News Archives from 2002 (Jan 01 - Jan 05, 2002)
D Amiga News Links
* VHT-Denmark Amiga Antivirus New's
* Virus Help Team Netherlands Antivirus New's
05 January 2002 - XAD-Master Library v11.0 Unarchiving Tool Released
Dirk Stoecker released his latest XAD sharware library, that provides
an interface for unarchiving all possible types of file or disk archives.
Choose one of the links below, to go to your machines CPU version. The
older releases can be found in the Archives Section.
xadmaster library [000]
xadmaster library [020]
xadmaster library [060]
Click here to search Aminet for XAD Developer lib
04 January 2002 - New Safe v17.7 Available
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski released his latest freeware virus
dicovering system. Safe informs about attack and removes virus from
memory if possible. This latest update can be found by following the
above link.
New in v17.7
- fixed "mislooks" in VECS, SAVEMEM and DIS
anyway, seems only I use these options...
I have decided to split Safe package to:
Safe - 7kB chaff file with many built in additions
Integrity - excellent virus detection system with GUI
WatchDog - very background memory AV guard with many unique features
04 January 2002 - New Safe Integrity Tool v1.2 Available
Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski has split his Safe anti-virus package
into multiple parts. Integrity is a Professional virus detection tool
able to show all changed/added/deleted files on your HDD since last
checking. Requires: OS37+, MultiView (for MMU version mmu.library)
This latest update can be found by following the above link.
01 January 2002 - Anti-virus Programmer Poll Wraps Up
Virus Help Denmark says Happy new year to all of you..... and also that
the vote for the antivirus programmer that has done the most for the
Amiga scene is over now, and we have got a winner. The winning program
is xvs.library programmed by Jan Erik Olausen & Georg Hoermann. Follow
the above link for the results. Click here for Archived Polls
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D Windows News Links
02 January 2002 - OCIPEP - Alerts and Advisories
Added the Canadian Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Emergency Preparedness Virus Advisory - W32.Gokar and W32.Badtrans.B
to the Virus Warnings page. As of today, the OCIPEP Alerts and Advisories
have been added to our Virus Alerts and Security Links
02 January 2002 - UNIRAS - Alerts and Briefing Notices
Added the UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Alert New variant of the Maldal virus
to the Virus Warnings page. As of today, the UNIRAS Alerts and Briefing
Notices have been added to our Virus Alerts and Security Links
01 January 2002 - NIPC Update: Universal Plug and Play Vulnerabilities
National Infrastructure Protection Center Update Advisories - 01-030.2
This advisory updates NIPC Advisory 01-030 regarding what Microsoft
refers to as a critical vulnerability in the universal plug and play
(UPnP) service in Windows XP, Millennium Edition (ME) and Windows 98
or Windows 98SE systems. This vulnerability could lead to denial of
service attacks and system compromise. Microsoft has released a patch
(Microsoft Security Bulletin 01-059) for this vulnerability at the
following site: MicroSoft Bulletin MS01-059
Other news sites in regards to this apparent problem:
* ZDNet: FBI Warns On Windows XP Hole
* CERT Advisory CA-2001-37
* CIAC Information Bulletin Number M-030
* Tim Mullen: Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, Inc.
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D Macintosh News Links
01 January 2002 - Apple Mac OS X Credentials Disclosure Vulnerability
Apple Mac OS X PPP Authentication Credentials Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityFocus says an issue has been reported in Mac OS X which could
disclose the authentication information for a PPP connection. If a user
has established a PPP connection, executing a ps command will not only
display the information about current processes running, but will
disclose the PPP username and password for Internet Connect. (Security
Focus Bugtraq ID: 3753)
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D Linux News Links
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D Miscellaneous and HOAX News Links * F-Secure: Latest Hoaxes
* McAfee: New Hoaxes
02 January 2002 - OCIPEP - Alerts and Advisories
Added the Canadian Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Emergency Preparedness Virus Advisory - W32.Gokar and W32.Badtrans.B
to the Virus Warnings page. As of today, the OCIPEP Alerts and Advisories
have been added to our Virus Alerts and Security Links
02 January 2002 - UNIRAS - Alerts and Briefing Notices
Added the UNIRAS (UK Govt CERT) Alert New variant of the Maldal virus
to the Virus Warnings page. As of today, the UNIRAS Alerts and Briefing
Notices have been added to our Virus Alerts and Security Links
01 January 2002 - Palm OS: a Platform for Malicious Code? Part Two
This is the second of a two-part series that will attempt to establish
to what degree Palm OS-based systems represent a suitable platform for
malicious code. The first article examined the operating system in general
as well some of the types of malicious code that could be used to infect
Palm OS platforms. This installment will look at file system viruses,
non-overwriting link viruses, compressing link viruses, existing Palm OS
malware, and virus scanners for Palm OS. (by Markus Schmall)
* Palm OS: A Platform for Malicious Code? Part One
01 January 2002 - M-031: Buffer Overflow in System V Derived Login
CIAC services says a vulnerability has been discovered in the login
program for many System V-derived Unix implementations that allows
unauthorized root access. This vulnerability can be remotely exploited
to gain privileges of the invoker of login. Programs such as telnetd,
rlogind, and other suid root programs will allow root access to the
system. Solution: Apply the patch from vendor.
Platform: IBM AIX versions 4.3 and 5.1, Hewlett-Packard's HP-UX
SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 and earlier, SGI IRIX 3.x and
Sun Solaris 8 and earlier
01 January 2002 - Happy New Year for 2002
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| `--' `--' | May everything you strive for
| H A P P Y N E W Y E A R | this year, come to a happy
|_______________________________| conclusion.
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Well, another year has come and gone. Best wishes in the new year.
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