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NetFlash: Hackers jump through holes in Microsoft patch

Opinion
Sep 09, 20032 mins
Networking

Microsoft recently patched a vulnerability in Internet Explorer – but some are saying that the vulnerability is still there, patch or no patch. There’s at least one exploitation circulating on the Internet that uses this security hole to quietly run software that installs a toolbar in your Web browser with links to sites you might not normally visit. Hackers jump through holes in Microsoft patch http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0908hackejump.html?net

Microsoft recently patched a vulnerability in Internet Explorer – but some are saying that the vulnerability is still there, patch or no patch. There’s at least one exploitation circulating on the Internet that uses this security hole to quietly run software that installs a toolbar in your Web browser with links to sites you might not normally visit.

Hackers jump through holes in Microsoft patch

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0908hackejump.html?net

CSI: Lost e-mails

Gone are the days when e-mail was just e-mail. Now it’s a record of employee communications relevant to lawsuits. If your company’s legal department comes after old e-mail, could you produce it? This week’s feature looks at the services and tools created to help you with e-mail forensics.

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2003/0908csi.html?net

Mgmt. wares get upgraded

Network Instruments will next week unveil the latest version of its flagship network protocol monitoring and analysis tool, which now includes features that can help network managers pinpoint poorly performing applications running across LANs, WANs and wireless nets.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0908netfid.html?net

Blade vendors to launch standards effort

A group of server vendors led by Intel will launch a new effort to create standard ways of building and managing blade and rack servers next week at the Intel Developer Forum, in San Jose.