19th October 2002 Archive
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MS patches insecurity trio
Word, SQL, Help
Another bundle of three security issues in Microsoft products came out this week. Among them is a nasty bug in Windows-XP Help Center allowing the deletion of entire directories, as we reported a few weeks ago. A malicious file request, the syntax of which resembles a URL, can be embedded in a Web page or an HTML e-mail. MS …
Security 19 Oct 2002, 04:51
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Beltway sniper takes out FBI cyber-sleuth
Real cyber-terror
An armed lunatic plaguing the Washington, DC area has managed to do more harm to American cyber-defence with a single .223 caliber bullet than an entire squadron of PLA hackers could hope to accomplish, Vmyths editor Rob Rosenberger points out in a recent rant. FBI National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) cyber-analyst …
Security 19 Oct 2002, 06:40
