Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Sunday, August 24, 2003

Worms double the trouble. Networks experience disruption with an old virus reappearing as a mass-mailing machine and an MSBlast variant traveling far and wide to patch the original vulnerability. [CNET News.com]
5:21:47 PM

New DVD-copying tools to hit shelves. Despite staunch legal opposition from Hollywood, DVD drive company Tritton Technologies agrees to distribute software for copying DVDs. [CNET News.com]
5:21:19 PM

Pop-ups annoy, but do they work?. Wharton experts try to figure out just how annoying pop-up ads really are and whether intrusive necessarily means ineffective. [CNET News.com]
5:20:38 PM

The host security with the most. Sygate adds extensive policy-based app control, firewall, and intrusion detection to reinforce host security [InfoWorld: Security]
4:54:32 PM

E-Pass Can Resue Patent Case Against Palm [Slashdot]
4:29:47 PM

Security company warns of possible new Sobig attack. Infected Windows machines may simultaneously connect to Web page [InfoWorld: Security]
3:37:32 PM

Oracle warns of security flaw in 9i database. DOS attack could disrupt Database Sever [InfoWorld: Security]
3:37:24 PM

MessageLabs: Sobig.F breaks speed records. Virus produced more than one million copies in first 24 hours [InfoWorld: Security]
3:37:14 PM

Treasure Coast offers users e-mail control. Messages can be locked or given expiry times [InfoWorld: Security]
3:37:03 PM

Security company warns of possible new Sobig attack. Security experts are warning of a possible attack or mass action by machines infected with the Sobig.F worm scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. GMT on Friday. [InfoWorld: Top News]
3:36:52 PM

Anna K sends Amazon CEO into shock. Bras in stock [The Register]
3:36:43 PM

Web services tester lowers TCO, company says. Optimyz Software is offering WebServiceTester 2.0 as a tool for testing and monitoring Web services, saying the product provides for lower cost of ownership of Web services. [InfoWorld: Top News]
3:36:28 PM

The good worm. Or not.. Nachi may be trying something good, but it still doesn't belong on your network [InfoWorld: Security]
3:36:17 PM

Opportunism, spam behind new worms. Windows vulnerability presents a target [InfoWorld: Security]
3:23:20 PM

Web services directory spec advances. Version 3 of UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration), the industry's Web services directory technology, is now available in a beta release, according to the UDDI Business Registry Operators Council. [InfoWorld: Top News]
3:18:33 PM

Seven Spam Filters Compared [Slashdot]
3:17:12 PM

SCO unveils disputed code. The SCO Group's case against Linux appeared to falter in its first public unveiling of two snippets of Linux source code that the company claims were inappropriately copied into the free operating system. [InfoWorld: Top News]
3:15:49 PM

Lock down your servers. Change detection products for your network do what they promise, but that doesn�t mean it�s easy [InfoWorld: Security]
3:13:12 PM

Block these 20 IPs to prevent SoBig worm from Upgrading - Security trojan virus alert networking [SecurityNewsPortal.com]
2:36:17 PM

Sobig virus 'thwarted'. The Sobig computer epidemic seems to slow amid mounting efforts to eradicate it before workers return from holidays. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
2:31:45 PM

Say Goodbye To Your CD-Rs In Two Years? [Slashdot]
2:31:35 PM

Identity theft: It's not about you. The only ones sowing fear about digital identity are the ones who don't need it [InfoWorld: Security]
2:31:24 PM

Did MS Blaster crash the power grid? [InfoWorld: Security]
2:31:12 PM

The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) [Slashdot]
2:29:18 PM

Fearing PC Havoc, Gumshoes Hunt Down a Virus. As the computer virus named SoBig.F wreaked havoc, computer security experts tried to stop a more potentially serious electronic time bomb. By Katie Hafner and Kirk Semple. [New York Times: Technology]
2:29:01 PM

EBay Blacks Out for Three Hours. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A power outage at a Web hosting facility caused a three-hour shutdown of the Web site of eBay, the online auction company said Thursday. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]
2:28:51 PM

QuakeCon Shows What's Hip in Video Games. DALLAS (AP) -- Play enough video games and you'll soon realize that good hand-eye coordination alone doesn't guarantee victory. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]
2:28:37 PM