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Sun Fixes Critical Java Plug-In Flaws
A pair of vulnerabilities in the Sun Java Plug-In technology could put users at risk of system bypass attacks, Sun Microsystems Inc. confirmed Thursday. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said the more serious of the two vulnerabilities could allow an untrusted applet to elevate privileges through JavaScript calling into Java code. For example, an untrusted…
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Latest MSN Messenger Worm Can Hijack System Info
A new Internet worm is squirming through Microsoft Corp.’s popular MSN Messenger chat network, anti-virus vendors warned on Thursday. The latest threat comes follows October’s Funner worm attack and signals a growing trend to use instant messaging as a delivery mechanism for malicious activity. According to an advisory from F-Secure, the new W32/Bropia-A worm users…
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Sun Brings Compliance, Content Management to One Screen
Sun Microsystems Inc. has introduced a product it says will help midsized and large businesses comply with regulatory requirements and corporate governance policies while managing content in a more comprehensive way than its previous offering. The Sun Compliance and Content Management Solution is built on the compliance platform from records compliance management vendor AXS-One Inc.…
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AmeriVault Extends Reach to Small, Home Businesses
AmeriVault Corp., a data storage and protection provider, has agreed to acquire Certified Backup, an online data backup vendor focused on the small and home business market. AmeriVault, of Waltham, Mass., uses the outsourcing model to provide offsite disk-to-disk data protection and recovery services including online data backup, e-mail archiving and data replication, mostly to…
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WD Plans 1-Inch Drive
Western Digital said Wednesday it would enter the 1-inch disk drive market later this year, crowding an already congested market. Western Digital said that the drive will ship in the second calendar quarter of 2005. The 1-inch hard drive will spin at 3,600 RPM and will be available in capacities up to 6 gigabytes, within…
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‘Evil Twin’ Haunts Wi-Fi Users
An IT security expert, an academic and the U.K. government’s cybercrime unit will give Londoners an introduction to the security dangers of wireless networking on Thursday—with the star of the show being an attack method dubbed the “Evil Twin.” The Evil Twin is essentially a wireless version of a phishing scam—users think they’re connecting to…
