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VeriSign Reports Massive Worm in the Works

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

An increase in suspicious activity this weekend has Internet security experts bracing for what some analysts warn could be the next big worm attack worldwide. Virus monitors spent the weekend watching an increased level of activity that experts said could be the start of a Blaster-like attack. A spokesperson for VeriSign engineers told TechNewsWorld late…

Network Associates Shifts Gears with McAfee Name Change

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In what analysts have described as the company’s biggest transformation ever, security giant Network Associates sold the Sniffer network protection product line this week to orient its focus on antivirus, intrusion prevention, research and consumer business — changing its name to McAfee in the process. The deconsolidation and reorganization is among the final divestment moves…

Windows Attack Code Surfaces, Foretells Worm

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Early warning last week about increased signs of a possible superworm in the making may have slowed down a new attack on the Internet. But evidence continues to grow, according to a VeriSign security officer, of a major new denial-of-service attack to be mounted from thousands of already-infected computer systems. Charles Kaplan, MSS information security…

Worm Variant Parade Marches On

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It appears writing viruses is becoming as easy as ABC, particularly given the deluge of worm variants in the Bagle, Netsky and Phatbot families. But the collections of worms are causing some confusion among virus fighters as well as increased danger for users. The latest example is the Bagle.Z variant, which, among various antivirus and…

UK Looks to Biometrics in New National ID

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

UK residents volunteering their faces, irises and fingerprints for a pilot passport program are previewing what may become mandatory for all of England if draft legislation is enacted. The ID-card approach is being promoted by the country’s Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and is touted as the key to the United Kingdom’s future and as a…

New Worm Starts Crawling the Net

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A new worm materialized yesterday in the U.S. Pacific region and was continuing a slow circulation across the U.S. mainland last night in search of compromised computer systems. VeriSign engineers have been tracking increased Internet traffic on customers’ computer systems around the country since April 16th. The increase in suspicious activity through the week had…

Hacker Safe: The Security of Online Commerce

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In mid-March, BJ’s Wholesale Club announced it was investigating a security breach that involved theft of credit card information from its computer network. Company officials ordered an exhaustive review of the retail outlet’s state-of-the-industry technology systems with a leading computer security firm. Following that review, BJ’s ruled out the likelihood of a centralized security compromise…

MS Delays XP Service Pack, Indie Steps in for Win98

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It may be coming half a decade late, but an independent software seller is now offering a service pack for Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), which Microsoft itself never got around to doing. And just as Alper Coskun released his own “unofficial” service pack for the aging but well-liked Microsoft operating system, the software giant…

Congress Takes a Stab at ‘Spyware’

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Software designed to steal computer users’ personal data is gaining more attention from Congress even as top consumer protection officials in the Bush administration say it is too early for the government to step in and deal with it. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) plans to introduce a bill that would outlaw “spyware” programs designed to…

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