Hackers: Archive: December 2002

High Court Grants Hollywood's Christmas Wish

Justice O'Connor issues temporary stay in jurisdictional wrangling over where programmer who allegedly posted code to de-scramble DVD encryption can be sued.

S.C. Opens Nation's First Cyber Crime Center

Working with FBI and other federal agencies, facility will investigate Internet fraud, child pornography and denial of service crimes.

Using Neural Networks To Beat Hackers

By combining the behavioral and computer sciences, a Washington-based startup believes it has created the ultimate anti-hacker system.

2002 Marked by Sophisticated Attacks

The year 2002 has been characterized by new types of security threats -- more sophisticated and potentially dangerous threats.

Buffer Overruns Found in Real's Helix Server

Three security flaws found in RealNetworks new Helix Universal Server 9.0 are remedied.

White House Scrambles to Defuse Privacy Concerns

Bush's cybersecurity advisor Richard Clarke claims the proposed Internet monitoring system would be used only to track highly aggregated information on the overall health of the Internet.

Bush to Propose Internet Monitoring System

Windows XP, Winamp Security Flaws Patched

Beware the latest hacking tools: MP3 and WMA digital music files.

CERT Warns of SSH Vulnerabilities

In severe cases, CERT warned that remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Secure Shell process.

Cobalt RaQ 4 Security Flaw Detected

An exploit of this vulnerability is publicly available and affected server admins are urged to immediately apply fixes.

Report Confirms Massive Increases in Viruses, Spam

Probably you don't need anyone to tell you this, but the email security service provider MessageLabs confirms it anyway: email-borne computer viruses are on the rise, as is spam.

Security: Batten Down the Hatches and Troll for Gotchas

Between telnet and Google, there's a lot you can learn about just how secure your organization's systems are. Carla Schroder covers some obscure gotchas you might want to fix, or at least show to your boss.

Sklyarov Takes Stand as ElcomSoft Begins Defense

Programmer says he knew program to bypass Adobe's eBooks encryption code might be illegal in U.S.

Sklyarov Admits to Targeting PDF Weaknesses

FCC Panel Weighs Security Practices

Representatives from telecom, cable, wireless, satellite and ISP industries review measures to protect nation's communications services from attack.

Online Fraud Growing in Scale, Sophistication

Fraud will cost online retailers about $500 million during this holiday season, according to a new study out by industry analyst giant Gartner, Inc.

Microsoft Introduces New IE, Outlook Fixes

The software concern, after promising to cut back on the info relayed in its security warnings, issues a patch for a moderate IE flaw, as well as one for an Outlook vulnerability.

Security Spending Bucks Downward Trend

Despite a continued slow down in IT spending, a new study shows that network security spending is on the rise -- even cutting a large chunk out of the overall IT budget.

Bugbear, Klez Continue to Infect Networks

Two new viruses raise their ugly heads while two known culprits top November's virus charts.

ISS Goes Public with Disclosure Policy

In the face of public criticisms over its handling of software security alerts, Internet Security Systems (ISS) goes public with its vulnerability disclosure guidelines.