News Archives from 2001 (Mar 01 - Mar 31, 2001)
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Amiga
31 Mar 2001 - VEPatchBrain v1.27 for VirusExecutor Available
Jan Erik Olausen has released a new PatchBrain v1.27, for his viri
checking program VirusExecutor. This brain file can be used with any
VE 2.xx version. Changes since last version are found in the readme
file.
29 March 2001 - VirusExecutor v2.09 Released
Jan Erik Olausen released his virus killer that's meant to be easy to
use. There's no 'advanced' options in the program that you almost never
use anyway. This doesn't mean that VirusExecutor lacks of power!
New in v2.09: Added OS 3.9 ROM updates and added SystemPatch
27 March 2001 - VHT-DK Has Opened A Support Shop
Virus Help Denmark reports "We have opend a Support Shop, where you can
buy T-Shirt, Sweatshirt, Mugs and Mouse Pad. It is the CafePress website
that offers this support. VHT-DK will get about 2 US dollar for each
sale, and these money will be given away every January to the antivirus
programmer, that the users can vote for on our homepage. Please support
the antivirus programmer, and go and visit the shop." I've been there.
and was able to use the 800 number to place my order of a mug and mouse
pad, that has the Virus Help Denmark Logo. Nice!
19 March 2001 - Virus Help Denmark Added VTC in Hamburg Info
Virus Help Denmark reports they have added some info about the Virus Test
Center in Hamburg. A lot of people have asked what we (vht-dk) do with
the virus we recive. Well, we send them to the Mr. Soenke Freitag at the
Virus Test Center (VTC) in Hamburg. And to all the wellknown antivirus
programmers. We also keep a copy of the virus to do our own virus-test
with. Visit the Virus Test Center in Hamburg at VHT-DK Site.
19 March 2001 - News from Amiga.org on March 18th
* Petro Roast at Amiga 2001 - an Update
Amiga.Org reports that Petro Tyschtschenko is hosting a celebration at
the Amiga2001 show. That's right, Petro has been kind enough to provide
funding for a little celebration of his retirement.
* Amster opensource
Amster is now opensource. Amster is an Amiga Napster client. You can get
the sourcecode at SourceForge.
08 March 2001 - Geek Gadgets is moving!
Amiga.Org report says David Zaroski writes: "This is an important update
concerning the GeekGadgets' servers. Over the next few days the
GeekGadgets project will be moving to a new IP address [64.232.230.106]."
03 March 2001 - VirusWarning.Guide v3.2 Available
A new update of VirusWarning.guide has been released today, by
Virus Help Denmark. They have added all the last viruswarnings,
and the code has been cleaned a lot and also added a few new
things. The archive is named vht-vg32.lha, and can be found on
the downloads page. Join Virus Help Denmark FREE Maillist and
receive the latest news about new updates of antivirus programs
01 March 2001 - New Poll At Virus Help Denmark
Virus Help Denmark says a new poll has started. Guess how many known
viruses there are on the Amiga system. The results are in for the last
poll, which asked What is your favorite Amiga Antivirus program ??
Click here for Results of Last Virus Help Denmark Poll
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Windows
29 March 2001 - vnunet.com Security Stories
VNU Business Publications has a couple of interesting reports:
* Welsh Hacker Faces Jail Sentence
A hacker who was tracked down to his home in a tiny village in Wales has
admitted to hacking into websites between February and March last year
for his own gain and may now face a jail sentence.
* New Virus Targets Windows and Linux
Antivirus experts are warning of the first evidence of new breed of virus
affecting both Windows and Linux machines alike. Although the virus is
thought to be a proof-of-concept creation, and has not yet cropped up in
the wild, it may set a precedent for more destructive cross-platform
viruses. W32.Winux can replicate under all Windows and Linux systems,
affecting .PE files (Windows executables) and .ELF files (Linux
executables).
29 March 2001 - DAT / SDAT 4131 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4131, and SuperDat File for v4x 4140/4131
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
29 March 2001 - Exiting Adobe PageMaker 6.5x
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that a Photoshop 6 install, may trigger some
Windows 98 or Me system errors when exiting PageMaker 6.5x, says Adobe.
