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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

  • 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