.Net vulnerability bytes Web servers; New botnet targets iPhone buyers

Opinion
Jul 16, 20071 min

Latest security news.

.Net vulnerability bytes Web servers, 07/13/07: Steps have finally been taken by Microsoft to protect millions of exposed networks vulnerable to a .Net exploit that was first discovered nine months ago.

New botnet targets iPhone buyers, 07/13/07: Apparently enough people are buying iPhones online that cybercriminals want in on the action.

No breakthrough in efforts to unlock the iPhone, 07/16/07: Hackers are working to unlock Apple’s iPhone, but the job appears to be more difficult than initially expected.

After criticism, Sun fixes Java flaw, 07/13/07: Just days after a security researcher blasted its Java patching system, Sun has issued a critical update to the consumer version of its Java software.

IFM’s Cisco password cracker: Blogger Brad Reese explains why you don’t want to use Cisco type 7 passwords.

Ex-Boeing worker accused of stealing documents, 07/13/07: A Boeing data theft has a former employee facing criminal charges. What could have stopped him? Maybe a strip search.