Virus names likely a lost cause
The Common Malware Enumeration Project clears up confusion for responders, but racing to name the latest virus in the media will continue to be the norm. 2006-03-09 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11380 Antivirus groups fight over Crossover sharing A young antivirus group's attempts to leverage a rare exclusive virus discovery into greater membership has earned it criticism from the old guard of antivirus companies. 2006-03-03 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11379 Triple threat to Mac OS X largely academic Two worms and an exploit for Apple's operating system hardly threaten consumers' computers, but should act as a wake-up call for Mac users. 2006-02-24 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11378 Private identities become a corporate focus Technology companies at the RSA Security Conference expound on the privacy benefits of online services that authenticate users based on the least amount of information possible. 2006-02-20 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11377 Startup tries to spin a safer Web Armed with client-side honeypots and a low-cost team in India, a group of MIT graduates aims to create a system to warn Web surfers about the seedier sites, and outright malicious servers, on the Internet. 2006-02-12 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11376 Apple's in the eye of flaw finders With the move to Intel processors and a larger share of the market, Apple's Mac OS X could find itself a more popular target of attack, security professionals say. 2006-02-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11375 Blackmal virus set to delete files Security experts urge companies to clean their networks of a malicious mass-mailing computer virus, before compromised systems reach the first trigger date and start deleting eleven types of files. 2006-02-01 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11374 Good worms back on the agenda A researcher argues that the spreading capabilities of worms could better perform penetration testing inside networks, turning vulnerable systems into distributed scanners. 2006-01-27 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11373 Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS UPDATE: Insider attacks and industrial espionage could become more stealthy by hiding code in the core system functions stored on the motherboard, researchers say. 2006-01-26 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11372 Zero-day details underscore criticism of Oracle A security researcher releases detailed information about a critical vulnerability in Oracle's application and Web servers, taking the company to task for not fixing the issues quickly. 2006-01-25 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11371 |
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