Read the Bug of the Day to find out how to resolve the problem.
27 March 2001 - JavaScript Trips Up Navigator
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports when Netscape, the creator of JavaScript,
released version 6 of it's favorite browser, we all assumed JavaScript
would be supported without giving it another thought. Time to revisit
that assumption.
27 March 2001 - Control Problems With Adobe ImageReady 3
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that if another application is running, the
controls in dialog boxes and palettes may be misplaced, missing, or
inoperative in Photoshop 6 or ImageReady 3 for Windows 98 or Me, says
Adobe. Read the bug report to find out how to work around the glitch.
25 March 2001 - Security: Invalid Verisign Digital Certificates
Network Associates AVERT and COVERT Labs Advise of invalid Verisign
Digital Certificates. Certificates can digitally sign viruses and
malicious code under Microsoft Corporation Name.
23 March 2001 - Digital Certificates Bogus, Says Microsoft
VNU Business Publications says that Microsoft has warned that security
provider VeriSign was duped into handing over digital certificates to an
internet fraudster, who may use them to trick users into running harmful
programs on their systems. VeriSign has since revoked the bogus
certificates but has warned users not to install anything that says
something along the lines of: "Do you want to install this program,
certified by Microsoft on 29 [or 30] January 2001?"
23 March 2001 - Dividends disappear in Quicken 98
MSNBC Bug Of The Day syas with all the uncertainties of the stock market,
the last thing you want to worry about is whether or not your personal
finance software is correctly reporting gains. But such is the case for
Quicken users that try to report dividends.
23 March 2001 - Updated Patch For Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that Microsoft released an updated patch
for the File Parsing vulnerability in PowerPoint 2000 that allows a
malicious user to construct a PowerPoint file that can run code on a
reader's system when opened. The initial patch didn't include the
entirety of the fixes. Read the Bug of the Day, for the link to the
download.
22 March 2001 - News From Virus Help Denmark
Virus Help Denmark announced on March 19th and 20th, that they have added
a few new pages to the vht-dk site. The first page is about Virus Hoax'es
it will keep informed about new virus hoax'es, so you don't fall for them.
The second page is about Virus Warning's and will keep you informed about
new viruses. The third page is an info text that is released every month,
and tell's you what viruses is found around the world.
* Visit vht-dk New Virus Hoax'es
* Visit vht-dk New Virus Warning's
* Visit vht-dk New Viruses in the wild
22 March 2001 - DAT / SDAT 4130 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4130, and SuperDat File for v4x 4140/4130
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
22 March 2001 - MSNBC: Bug of the Day Front Page
A few bugs reported at MSNBC Bug Of The Day
* March 22: Using Intuit TurboTax for the Web
Be forewarned! Don't complete your TurboTax for the Web return using
WebTV. If you do, accuracy will be comprised, says Intuit. Currently
WebTV doesn't support Java, a critical component of this application.
* March 21: Using Microsoft Outlook 2000
Here's the scenario: Netscape Communicator is set as the default browser.
When a hyperlink in an Outlook 2000 HTML formatted e-mail message is
selected, Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 for Windows 95/98/98SE/2000 and NT4
opens the Web page instead. To find out how to correct this behavior,
read the bug report.
* March 20: Using H&R Block's Kiplinger TaxCut 2000
Opening a tax return data file from any location other than the TaxCut00
folder in H&R Block Solutions Kiplinger TaxCut 2000 may generate Error
20002. To fix the problem, try this: Move federal TaxCut data files to
the TaxCut00 folder before opening the data files.
19 March 2001 - DAT / SDAT 4129 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4129, and SuperDat File for v4x 4140/4129
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
19 March 2001 - Kaspersky(TM) AntiVirus News
* Magistr: A Recipe Of Blending Virus and Worm
"Magistr" carries a very dangerous destructive payload. One month after
the day of the first infection, the virus destroys all files on local and
network drives on computers running Windows NT/2000 by replacing their
original contents with the string "YOUARESHIT". Under Windows 95/98, the
virus additionally discards the CMOS memory settings (CMOS contains the
computer boot up hardware settings) and, just like the "Chernobyl" (CIH)
virus, destroys data in FLASH BIOS microchip. After this, it displays the
a message box.
