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OpenSSH Trojaned

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OpenSSH was trojaned yesterday. There is not little authoritative information on the situation. What is known is that the original file was exchanged with a trojaned file and was discovered because it had a different MD5 checksum. . .

Analysis: Symantec rattles security landscape

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"[With the acquisitions we are] going to just leapfrog over [security competitors] with a commanding lead in the marketplace," said a confident Hamilton. "Our intent is not to be number two or three. We want to be number one." However, fallout from Symantec's feeding frenzy is drawing criticism that the task of integrating the triage of dissimilar security technology into a cohesive and affordable unit for customers will prove difficult to pull off.. . .

eWeek: Who's Watching Whom?

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The long-running dispute over when to release vulnerability information escalated last month into a bitter turf war among several security companies, all of which claimed to have their customers' best interests at heart. And while it might have started by coincidence, . . .

Apache Worm Barely Squirms

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A program designed to infect vulnerable computers running the open-source Apache Web server application apparently hasn't made it very far, security experts said Monday. As first reported. . .

Anti-hacker product draws start-up money

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A Columbia company that invented what it calls the world's most widely deployed technology to detect computer hackers announced yesterday that it received $7.6 million in venture capital to develop and market a commercial version of its product. Sourcefire, a 30-employee, privately held company, uses Snort, a detection technology developed by the company's founder, Martin Roesch.. . .

Apache Worm?

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In the wake of the Apache Chunk Encoding vulnerability, the fun just doesn't seem to end. There seems to be another worm on the loose. The details of it are still being investigated. Currently, there is a thread on . . .

Bug Watch: Developers at fault

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In my line of work it is inevitable, but always shocking, to see the number of high-risk security flaws developers have left behind. Most worryingly, a major proportion of vulnerabilities are due to a basic misunderstanding of the internet protocol and . . .

OpenSSH 3.4 Released

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At least one major security vulnerability exists in many deployed OpenSSH versions (2.9.9 to 3.3). Please see the ISS advisory, or OpenSSH advisory on this topic where simple patches are provided for the pre-authentication problem. . . .

Guardian Digital offers new Secure Linux server OS

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Setting up a secure server isn't necessarily for the faint of heart. To make it easier for IT administrators, Guardian Digital Inc. has released EnGarde Secure Linux Version 1.2, offering a secure server operating system for mail, Web and other servers without the hassle of an intricate customization.. . .

IBM tackles drive-by hacking

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IBM has developed software which it claims can effectively prevent drive-by hacking. Software developed by IBM Research in the US apparently turns servers into wireless auditing sniffers that alert administrators if a network has misconfigured wireless access points. The . . .