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Keeping Your SQL Server Databases Defragmented with Diskeeper
Check out this white paper to learn how you can easily defrag your SQL server with the diskeeper utility. Keep reading to discover the difference it can make.
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Check Point FireWall-1 has multiple critical vulnerabilities
News.com reports that Check Point has provided a patch for its Next Generation (NG) series, but only about 70 percent of current users have installed the version that will be patched. VPN-1 is no...
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How IE URL-handling patch affects Web builders
Facing loud criticisms about the vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer, Microsoft has released a major patch that affects the way browsers interpret URLs. This article will...
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Keep up with public wireless dangers and Wi-Fi security standards
Although wireless networking holds great promise for extending and mobilizing the 24/7 connected world we've all become accustomed to, it obviously comes with a wide variety of manageability and...
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Highly critical flaw affects NetBSD and OpenBSD
A vulnerability that can result in a Denial of Service event, privilege escalation, or remote system access has been shown to exist in two popular UNIX brands: NetBSD and OpenBSD. Patches are...
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More .NET Passport security doubts raised
Another security vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft's widely used .NET Passport online verification system. This is the second problem with .NET Passport in just two months, and it's...
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Windows Media Player flaw could expose sensitive files
Microsoft's Media Player 9 has a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to play or modify media files on a target system. The big danger here is that many companies and even government...
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2003 CSI/FBI cybercrime survey shows reduced losses
The eighth edition of the longest-running annual survey of computer crime and losses has recently been published by the Computer Security Institute. The study, which is conducted in cooperation...
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New update addresses two serious Apache flaws
The Apache Software Foundation has released a new revisionof its popular Web server software, mostly to correct two newly disclosed security holes. One problem, however, can result in a denial of...
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Linux kernel flaw could trigger DoS incidents
Several versions of Linux from multiple vendors are reportedly vulnerable to a flaw in the Linux 2.4 kernel. According to the initial report from Secunia, the threat is related to a problem in the...
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Alert: Critical WebDAV flaw exposes Win2K systems running IIS 5.0
Microsoft and administrators alike are learning in the worst possible way about a newly discovered buffer overrun vulnerability in the World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)...
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Outlook Express quirk opens software to social engineering
British e-mail provider MessageLabs.com has reported seeing a number of recent Trojan attacks exploiting a quirk in Outlook Express.
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Linux, Unix as Vulerable as Windows
Think Windows has the worst security track record? Aberdeen Group says CERT reports show Linux and Unix systems are just as vulnerable.
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Apache suffers more attacks
Several flaws in Apache Web server have recently become popular hacker targets. Here's what to look for, and how to minimize potential damage.
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9 new flaws in IE
GreyMagic has unveiled nine new flaws in Internet Explorer. Microsoft says the instant disclosure informs hackers instead of end users.
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Baffling hack attacks on Win2K Server
Beginning in late August, users started to report a number of mysterious attacks against Windows 2000 Server, which Microsoft struggled to explain.
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VPN users: The weakest link
Remote access gives workers great freedom--but that freedom is a serious liability. Company data now travels most anywhere, and remote connections can leave your network wide-open to hackers....
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Cloud provisioning spec step closer to IETF working group
A proposal to create a new standard for provisioning users to cloud services is making its way along the standards track and is soon to be the focus for a new IETF working group.
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The all-in-one PC is alive and well
The laptop may have dethroned the desktop, but the all-in-one PC is still growing at a rapid rate. Several companies have announced new models with Intel's latest chips.
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New York's anonymity ban: Why should the Web be any different?
New York wants to outlaw anonymous comments to prevent cyberbullying and other online abuse. This criminologist examines why this plan, despite its controversy, may not be such a bad thing.
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Microsoft unveils AD Azure strategy, ID management reset
The software giant begins talking publicly about Windows Azure Active Directory service and its strategy to use it as the foundation for its Identity Management as a Service strategy.
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