19 March 2001 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus vs. Script-Virus Generators
* From Kaspersky(TM) AntiVirus News
As it became known on March 9, a computer hacker going by the pseudonym
of [K]alamar, known to be the author of the script-virus generator "Vbs
Worms Generator", has released a new version of his program. Kaspersky
Lab has integrated a new universal anti-virus module into Kaspersky
Anti-Virus that is able to protect users from known and even future
viruses that could be created with this virus construction kit.
* Enhanced VBS Worm Generator Released
Hacker News Network says to be on the lookout for more annoying e-mail
worms from point-and-click script kiddies in the near future.
19 March 2001 - Bug of the Day Front Page
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports from March 9th to March 19th. Be sure to
read the complete report for work arounds or fixes.
* March 16: Memory problems with Adobe Illustrator 9
According to Adobe, Illustrator 9 for Windows may generate errors when
opening or creating a file or accessing the Styles palette.
* March 14: Opening Microsoft picture files
Trying to open a picture file may cause some MS applications to quit
without forewarning.
* March 13: When Microsoft Word 2001 hangs
Startup a Macintosh system from a non-writable startup disk, and MS
Word 2001 may hang when Autotext is selected on the Insert menu.
Booting from an internal hard drive prevents the problem.
* March 9: Windows Me in standby mode
After a Windows Me-based system is placed in standby mode, the video
camera's capture-streams may not display after awaking the computer
from standby, says Microsoft. It's not a bug or glitch, it's by design.
08 March 2001 - DAT / SDAT 4127 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4127, and SuperDat File for v4x 4140/4127
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
08 March 2001 - IPE AntiVirus Update Number 1154 Available
Computer Associates (CAI), announced in their Mar 7th, 2001 Newsletter,
that the new update kit for the signature file used in InoculateIT
Personal Edition AntiVirus (Current IPE version 5.2), has been uploaded
to the Computer Associates web site for you to download.
It is recommended that once you have downloaded and installed an update
that you do a virus scan of all the files on your system and create a new
reference disk for your system.
08 March 2001 - NIPC Advisory 01-002: "Naked Wife" Virus/Worm
National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) Advisory says based on
pending investigations, the NIPC is evaluating an Internet worm by the
name of "nakedwife.exe" that has been propagating in the wild. The NIPC
considers this to be a medium threat due to its destructive payload and
mass mailing capability. As always, users are advised to keep their
anti-virus software current. Please report computer crime to your local
FBI office or the NIPC, and to other appropriate authorities. Incidents
may be reported online at www.nipc.gov/incident/cirr.htm.
08 March 2001 - Latest Bug of the Day Front Page Reports
MSNBC Bug Of The Day has a few reports from the 5th to the 8th.
* March 8: A bug in QuarkXPress 4.1
A bug in QuarkXPress 4.1 for Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000 may cause the
program to bomb in this situation, says Quark: When using the pen after
modifying the pen tool to use an arrowhead style as the default. Read the
report to find out how to prevent the problem.
* March 7: Upgrading to Windows 2000
Upgrading from Windows 98 to 2000 may be responsible for this error:
"An error occurred while trying to create the file". According to MS when
a user selects Create New Document, and then tries to save it in the
Insert Hyperlink dialog box of any Office 2000 program, the error is
generated. Read the report to find out how to resolve the problem.
* March 6: Security fix for Qualcomm Eudora Pro 5.01
Qualcomm Eudora Pro 5.01 for Windows includes a security fix for a
problem first found by Georgi Guninski. The security hole happened when
launching a file which would use a rogue DLL that had already been sent
to your system.
* March 5: Missing controls for Adobe Photoshop 6
Looking for the controls in dialog boxes and palettes in Adobe
Photoshop 7 or ImageReady 3? Adobe says they may appear to be "missing",
"misplaced" or "inoperative" in the Windows 98 and Me versions when
another application is running in the background. Read the report to find
out how to prevent the problem.
