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When Bot Nets Attack

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According to a semi-annual report released by Symantec this week, these bot nets, are growing at an incredible rate. Last year, Symantec saw about 2,000 machines per day recruited into these bot armies. In its new report, that figure had grown to 30,000 per day. An unprotected machine will typically be attacked within 20 minutes of being put on the Internet, according to Weafer. "The fastest we've seen was a machine taken over six seconds after it was connected to the Web," he says. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 24, 2004

Insiders Weigh Law Banning Wireless Spam

In less than a month, it will be illegal to send commercial messages to any Internet domain associated with wireless messaging subscription services.The ban is the result of rules adopted by the Federal . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 24, 2004

Some Easy Things To Do To Secure Your Network

Some easy ways to secure your network without taking a lot of time or spending any money. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 23, 2004

Security Still A Worry As WLANs Expand: Survey

The security of wireless LANs (WLANs) is the biggest factor inhibiting their growth in enterprises, but few large enterprises have suffered security breaches, according to a survey released Tuesday by JupiterResearch. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 22, 2004

Bot networks on the rise

Networks of computers that are exploited by spammers and hackers to forward junk e-mail and viruses without the knowledge of the PC user, known as bot networks, are on the increase, according to anti-virus firm Symantec. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 21, 2004

Windows Attacks Skyrocket, Bot Networks Breed Like Minks

Attacks on Windows machines in the first six months of 2004 jumped nearly four-and-a-half times over the same period last year, a security firm said Monday, leading to an explosion in the number of hacker-run bots. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 21, 2004

Hot Spot Problem Gets Hotter ...

SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - ... with a compact, 6 oz. 802.11b Wi-Fi device that can turn a simple dial-up line into an online access point for an 11Mbit/sec. Ethernet wireless network. The WiFlyer from Houston-based start-up Always On Wireless Inc. will up the ante in ease of Internet access when it ships in mid-October. The $149 device creates an instant wireless LAN that connects up to 14 PC or Macintosh users. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 20, 2004

Bugwatch: Managing network security risk

Each week vnunet.com asks a different expert to give their views on recent security issues, with advice, warnings and information on the latest threats.This week Jukka Sieppi, director of product management . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 16, 2004

Satellite Service Provides New VPN Option

Hughes Network Systems Inc. hopes to provide companies with a satellite option to connect a VPN for users in remote locations that otherwise lack adequate network infrastructure. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 16, 2004

Quantum leap in encryption

It's a hacker's nightmare but a dream for bankers and spies: A computer network so secure that even the simplest attempts to eavesdrop will interrupt the flow of data and alert administrators to the snooping . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 15, 2004

Extreme Wi-Fi

Take that wireless hot spot in the local java joint, jack it up on steroids and use it to connect an entire city full of computers. That, in short, is WiMax, a cutting-edge wireless technology that's starting to prove its worth as a fast, cheap and easy networking option for businesses. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 13, 2004

German hacker finds open Wi-Fi networks in Manila

DRIVING through the central business district of Makati all the way to Malate in Manila, a German whitehat hacker discovered that only 15 of the 66 wireless access points or wireless local area networks located in these two areas were "encrypted." . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 10, 2004

Hacker communities play cat-and-mouse with security

HACKERS worldwide will gradually find it more difficult to hack into computer networks even as their communities continue to grow, according to a German hacker known as Van Hauser. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 10, 2004

Trillian MSN Module Flaw Warning

Security researchers have issued a warning of a flaw in the Trillian cross-platform instant messaging (IM) client that puts users at risk of malicious hacker attacks. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 10, 2004

VoIP spam--it's coming

COMMENTARY--Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) looks to be the next big deal, a business disrupter that could change everything in the telecoms world. The first service offerings have been launched and customer . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 09, 2004

The Cisco kid defends the network

The two predominant themes in the responses I received on my Blended Threat column two weeks back were rage and resolve.Many of you were tired of dealing with spam, viruses, malware, and even legitimate but persistent and annoying advertisements. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 09, 2004

Tech industry presents less-than-unified defense

Last fall, the Blaster Internet worm slammed into Cable Bahamas like a digital hurricane, clogging Web connections for the tiny Internet service provider's 22,000 subscribers. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 09, 2004

Perimeter security is changing fast

Most security solutions today are built around attempting to protect the vulnerability of the PC and, or the server, by attempting to keep "bad" things outside of the network security perimeter. But, with the changing and disappearing perimeter - security now needs to be intrinsic in every system and for every user. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 08, 2004

Boingo Bolsters Hotspot Security

Boingo Wireless said Wednesday that it has added 802.1x and WPA security support to its network of hotspots.Specifically, the hotspot vendor said it has released new end user client software that incorporates support for 802.1x and WPA security measures. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 08, 2004

Dependence, risks drive demand for network security

SMALL- to medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved in financial and retail services, are being driven by competition and are thus becoming more dependent on the Internet as a business tool. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 08, 2004

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