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No holiday from hackers over Thanksgiving

Dec 5, 2003 1:54PM PST

Hackers paused briefly during the long Thanksgiving weekend to give thanks for security holes and flaws that allow them to wreak havoc on the Internet.

The Global Name Registry confirmed that its .name Web site was hacked over the weekend.

Hackers also attacked the Debian Project, exploiting a flaw in the core Linux software, or kernel.

Meanwhile, a new glitch in one of Microsoft's server software packages is causing headaches for some small businesses.

Microsoft was also battling newly discovered security flaws in Internet Explorer that could let attackers invade a user's PC. When used together, the flaws could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a user's PC.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031205.gthack1205/BNStory/Technology/

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