The Mydoom virus has been around for only a few days, and already it is perhaps the most insidious on record. Not only has it spread extremely quickly, but it has opened up ports on hundreds of thousands of systems – a fact that has not gone unnoticed among malicious hackers who might want to take control of those systems. Security companies are warning that they see thousands of scans for infected machines and are implying that many of those scans are hackers. Meanwhile, a new variant of Mydoom is starting to make the rounds, a variant that is more difficult to remove from a system. Hackers capitalizing on Mydoom’s success http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0128hackers.html?net Variant of Mydoom spotted http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0128variantb.html?net
The Mydoom virus has been around for only a few days, and already it is perhaps the most insidious on record. Not only has it spread extremely quickly, but it has opened up ports on hundreds of thousands of systems – a fact that has not gone unnoticed among malicious hackers who might want to take control of those systems. Security companies are warning that they see thousands of scans for infected machines and are implying that many of those scans are hackers. Meanwhile, a new variant of Mydoom is starting to make the rounds, a variant that is more difficult to remove from a system.
Hackers capitalizing on Mydoom’s success
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0128hackers.html?net
Variant of Mydoom spotted
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0128variantb.html?net
Federal gov’t unveils cybersecurity warning system
In the middle of all this mess you have the Department of Homeland Security instituting the National Cyber Alert System. Is there room for yet another warning system? Do I need someone telling me about a dangerous virus when I already have McAfee, Symantec, CERT and whoever else? These are questions the department still needs to sort out.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0128dhs.html?net
Venture funding up, but not for network and telecom companies
While 2003 ended on a positive note for start-ups in search of venture funding, networking and telecommunications companies continue to lag behind other companies in attracting dollars.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0128venture.html?net
Sprint rolls out new VPN products
Sprint Wednesday announced three new VPN choices for users including its first Multi-protocol Label Switching and Secure Sockets Layer offerings.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0128sprintvpn.html?net
A call for ideas
We’re thinking about holding a contest, and I’d like to get your opinion about whether you’d be interested. The contest would be to invent a networking company that would solve a problem you’ve experienced in networks in the field. What would the products be? How would the company make money? That sort of thing. Entries would be judged by experts and venture capitalists.mailto:jcaruso@nww.com
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