Stories by Paul Roberts

Article | 31/07/2003 Microsoft fixing another faulty patch
Microsoft acknowledged Tuesday that a recent security patch is causing problems on machines running the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
Article | 6/06/2003 New version of Bugbear mauling users
A new version of the Bugbear virus is spreading quickly on the Internet, according to alerts posted by leading antivirus companies.
Article | 7/05/2003 Bevy of new ICQ vulnerabilities surface
Six security vulnerabilities in America Online's (AOL's) ICQ Pro instant messaging client give attackers a number of new ways to gain remote control ...
Article | 24/04/2003 Latest Microsoft bulletins affect Outlook, IE
Two new product security patches from Microsoft target a number of critical security flaws in the Outlook Express e-mail application and Internet Expl...
Article | 23/04/2003 IBM releases desktop-priced ThinkPads
Priced at under US$1,000, a new version of the ThinkPad notebook computer is targeted at users who are interested in switching from desktop PCs to lap...
Article | 31/03/2003 MS failure to patch NT 4.0 raises support issue
Microsoft's statement last week that it would not offer a version of a security patch for NT 4.0 has called into question an earlier promise to conti...
Article | 26/03/2003 Dirty bomb? Grab your PDA!
Devotees of PDAs (personal digital assistants) can now put "survival" alongside "calendar" and "address book" in the list of useful applications, as t...
Article | 24/03/2003 Hackers, virus writers take to war theme
The beginning of war in Iraq prompted a rash of protest hacking on the Internet, with new war-themed viruses and Web page defacements directed at U.S....
Article | 13/03/2003 New Code Red variant raising alarms
A new version of the Code Red worm is spreading on the Internet, more than 18 months after the original worm infected Web servers worldwide, according...
Article | 11/03/2003 New Deloder worm targets weak passwords
A new worm on the Internet targets computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, using easy-to-guess passwords for the Administrator accou...
Article | 10/03/2003 Security holes found in Google's Blogger
Pyra Labs patched a number of security holes in its Blogger Web-based publishing tool this week that could have enabled a hacker to publish thoughts ...
Article | 7/03/2003 Paypal customers target of apparent scam
Another scam that targets online shoppers who use the eBay Inc. PayPal Internet payment service is circulating on the Internet, according to reports f...
Article | 7/03/2003 Paypal customers target of apparent scam
Another scam that targets online shoppers who use the eBay PayPal Internet payment service is circulating on the Internet, according to reports from t...
Article | 19/02/2003 System break-in nets info on 5.6 million credit cards
A computer hacker, or hackers, has gained access to the credit card numbers of as many as five million credit card customers.
Article | 11/02/2003 Microsoft patches patch for NT 4.0
After removing links to a security patch that caused the NT 4.0 operating system to fail, Microsoft on Friday posted an updated patch that fixes the N...

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