate any local user, even Guest, to local Administrator. There is no direct impact on WatchGuard products. Administrators using Windows NT and 2000, servers and workstations, should recognize this vulnerability and know how to defend against it. A patch is not yet available.
MooSoft has posted a new trojan definitions update for The Cleaner
VN Roundup has posted a Windows XP security guide
Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton Antivirus.
A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also use the code.
As reported earlier this week by CNET News.com, a flaw in the zlib software-compression library could leave much of the systems based on the open-source operating system Linux open to attack.
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As reported earlier this week by CNET News.com, a flaw in the zlib software-compression library could leave much of the systems based on the open-source operating system Linux open to attack.
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McAfee Virus definitions has been updated to version 4191
Microsoft has updated the "Unchecked Buffer in SNMP Service Could Enable Arbitrary Code to be Run" security bulletin
Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton Antivirus.
PHP 4.1.2 for Windows is now available
Symantec has released a new virus definitions update for Norton Antivirus.
Microsoft has released a patch for the Unchecked Buffer in SNMP Service Could Enable Arbitrary Code to be Run problem in Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
MooSoft has released a new trojan definitions update for The Cleaner
Microsoft has released a new security patch for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows 98
A worm posing as an old-fashioned photograph of a girl holding a flower is making the rounds on the Internet. MyLife (w32.mylife@mm) is a 30,720-byte worm written in Visual Basic and compressed using UPX. If executed, the worm will attempt to mail copies of itself to everyone in the user's address book and will attempt to delete critical Windows files. Fortunately, a bug in the current worm code prevents MyLife from deleting any files.
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