08 March 2001 - No Naked Wives inside, Just an Ordinary Internet-Worm
Kaspersky Lab has a write-up that warns computer users of the new
dangerous Internet-worm "Naked" spreading via e-mail. Kaspersky Labs
has already received several reports of the worm "in-the-wild." "Naked"
spreads via e-mail by sending infected messages from infected computers.
03 March 2001 - A Patch For Microsoft Internet Explorer
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports that Microsoft has patched a patch for
Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. A patch was
originally released in December 2000 that corrected a problem where a
malicious Web site operator could collect information from two different
frames, one at the Web site and one on the local computer. This could be
used to collect information from the local computer. Microsoft found an
additional security flaw. Read the Bug Report for a fix.
01 March 2001 - DAT / SDAT 4125 McAfee Total Virus Defense Update
DAT File for weekly v4x 4125, and SuperDat File for v4x 4140/4125
are now available on Network Associates website.
Dr Solomon's VirusScan customers download here.
For more information on the use of the dat files, please see the
NAI's readme.txt. or download VirusScan v4.5 Admin Guide.
01 March 2001 - Errors Launching Adobe ImageReady 2
MSNBC Bug Of The Day asks Logged into Windows 2000 as a Restricted User?
Then launching Adobe ImageReady 2.0 may trigger this error: "Could not
fully start the application because an unknown error has occurred".
Read the Bug of the day to find out how to resolve the snag.
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Macintosh
29 March 2001 - Virex Virus DAT and Scan Engine Update Available
Networks Associates Technology, Inc. has the current Virex Scan Engine
Version: 4131. Includes these Virus Definition files: 4130. For further
information, read the Release Notes for this Virex Virus Update.
25 March 2001 - Apple Plans Colour Titanium PowerBooks
The Register reporter Tony Smith, says right now we have the silvery one.
In the next revision of the notebook - the date for which isn't yet known,
it will be joined by blue, green and red versions. MacOS Rumors also notes
a planned shift to a 600MHz CPU, the addition of a CD/RW drive, and
replacing the graphics sub-system with Nvidia's GeForce 2 Go chip.
25 March 2001 - Mac OS X Hits Stores This Weekend
Apple Press Info reports that on March 21st, Apple announced that
beginning this Saturday, March 24, customers can buy Mac. OS X in
retail stores around the world.
25 March 2001 - The LinuxPPC Giveaway Contest
LWN.net Daily news says the folks at LinuxPPC have decided to celebrate
the release of Mac OS X by giving away some copies of the LinuxPPC
distribution.
22 March 2001 - Macintosh Virex March Update Available
Arizona State University announced on March 21st, that the Macintosh
anti-virus software Virex, has the March Update Available. The update is
available on the ASU FTP server, the ASU Anti-virus web pages (See the
"Antivirus updates" button), and the IT Distribution AppleShare server.
We (ASU) recommend if you are on campus to setup your software to
auto-update using the eUpdate utility within Virex.
19 March 2001 - When Microsoft Word 2001 hangs
MSNBC Bug Of The Day reports on March 13th that startup a Macintosh
system from a non-writable startup disk, and MS Word 2001 may hang when
Autotext is selected on the Insert menu. Booting from an internal hard
drive prevents the problem.
03 March 2001 - Mac OS X: Promise Without Polish
MSNBC Tech News says when Mac OS X is released later this month, sources
say early users will find Inability to play DVDs, other glitches,
frustrating.
03 March 2001 - Gigahertz Mac Maker Xtrem Backtracks On Speed Promise
The Register reporter Tony Smith, reports Xtrem, the Swedish Mac upgrade
maker that whipped up a whirlwind of controversy last summer with a plan
to ship a gigahertz Mac, has been forced to scale back its scheme.
01 March 2001 - Virex Virus DAT and Scan Engine Update Available
Networks Associates Technology, Inc. has the current Virex Scan Engine
Version: 4131. Includes these Virus Definition files: 4123. For further
information, read the Release Notes for this Virex Virus Update.
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Linux
29 March 2001 - vnunet.com Security Stories
VNU Business Publications has a couple of interesting reports:
* Welsh Hacker Faces Jail Sentence
A hacker who was tracked down to his home in a tiny village in Wales has
admitted to hacking into websites between February and March last year
for his own gain and may now face a jail sentence.
