Weak links in the Net's armor
Today's rising Internet threats are as real as their names are colorful: phishing, pharming and DNS poisoning. Also: Trouble at Cisco.
roundup Today's rising Internet threats are as real as their names are colorful: phishing, pharming and DNS poisoning. Also: Trouble at Cisco.
August 3, 2005
August 3, 2005
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August 2, 2005
August 1, 2005
July 30, 2005
July 29, 2005
Cisco warns customers of site breach
Company sends e-mails to site's users and advises people to change their passwords.August 3, 2005
DNS servers--an Internet Achilles' heel
Scan finds that many of the servers that act as the white pages of the Internet are vulnerable to attack.August 3, 2005
Antiphishing group casts line at new threats
Faced with a rise in so-called pharming and crimeware, Anti-Phishing Working Group will expand to include the emerging threats.August 3, 2005
Phishers cash in on ATM cards
Online scams lead to an estimated $2.75 billion in losses related to ATM and debit cards over the past 12 months, Gartner says.August 2, 2005
Microsoft wants to meet more hackers
Software giant plans to invite hackers back for twice-annual meetings to show developers flaws discovered in Microsoft products.August 1, 2005
previous coverage
Hackers rally behind Cisco flaw finder
Defcon attendees talk of Cisco-gate, collect money for Michael Lynn and thrash corporate America.July 30, 2005
Black Hat: Hunting bugs, finding holes
roundup At security conference, researchers dig into flaws and fixes--and one gets into a dust-up with Cisco.July 29, 2005