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Security defect 'worse than Melissa'?
News Researchers discover a hole in Microsoft's Java big enough to drive a virus through. [27 Aug 1999]
A Year Ago: CIH virus hits firms hard
News Originally published Thu, 27 Aug 1998 08:58:33 GMT [27 Aug 1999]
Crack this service and win £30,000
News Mail service puts cash on the line to show off its security. Four-hundred-eight-bit encryption, anyone? [26 Aug 1999]
Compaq sells AltaVista security products to Axent
News Compaq Computer announced Wednesday it will sell its AltaVista Firewall and AltaVista Tunnel security products to Axent Technologies [26 Aug 1999]
Virus-writer turns tail, covers tracks
News After distributing a killer virus, "Raid" looks to make a getaway. [26 Aug 1999]
A Year Ago: Hotmail glitch steals passwords
News First published: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:44:47 GMT [25 Aug 1999]
Hackers scanning for trouble
News Somebody is lurking in thousands of servers, but leaving everything untouched. And there's probably nothing the law can do about it. [24 Aug 1999]
Toadie virus poses serious threat
News Toadie virus hits Austrian company's HQ... hard [23 Aug 1999]
US furor rises over PC wiretap plan
News A US government proposal would make it easier for the law to break into people's computers. Privacy-rights groups call it KGB tactics. [23 Aug 1999]
Symantec out to clean up networks
News Responding to management fears, Symantec shifts focus to networks. [20 Aug 1999]
Happy Christmas! Here's your virus
News A new bug attacks hard drives, BIOS -- and has something to say about jolly old Saint Nick. [19 Aug 1999]
Media blamed for consumer online fears
News The dangers of buying online have been exaggerated, says a new report. [18 Aug 1999]
Symantec strategy keeps 'em guessing
News Symantec may unveil its latest move in the cut-throat virus-protection wars. [18 Aug 1999]
Cracking for dummies: Emails that kill
News As if you didn't have enough problems -- now it seems an email is all it takes for hackers to crash your server. [17 Aug 1999]
AT&T and BT under FBI investigation
News A billion-dollar deal between AT&T and BT is under investigation by the FBI and the US Department of Justice according to the Wall Street Journal. [16 Aug 1999]
Hackers may be snooping on you - Broadband scare
News Companies and users of broadband modems beware: Malicious hackers may be "listening" in on your computer's conversation across the Internet. [12 Aug 1999]
Mitnick case dropped - Hacker case 'mischarged'
News The Los Angeles district attorney gave Kevin Mitnick a birthday present Friday, dropping its six-year-old computer hacking case against the convicted hacker. [09 Aug 1999]
NHS security compromised by boss?
News The head of the National Health Service has been accused of weakening its computer security by suggesting a move from the current X400 mail protocol to SMTP. [06 Aug 1999]
Symantec hacked - UK boss says no war with hackers
News Despite the humiliation of having its Website hacked this weekend, the UK boss of anti-virus company Symantec denies the attack is evidence of a war between established anti-virus firms and hacking groups. [02 Aug 1999]
ADSL - safe at any speed?
News While ADSL offers speed, flexibility and a fixed bill each month, it also increases the chances of malicious attack on home PCs. Rupert Goodwins explains... [30 Jul 1999]
U.S. backs off private monitoring
News With criticism rolling in from all quarters, U.S. government officials on Wednesday backed away from a controversial plan to monitor private-sector networks for hacking activity. [29 Jul 1999]
Anti-Sniff software inadequate - BugTraq
News [27 Jul 1999]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News This week: AOL gets frisky, online buying gets risky, Millennium cashpoints, Microsoft's cellular coup and Jobs gets carried away [23 Jul 1999]
UK E-commerce bill comes under fire
News The long-awaited draft e-commerce bill was finally published today amidst a stream of criticism. [23 Jul 1999]
Public pays for Banks' insecurity
News Computer security within many UK banks is perilously insecure and the public is being made to pay to hide this fact, according to leading computer security risk assessment consultant, Ian Johnston-Bryden. [23 Jul 1999]