* New Virus Targets Windows and Linux
Antivirus experts are warning of the first evidence of new breed of virus
affecting both Windows and Linux machines alike. Although the virus is
thought to be a proof-of-concept creation, and has not yet cropped up in
the wild, it may set a precedent for more destructive cross-platform
viruses. W32.Winux can replicate under all Windows and Linux systems,
affecting .PE files (Windows executables) and .ELF files (Linux
executables).
29 March 2001 - Ben Collins Is The New Debian Leader
LWN.net Daily news says the Debian leader election is over, and Ben
Collins has been declared the winner.
29 March 2001 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 29, 2001 has been published. Inside this
week's Linux Weekly News in the security area is the 2.2.18 security
issue with published exploits, OpenSSH 2.5.2p2, FCheck, MySQL
vulnerabilities.
25 March 2001 - The LinuxPPC Giveaway Contest
LWN.net Daily news says the folks at LinuxPPC have decided to celebrate
the release of Mac OS X by giving away some copies of the LinuxPPC
distribution.
25 March 2001 - Hacking Linux BIND Servers Becomes Child's Play
The Register reports that a worm called Lion has been developed to enable
any fool to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in BIND 8 transaction
signature (TSIG) handling code which we reported back in January. Lion is
spread via an application called randb which scans random class B networks
probing TCP port 53.
23 March 2001 - Lion Worm On The Loose
vnunet.com Linux News says security advisory website, The Sans Institute
is warning of a "dangerous new worm", known as Lion, affecting Linux
computers. The worm itself appears to be a variant of the Ramen virus
which hit headlines back in January, but other antivirus experts said
it may not be as dangerous as Sans is making out.
23 March 2001 - Embedded Linux Newsletter Released
LWN.net Weekly Edition says the weekly Embedded Linux Newsletter from
LinuxDevices.com went out today. This week's coverage included A 6-part
special feature on Midori Linux, GtkFB -- GTK+ for the Linux framebuffer,
and details about Sharp's new Linux-based PDA.
22 March 2001 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 22nd, 2001 has been published. Some of
the security highlights are Honeynet Forensic Challenge results, maybe a
bug in OpenPGP and FTP server denial of service problem.
19 March 2001 - New Version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux
Kaspersky Lab announces the release of the new version of Kaspersky
Anti-Virus for Linux (3.0 Build 135.3). All registered users of previous
versions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux may upgrade to the new version
free of charge.
19 March 2001 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 15, 2001 was released last week. Some
of the security items comvered are TCP/IP initial sequence number
randomization flaws, new vulnerabilities in icecast, XFree86, sgml-tools,
slrn, Zope, Mesa, timed, rwhod, and the FTP File System.
19 March 2001 - March CRYPTO-GRAM Newsletter Released
Linux Weekly News reports Bruce Schneier's CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter for
March is out. It has, if anything, more than the usual amount of
interesting news from the security area, including discussions of
the "security patch treadmill," how network security will be an
insurance company issue in the future, the new crypto scheme out of
Harvard, the TCP/IP sequence number problem, and more.
08 March 2001 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 8, 2001 has been published.
Inside this week's Linux Weekly News are Strong ES vs Weak ES TCP/IP
implementations, new security reports for Apache, /bin/mail, PHP-Nuke,
PHP, and more.
03 March 2001 - Latest Linux Gazette For Mar 1st Published.
LWN.net Weekly Edition reports the latest issue of the Linux Gazette has
been published by the Linux Journal. This month the free, user
contributed online magazine is carrying articles on using the secure
shell (ssh) suite of tools, thoughts on the Linux Router project, and
part 2 of the Learning Perl series.
01 March 2001 - Latest Linux Weekly News Released.
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 1st, 2001 has been published. A few of
the security issues covered are Vulnerability reporting, wireless
tresspassing and vulnerabilities in Java.
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Miscellaneous
29 March 2001 - vnunet.com Security Stories
VNU Business Publications has a couple of interesting reports:
* Welsh Hacker Faces Jail Sentence
A hacker who was tracked down to his home in a tiny village in Wales has
admitted to hacking into websites between February and March last year
for his own gain and may now face a jail sentence.
