If you do business on the Internet, you cannot afford to be uninformed about the dangers and pitfalls that cybercrime poses. The following is a daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
CNN: Survey: Costs of Computer Security Breaches Soar 12-Mar-01 07:53:33 ET
Story Highlights:“The reported cost of computer security breaches at U.S. businesses and government organizations is rising dramatically as their frequency increases, a new survey released Monday suggests…”
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“The Computer Security Institute and the FBI questioned security experts from a variety of corporations, government agencies, financial institutions and universities for its 2001 survey…”
Inter@ctive Week: Putting the Web in a BIND 12-Mar-01 07:08:49 ET
Story Highlights:“Late last month, a hacker calling himself Fluffy Bunny attacked a Domain Name System server belonging to McDonald’s fast food restaurants in England and redirected traffic to a dummy site in the U.S…”
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“The same day, a group called BL4F Crew hacked 10 Nintendo sites in Europe, exploiting the same vulnerabilities the McDonald’s hacker had — holes that had been publicly identified for Internet-wide upgrades 28 days earlier…”
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Canada.com: Getting Naked: E-Mail Attacks on Rise But Defenders More Prepared Now 11-Mar-01 14:08:11 ET
Story Highlights:“While the Naked Wife computer virus last week was contained before it could cause extensive damage, experts say such Internet e-mail attacks are more common and potentially nastier than ever…”
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“The Naked Wife program is like the Melissa virus that cropped up in March 1999, the I Love You troublemaker that swept the world’s computers in May 2000 and the Anna Kournikova virus that caused a minor stir last month…”
ZDNET UK: Palm Tools Blocks Viruses 11-Mar-01 03:07:13 ET
Story Highlights:“Symantec last week announced details of its forthcoming Palm-based antivirus product, which it said is the first such application to reside entirely on the handheld device…”
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“The company also unveiled a separate application, known as Norton AntiVirus Professional Edition, which will include both the Palm product and the popular Norton AntiVirus 2001 desktop product…”
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