Security Advisories
OpenSSL Worm Spotted in Wild
September 13, 2002
We’ve been following credible reports that a worm propagating in the wild is breaking into servers running vulnerable versions of OpenSSL. Last month, several critical security issues, including a client-exploitable remote buffer overflow in the SSLv2 handshake process, were discovered in all OpenSSL versions prior to 0.9.6e. The worm appears to exploit this hole, although […]
MS Downplays Windows Hacking Wave
September 9, 2002
Microsoft has updated their advisory regarding the ‘mysterious’ hacking attacks that have been reportedly taking over numerous Windows systems. It now claims that no new security vulnerabilities were being exploited; instead, Windows 2000 systems with weak or no administrator passwords were targeted in a coordinated attack. The malware installed on compromised systems seems to be […]
Windows Systems Hit by Unusual Attacks
September 5, 2002
A vague alert issued by MS Product Support Services warns that the company has been tracking a new rash of hacking activity targeting Windows XP and 2000 servers. Victims have experienced modified security policies on the domain controller, which prevent legitimate users from logging on to a network. In addition, a trojan application named taskmngr.exe […]
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