* New Virus Targets Windows and Linux
Antivirus experts are warning of the first evidence of new breed of virus
affecting both Windows and Linux machines alike. Although the virus is
thought to be a proof-of-concept creation, and has not yet cropped up in
the wild, it may set a precedent for more destructive cross-platform
viruses. W32.Winux can replicate under all Windows and Linux systems,
affecting .PE files (Windows executables) and .ELF files (Linux
executables).
29 March 2001 - Dutch Police Mailbomb Stolen Phones
Hacker News Network, now @stake Security News says the Dutch have devised
a clever solution to violent crime...Amsterdam police have found a way to
reduce the value of stolen cell phones, using the GSM tracking ability.
After a user reports his or her GSM (Global System for Mobile Communica-
tions) handset stolen, the police start sending out one SMS (Short
Message Service) text message to the phone every three minutes: "This
handset was nicked, buying or selling is a crime. The pce."
27 March 2001 - vunet.com Bug Watch: Here Comes The Cyberwoozle
VNU Business Publications weekly report from the security world says,
Following the recent spate of news stories about IT security breaches,
companies are waking up to the vulnerability of their IT networks. When
updating security on their internet and email systems, they need to be
aware of another 'lesser-known predator' - the cyberwoozle.
27 March 2001 - Alarm Raised Over Doubleclick Security Holes
Hackers ZDNet reporter Will Knight, reports that Hackers may have had
access to DoubleClick servers since 1999
25 March 2001 - Music Industry Tracking Individual MP3 File Sharers
The Register reports that the music industry's secret anti-Napster
software, formally known as Internet Anti-Piracy System, less formally
as Media Tracker, has been brought out of the shadows.
25 March 2001 - Napster Mulls Gigabeat Purchase
MSNBC Tech News says Napster, which is struggling to stay alive in the
wake of a court order that has eroded its user base, might buy music
indexing technology company Gigabeat, a spokeswoman for the wildly
popular song-swap service confirmed Friday.
23 March 2001 - Kaspersky Lab Now Has a Web Site for German Speakers!
Kaspersky Lab has a Press Release saying in part that
Kaspersky Labs, a world leader in data-security software development,
announces the opening of their latest site, designed for German-speaking
users.
22 March 2001 - PGP Inventor Says Encryption Flaw Minor
Story at CNet News by Robert Lemos, says that a flaw found by two Czech
researchers in the popular OpenPGP digital signature standard is real but
relatively minor, Phil Zimmermann, chairman of the open-source group,
said Wednesday. "This is not a practical attack," he said. "Your
adversary has to be able to modify your private key. That means they have
to have access to your computer." Once an attacker has access, there are
many other ways they can monitor the system. That makes the attack
largely irrelevant, Zimmermann said. The OpenPGP standard is used in many
programs including Network Associates' PGP and GNU Privacy Guard--to
allow messages to be encrypted or digitally signed to ensure the content
hasn't been changed. You can also read the article by James Middleton of
vnunet titled OpenPGP Flaw Confirmed.
22 March 2001 - Symantec Reports: MobilVirus HOAX
Symantec Security's newest information on Virus Hoaxes, reports that
Mobilvirus is a hoax and is not a real virus. This hoax is written in
Swedish. Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and do not pass
on messages.
22 March 2001 - NAI Reports: St.Patrick's Day HOAX
Network Associates has released a report on an email hoax message, with a
Subject: St. Patrick's Day Irish Virus Alert. Please ignore this specific
e-mail, delete the e-mail message, don't forward to others.
19 March 2001 - Sony Releases New CD-R and CD-RW Devices
Amiga.Org reports that on Tuesday, Sony unveiled Double Density CD-R and
CD-RW drives and discs. Dubbed DD-R and DD-RW, the discs can hold 1.3GB
of data. The technology doubles the capacity of the discs by essentially
shrinking the space between the tracks on the media. The drives will be
available in retail stores by the beginning of April and will cost $249.
DD-R discs will cost $1.99 each, and DD-RW discs will cost $2.99.
19 March 2001 - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Crowned "Software of the Year"
For the second consecutive year Kaspersky Anti-Virus, has been rated
"Software of the Year" by PC Magazine.
