Thursday, August 21, 2003

Worm double whammy still hitting hard. Nachi, the problematic fixer worm, and Sobig.F, the worst mass-mailing computer virus so far, continue to flood some corporate networks and e-mail servers. [CNET News.com] 11:33:10 PM    comment []

Arrogance Undermines Best Antivirus Defense. Inattention and complacency allow Vince's layered antivirus defense to atrophy -- and a virus gets through. [Computerworld Security Manager's Journal] 11:19:04 PM    comment []

Lots of interesting News today.... New virus and worm news in the security section! 5:05:16 PM    comment []

Linux advocate: More SCO evidence flawed [IDG InfoWorld] 5:04:17 PM    comment []

Patriot Act II Resurrected?. Congressional members sympathetic to the Justice Department may once again try to expand the feds' investigative powers. A proposed bill also would link low-level, nonviolent drug dealers with terrorists. Critics say it's Patriot II reborn. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News] 5:03:48 PM    comment []

RIAA legal threat cuts P2P downloads by 23%. So the latest market stats suggest [The Register] 5:03:34 PM    comment []

MessageLabs: Sobig.F breaks speed records. The latest of version of the Sobig Internet virus, Sobig.F, is spreading faster than any virus seen before, according to U.K. e-mail security firm MessageLabs Ltd. [InfoWorld: Top News] 5:03:02 PM    comment []

Microsoft Worms Crash Ohio Nuke Plant, MD Trains [Slashdot] 5:02:23 PM    comment []

Spread of 'Sobig.F' Virus Is Fastest Ever. A computer virus that circulated across the Internet this week, hard on the heels of another nasty online infection, has been declared the fastest e-mail outbreak ever. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 5:01:58 PM    comment []

Linux advocate: More SCO evidence flawed [IDG InfoWorld] 12:24:28 AM    comment []

U.K. security shop rethinks network scanning. NGSSoftware has released a redesigned version of its network- and application-scanning tool called Typhon III. [Computerworld Networking News] 12:23:32 AM    comment []

Tips on setting up a wireless LAN. Mobile and wireless analyst Craig Mathias gives realistic advice for building a wireless LAN. [Computerworld Network LAN/WAN News] 12:15:52 AM    comment []

Torvalds Slams SCO. In a hard-hitting exclusive interview with eWEEK, the father of Linux slams SCO's 'evidence' of illegal Unix code in Linux. [eWEEK Technology News] 12:09:57 AM    comment []