The main purpose of the attack was to expose the vulnerability of Microsoft's Windows NT 4.0 operating system - which was running on Compuweb's servers - to external hacking. Hackers have broken into Compuweb, a popular US Web hosting service, and...
A security flaw has been exposed in Microsoft's Office 97 software which could allow malicious code to bypass anti-virus software. A posting on security mailing list, NTBugtraq, claims some versions of Office 97 are open to attack from malicious...
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2000, its flagship database product, to manufacturing and announced that more than 100 enterprise customers will be going live with the system over the next three months.
The release of internal emails from Oracle executives has exposed the company's strategy and thoughts as it attempts to acquire PeopleSoft in a hostile takeover. PeopleSoft has gone public with the emails, which had previously been 'sealed', in the...
In an advisory published on Gartner's website last week, research VP Michael Silver said administrators should ignore any suggestions that Apple's move to Intel processors will expose the system to security vulnerabilities.
As a number of horror stories reveal, corporate networks aren't the safe and tightly controlled entities they should be. Here Will Sturgeon exposes just how wrong it can go and asks leading industry figures to light the way towards effective...