19 March 2001 - The RH Power Email Tracker (Forward for money) HOAX
Stiller Research virus hoax news reports this hoax is yet another of the
Forward For Money Hoaxes. When you hear that you (or some other person)
will get money for forwarding email, it's a hoax! If you get an email
that says to forward itself, please NEVER forward such an email.
19 March 2001 - The Top Five Hottest HOAXES
Stiller Research virus hoax news has an updated March 9th, 2001,
hottest hoaxes list. The list includes:
* The "Win a Holiday"Hoax
* The "Guts to say 'Jesus'" Hoax
* Internet Tax (Bill 602P and email stamp) Hoaxes
* The Wobbler/California Virus Hoax
* The Upgrade Internet2 / Perrin.exe Virus Hoax
19 March 2001 - Hackers ZDNet News Specials
Hackers ZDNet has a few interesting security news items
* FBI in panic over 'new' hacking tool
Others question what all the fuss is about. The Internet crime division
of the FBI issued a vaguely-worded warning last week about an alarming
new tool soon to be available to computer criminals. But the tool's
author has promised not to publish it for months, and is already working
with security companies to help protect their systems against it. The
tool, called "Stick", essentially disarms intrusion detection systems,
a crucial line of defence in the largest military and corporate computer
systems.
* Security experts scramble to stop new hacking tool
New tool could prove a "Sticky" problem for computer security
professionals
* Security key in Exchange 2000 update
Upcoming service pack for Microsoft's Exchange Server 2000 will offer IT
managers scalability and security features
* Broadband surfers get free hacking defence
BTopenworld customers will get free security tools to fend off computer
hackers
* Updated backdoor tool gets even nastier
Hackers ZDNet says author plans a software development kit with modular
architecture that will make it even more difficult to detect. A new
version of SubSeven, a powerful and well-known backdoor program that
gives attackers almost complete control over a victim's computer, is
making the rounds on the Internet.
19 March 2001 - MSNBC Bug of Day: Faulty Iomega Jaz drives?
Iomega says that potentially 60,000 Jaz drives have been sold with
possibly defective power supply units. The units may crack and
potentially cause a short circuit or shock. read the bug of the day
for model and serial numbers of units affected.
19 March 2001 - MSNBC Bug of Day: Installing Macromedia Flash 5
Trying to install Flash 5 (across all platforms) using the serial
number provided for the Web Design Studio may be tricky. The installer
asks for a serial number that begins with FLW500 or FLM500; neither of
which are on the registration card.
17 March 2001 - Added The Contact Feedback Form
Due to our mailservice going down for three to four days, as they have
some needed maitenance to preform, we replaced our e-mail contact address
with an easy Quick Contact Form. This has been quite a week here, being
busy doing personal stuff as well as having to replace code things due to
Beseen having gone to siteLevel for search among other changes needed.
08 March 2001 - Beseen Free Homepage Service Closing
Amiga.Org reports has our notice that as of March 8th, 2001, Beseen is no
longer offering their free homepage service. If you have a homepage site
there, you may want to grab your files, before they are all deleted on
the 8th. VHT-CAN posted article in the Internet News Section
* Beseen Home Page Service Terminated Notice
* Beseen Member Login to start saving your work.
08 March 2001 - SANS Institute Security News Headlines
SANS Institute has a few interesting security stories:
* Amazon Unit Loses Client Data To Hacker
Amazon announced that hackers had stolen data on 98,000 customers of its
Bibliofind.com subsidiary.
* Back Door Bypasses Palm Passwords
A back door in the Palm OS - used by developers to debug applications
affords anyone with developer tools and a sync cable the ability to
access data on the handheld devices, even if they have been locked with
a password.
* Power Grid Vulnerable to Attack
Experts are concerned that the increased visibility of the nation's power
grid, due to the West Coast power shortages, may invite attacks on the
system. Electric companies have established an Information Sharing and
Analysis Center (ISAC).
08 March 2001 - Reports At Natioinal Post About Napster
National Post TechNews latest headlines:
* The day some of the music died
Music-swapping company Napster Inc. began removing specific songs and
artists from its service yesterday, a move meant to avoid an injunction
which could permanently shut it down.
