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MySQL worm hits Windows systems
News Databases protected by weak passwords on Windows-based machines could allow a worm to spread to several thousand systems.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Study: Unpatched PCs compromised in 20 minutes
News The average "survival time" is not even long enough to download patches that would protect a computer from Net threats.
Tags: PC security
Unpatched Firefox 1.5 exploit made public
News A flaw in the open-source browser's history.dat file potentially puts users at risk of a DoS attack.
Tags: Windows XP, Web browsers, Open source
Georgian president suffers cyberattack
News Political tensions with Russia have been blamed for distributed-denial-of-service attacks against the Georgian president's Web site.
Tags: Security, Attack, Georgia, Russia, security company, network, researcher, Internet Storm Center, blog, Cyberattack
Businesses overlooking biggest security risks
News Companies are looking in the wrong places to defend against online attacks, according to security training organization Sans.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Spam and phishing, Security, Phishing, Training, Vulnerability, Attack, Web Application, Programming
Conficker infected critical hospital equipment, expert says
News Hundreds of PCs and medical devices at hospitals in the U.S. were found to be infected with the Conficker worm recently, a security expert says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Access Control, removable storage, Hospital, computer, SCADA, Worker, Marcus Sachs, network, Microsoft Windows
Flaw fixed in open-source antivirus program
News Clam, maker of the open-source security program Clam AntiVirus, released an update Monday designed to address a security flaw.
Tags: Antivirus software, Open source
Massive SQL-based Web attack decoded
News The SANS Internet Storm Center and others published details about the massive SQL-based Web attack that occurred over the weekend.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Hacking, Security Management, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems)
Security experts warn of potential malicious AIR code
News Adobe AIR comes with security best practices, but some experts worry developers will ignore them.
Tags: Security
Enterprises urged to use unofficial Windows patch
News In absence of a fix from Microsoft, security experts advise companies to use unauthorized patch for latest WMF flaw.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows
Bofra burrows in through banner ads
News Hackers may be using banner ad servers to multiply the impact of the Internet Explorer virus, security experts warn.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Internet advertising
Symantec incorrectly flags Yahoo Mail as a virus
News Accessing the beta version of Yahoo Mail on a PC with Symantec's updated antivirus software incorrectly sounds alarm bells.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Microsoft investigates potential new IE flaw
News Newly discovered, unpatched flaw could put users at risk of a cyberattack, but it is still unclear which users may be vulnerable.
Tags: Data security, Web browsers
Pop-up program reads keystrokes, steals passwords
News Trojan horse installed through pop-up ad has watch list of banking sites. Victims visit sites, type in passwords, hand info to hackers.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Banking
Recent worms punish bad passwords
News A spike in Internet traffic caused by a worm over the weekend can be largely blamed on bad passwords and poor security practices.
