Latest security news.
Nortel issues patch for router VPN flaw, 06/01/05
Nortel is offering a fix for a vulnerability that could let an attacker crash a VPN router with a single malformed packet. The denial-of-service vulnerability, reported by U.K. Internet security testing company NTA Monitor, affects several models in the Nortel VPN Router line, formerly known as the Nortel Contivity line. NTA characterized the vulnerability as serious, and Nortel gave it “major priority” status.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060105-nortel-patch.html?nl
New Bagle variants spreading, 05/31/05
Three, and possibly four, new versions of the Bagle e-mail worm were spreading quickly on the Internet Tuesday, Internet security firms reported.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/053105-bagle.html?nl
U.K. police arrest two linked to computer espionage case, 05/31/05
London police have arrested two computer consultants who are believed to be part of an Israeli industrial espionage scandal in which malicious software was used to steal corporate secrets.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/053105-uk-arrest.html?nl
Weblog: Do we need to be smarter about smart phones? 05/30/05
Smart phones are those gee-whiz mobile handhelds for yakking and doing computer-pounding things all at once. Sounds smart to me, except according to a recent survey of 300 people using them, we may need to keep asking the same dumb questions about security before we get some smart answers.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/009014.html?nl