* Thousands of users turn to Napster alternatives
With the future of Internet music swapping company Napster Inc. in doubt,
thousands of users are turning to alternative music-swapping software.
* Non-Napster users in Canada support U.S. court ruling
Canadian Internet users who do not use Napster supported the U.S. court
ruling requiring Napster to block the trading of copyrighted music from
its Internet service.
08 March 2001 - Pig Latin Encoder Tricks Napster
MSNBC Tech News says Lisa Napoli discusses the latest ruling, and new
software enables downloading of blocked songs. Programmers at the file-
sharing firm Aimster say they have found a disarmingly simple way for
Napster users to avoid recent restrictions imposed on the service by a
federal judge: an encryption scheme based on Pig Latin.
08 March 2001 - F-Secures Reports On The Latest HOAXES
F-Secure asks that you please ignore these messages and don't spread
them any further. Latest hoxes posted at F-Secure are:
* I'M Your Shadow Hoax
This hoax message appeared in Italy during winter 2001. We have no
reports about the existance of a described malware. The original hoax
message was in Italian, but F-Secure has the English translation.
* Money Transfer Hoax
The messages are a hoax. F-Secure has the aliases and variants of this
hoax, and reminds people to please ignore these hoaxes and do not pass
them on.
* New Pictures of Family Hoax
This hoax message became widespread in the beginning of March, 2001. Also
known as the Family Pictures hoax
* Microsoft E-Mail Tracking System Hoax
This hoax has many aliases such as Netscape and AOL Merger hoax, MS and
AOL E-mail Beta Test hoax, Intel and AOL Class Action Suit hoax, and
Intel and AOL Merger hoax. There are also German and French versions of
this hoax in circulation.
08 March 2001 - World's First Virus Defense System for Postfix
Kaspersky Labs, introduces the beta-version of the world's first virus
protection software for Postfix e-mail gateways. Since 1998, Postfix has
been known as an alternative to the widely used Sendmail program.
03 March 2001 - Virus Help Team Netherlands Is Down
As reported on March 1st, but now added the info to the About Us page.
We are sorry for this inconvenience, but due to circumstances, VHT-NL
site will be down for a while. They are unable to update the site with
any new or relevant information nor files. For now, please visit the
other Virus Teams at Virus Help Denmark or ourselves.
03 March 2001 - Virus Help Team Norway Is Still Down
As reported on March 1st, but now added the info to the About Us page.
We are sorry for this inconvenience, but due to circumstances, VHT-NO
site is still down. For now, please visit the other Virus Teams at
Virus Help Denmark or ourselves.
03 March 2001 - WellMed Selects PGP Security to Protect Information
Network Associates, Inc. (NAI), announced that WellMed, Inc., a leading
provider of online consumer health management tools, has chosen PGP
Security's E-Business Server to secure the transfer of personal health
information.
03 March 2001 - Technology Front Page News Stores
MSNBC Tech News has a couple of intersting articles.
* Report: Palm password no protection
People who rely on passwords to keep strangers from poking through the
data stored on their Palms actually have no protection at all, a network
security company warns.
* Navy investigates hacker attack, theft
Naval officials are investigating how hackers broke into a computer at a
Navy research facility in Washington and stole the source codes to a
missile guidance program, officials said Friday.
* Napster to block illegal music
Napster, fighting for its life in court Friday, told a judge that it will
block access to illegally copied songs traded through its Web site this
weekend.
03 March 2001 - Asimware Sells CD Burning Software To Iomega
Amiga.Org reports that Asimware, creators of AsimCDFS, have sold their
software rights to Iomega. Asimware recently dropped support for their
popular Amiga CD Filesystem, focusing on their Windows based CD burning
software. Press: Iomega Announces Acquisition of Asimware's Software Line
01 March 2001 - A Couple Of Virus Help Teams Are Down
Sorry, but due to circumstances beyond their control, a couple of the
Virus Help Teams will be down for an undetermined amount of time. These
include the Virus Help Team Netherlands, and Virus Help Team Norway.
Sorry for the inconvenience. Virus Help Team Denmark and ourselves, are
still alive and well.
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