The Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) has launched a free Web site that catalogues security flaws in Internet-related software. It will, say its creators, promote more open collaboration between companies and individuals “and reduce expenses inherent with the development and maintenance of in-house vulnerability databases”. There are various specialist mailing…
U.S. Goals Solicited On Software Security
The federal government should set goals for reducing flaws in computer software that allow attacks by hackers, and other regulations might be necessary to better protect cyberspace, an industry task force said yesterday. Despite rising incidents of worms, viruses and identity fraud that have cost businesses and consumers as much…
One in three firms suffer hacking attempts
One in three of the UK’s biggest companies has suffered hacking attempts on their websites in the last year, a government-sponsored survey has revealed. According to the 2004 Department of Trade and Industry biennial Information Security Breaches Survey, conducted by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), four per cent of…
AT&T intrusion alerting and firewall services help thwart cybersecurity attacks
AT&T has introduced two new security services, AT&T Internet Protect and AT&T Personal Firewall, to give businesses and government agencies worldwide some of the most powerful weapons available to date in their ever-increasing battle against cyber security attacks.
Symantec Report Bares Internet Threats
While the number of vulnerabilities found in software essentially has plateaued, the flaws are increasingly easy to exploit and, more often than not, quite severe, according to a new report.
Report: Rise in virus attacks costs firms dearly
The Computer Virus Prevalence Survey found that last year, almost a third of the hundreds of businesses polled worldwide had suffered a virus “disaster,” defined as 25 or more computers infected by a single virus in the same incident.
The report was released on Friday by the ICSA Labs subsidiary of security firm TruSecure. The survey polled 300 randomly selected companies and found that 92 had had major virus incidents in 2003, up from 80 in the year before. Almost all of the companies surveyed said that at least 90 percent of their desktops have antivirus protection, but still a third of the companies suffered virus disasters.
The servers had to be taken down for an average of 17 hours as a result, the report said.
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