Daily CyberCrime and Security Report for January 14, 2002

LA Times: Security Flaws May Be Pitfall for Microsoft
14-Jan-02 19:19:44 ET

Story Highlights:
"Competitors and federal regulators have failed to stop Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) march toward dominance of new areas of the computing world, but there is an increasing chance that one of the software giant's own strategies could hinder its advance..."

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"Microsoft's decade-long focus on cramming new features into its products has come at the expense of protecting computers against viruses and hacking attacks..."

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ZDNET: Microsoft: There's a Hole in W32.Donut
11-Jan-02 11:31:46 ET

Story Highlights:
"Antivirus vendors reported a new 'proof of concept' virus, dubbed W32.Donut, that infects executable files created for Microsoft's Web services, which are expected to be released to the public in the coming months..."

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"But Microsoft says W32.Donut has little to do with .Net..."

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The Register: Gigger worm can format Windows PCs
11-Jan-02 15:07:42 ET

Story Highlights:
"Gigger, a new JavaScript-based virus, has escaped into the wild. It attempts to delete files from a computer and format user's disk drive on restart and antivirus vendors are characterising it as..."

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"Gigger, which uses a combination of Microsoft Outlook and mIRC to spread, is not..."

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LA Times: Everything Seemed So Normal About Teen in Internet Scam
13-Jan-02 16:07:08 ET

Story Highlights:
"Even by most teenagers' hectic schedules, Cole Bartiromo would have been hard to keep up with..."

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"In November, the 17-year-old from Mission Viejo was going to high school, attending baseball practice every weekday morning, pet-sitting for a family next door, flipping pizzas..."

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