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CNN: Experts Anxious Over Possible Net Attack
31-Jul-03 11:02 ET
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"Experts are advising computer users with renewed urgency to apply a free repairing patch that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has offered on its Web site since July 16, when it acknowledged that the flaw affected nearly all versions of its flagship Windows operating system software."
IDG.net: Microsoft Fixing Another Faulty Patch
30-Jul-03 19:32 ET
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"Microsoft acknowledged that a recent security patch is causing problems on machines running the Windows NT 4.0 operating system. The patch, released July 23 and described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-029, causes the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) on NT 4.0 machines to fail."
The Register: Panel Probes the Half-Life of Bugs
31-Jul-03 06:07 ET
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"Software security holes never die -- they fade from the Internet at a rate of 50% every thirty days after a patch is released, according to the results of a study released at the Black Hat Briefings security conference."
The Register: Yaha Usurps Klez
31-Jul-03 06:24 ET
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"Yaha-E displaced Klez as the most common viral menace on the Internet over the last month, according to Messagelabs. The managed services firm has blocked Yaha-E 367,158 times so far in July, relegating Klez-H (332,343 interceptions) to second place in its monthly viral charts."
InformationWeek: A Tool To Reduce False Security Alerts
30-Jul-03 15:08 ET
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"False security alarms -- warnings about attacks that actually aren't attacks -- are a burden for security administrators who attempt to use intrusion-detection systems to spot potentially malicious activity against their applications, systems, and networks."
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