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Weekly Virus Report – Blaster.B, Blaster.C, RPCSdbot and RPCSdbot.B Worms
This week’s report looks at five worms, Blaster, Blaster.B, Blaster.C, RPCSdbot and RPCSdbot.B, which all exploit the same vulnerability in order to spread to as many …
Detecting and Understanding Rootkits
Well, well, well. You have installed the latest Linux distribution and stopped all unnecessary services. You also set-up a set of Netfilter rules that would make the Pentagon …
Internet Virus Advisory: Variations of Worm/Lovsan Discovered
Virus writers developing new variations of aggressive Internet worm MEDINA, Ohio, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Central Command, a leading provider of PC anti-virus …
Zix Corporation is Selected by Blue Plans in New York for Secure e-Messaging and Protection Services
Two Blues Are Added to ZixCorp’s Growing Healthcare Client Roster in New York DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 13, 2003–Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(TM)), …
Blaster Worm Impact May Snowball as Number of Reports Increases, Warns Sophos
Sophos’s technical support department is seeing an hour-on-hour increase in the number of calls from users concerned about the prolific Blaster worm, first seen late in …
Prevention: The Best Weapon Against the Blaster Worm
– A few basic security measures are enough to prevent attacks from this malicious code – Panda Software’s Virus Lab has detected the appearance of another …
Websense Enterprise Client Application Manager Blocks MSBlaster Worm
Websense software provides vital early defense during time-critical window of exposure CHERTSEY, 13 August 2003-Websense Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), the world’s leading …
Fortress Technologies & AirDefense Launch Business Partnership for Targeted Government and Enterprise Customers
Leaders in Wireless LAN Security Working Together & Integrating Technologies ATLANTA – August 12, 2003 – Two of the most trusted names in wireless LAN …
ZNQ3 Signs Reseller Agreement with TransCOR Information Technologies to Provide Communications Security Solution for Mobile Environments
New Product Greatly Simplifies Security Management for Panasonic Toughbooks Manchester, New Hampshire – August 7, 2003 – ZNQ3â„?, Inc., a developer of remote …
Advanced Encryption Standard by Example
The following document provides a detailed and easy to understand explanation of the implementation of the AES (RIJNDAEL) encryption algorithm. The purpose of this paper is to …
IntelliSpace Adopts Captus Intrusion Prevention System to Guard Against Network Attacks and Optimize Bandwidth Usage
Customer Cites Automatic Enforcement Capabilities as Deciding Factor woodland, Calif., August 13, 2003 – Captus Networks Corp., provider of the Captus(tm) IPS 4000 …
Ubizen’s Security Intelligence Lab Reports Worm Exploiting Microsoft’s DCOM RPC Vulnerability
— W32/Lovsan.worm hits the Internet — Ubizen, the principal provider of Managed Security Solutions (MSS) for global businesses, warns against a newly discovered …
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