Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Monday, August 25, 2003

11:08:31 PM

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1.	MIT Robot Walks On Water

10:58:52 PM

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1.	Virus Leaves Few Answers in Its Wake. Security experts are struggling to understand a mysterious software author who is trying to open many of the Internet's electronic locks. By John Markoff.
2.	New Telecommunication Tools May Emerge From the Deep. Who would have thought that a technology company might find inspiration for future telecommunication equipment from an animal at the bottom of the ocean? By Kenneth Chang.

10:19:51 PM

SCO Web site hit by denial of service attack. Open source community member called perpetrator [InfoWorld: Security]
9:48:44 PM

Experts: Sixth son of Sobig not the last. Security researchers believe that the creator of the Sobig mass-mailing computer virus won't stop with number six--the money may be too good. [CNET News.com]
9:48:00 PM

Hackers cut off SCO Web site. The SCO Group's Web site is blocked by a denial-of-service attack, as the company becomes caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community. [CNET News.com]
5:05:32 PM

Sobig.F worm could have originated on Usenet. The Sobig.F worm, which is estimated to have infected more than 100,000 computers and generated tens of millions of e-mails, could have begun life disguised as a pornographic picture in a posting to a handful of Usenet newsgroups. [InfoWorld: Top News]
5:05:20 PM

Antivirus companies target spyware, worms. Symantec, NAI announce new versions of Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan [InfoWorld: Security]
5:05:08 PM

Sobig.F worm could have originated on Usenet. Worm is estimated to have infected more than 100,000 computers [InfoWorld: Security]
5:04:56 PM

Handhelds the next virus target?. Rapid adoption could spur attacks [InfoWorld: Security]
5:04:43 PM

The Aftermath of Cyberattacks. How much can the Department of Homeland Security do about cyberattacks? By David Strom. [New York Times: Technology]
8:07:43 AM

Developers get first taste of Longhorn. After months of speculation, Microsoft plans to give developers their first hard look at the next version of Windows in October. [CNET News.com]
8:07:24 AM

Windows Is 'Insecure By Design,' Says Washington Post [Slashdot]
8:07:12 AM

BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets. When a computer consultant buys a used wireless pager -- once the property of a former Morgan Stanley executive -- on eBay, he ends up with an unexpected bonus: a trove of sensitive corporate data. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News]
8:06:45 AM