News (43)

  • Virus writer exploits London bomb blasts

    A virus has been spotted in the wild which attempts to exploit concerns surrounding the bomb blasts that rocked London last Thursday and left at least 50 people dead.

  • MSN Messenger spreads worm, not love

    A worm that first disguised itself as an e-mail from computer vendors now attempts to trick MSN Messenger users into executing malicious files.

  • Instant messaging threatens security

    Companies are warned that employees using instant messaging programs could be less productive and at risk from viruses.

  • E-mail worm exploits Sept 11

    An e-mail claiming to have information about the September 11 attacks on the US releases a mass mailing worm.

  • Worm exploits MSN Messenger

    A worm that uses Microsoft's MSN Messenger application to exploit a browser glitch has spread rapidly, despite the existence of a patch covering the security hole, according to experts.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (14)

  • Who are these virus writers?

    commentary Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other deliberately damaging actions? And why?

  • Windows admin 'feature' poses latest hazard

    An obscure messaging feature in Windows could be the latest source of security problems for Internet users, experts have warned.

  • A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

    Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

  • Who knows the most about your network?

    Businesses need to remain one step ahead of the hackers and virus writers by ensuring they know more about the holes in their networks than the cyber-criminals, according to one expert.

  • Symantec and Sophos ANZ square off

    The men at the helm of two of Australia's largest security software companies check each other's defences. Additional reading: Microsoft launches Australian security effort

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (1)

Create an e-mail alert for "exploit"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
exploit


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 3 anti-virus
  2. Popularity: 3 antivirus
  3. Popularity: 3 attack
  4. Popularity: 2 bagle
  5. Popularity: 2 business
  6. Popularity: 3 code red
  7. Popularity: 2 crime
  8. Popularity: 1 donovan
  9. Popularity: 4 e-mail
  10. Popularity: 3 email
  11. Popularity: 3 european union
  12. Popularity: 3 firewall
  13. Popularity: 4 hack
  14. Popularity: 4 hacker
  15. Popularity: 2 hackers
  16. Popularity: 3 hacking
  17. Popularity: 2 im
  18. Popularity: 2 instant
  19. Popularity: 2 lemos
  20. Popularity: 2 malware
  21. Popularity: 3 messenger
  22. Popularity: 1 mobility
  23. Popularity: 2 msblast
  24. Popularity: 2 msn
  25. Popularity: 3 nimda
  26. Popularity: 3 patch
  27. Popularity: 2 robert
  28. Popularity: 4 sasser
  29. Popularity: 18 security
  30. Popularity: 2 sircam
  31. Popularity: 2 slammer
  32. Popularity: 2 social
  33. Popularity: 4 sophos
  34. Popularity: 2 source
  35. Popularity: 7 spam
  36. Popularity: 3 symantec
  37. Popularity: 2 t&b
  38. Popularity: 2 technology
  39. Popularity: 5 trojan
  40. Popularity: 27 virus
  41. Popularity: 6 viruses
  42. Popularity: 4 vulnerabilities
  43. Popularity: 3 vulnerability
  44. Popularity: 2 web
  45. Popularity: 3 windows
  46. Popularity: 26 worm
  47. Popularity: 2 worm generator
  48. Popularity: 3 worms
  49. Popularity: 2 yahoo
  50. Popularity: 2 2001

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
  • Array Opening the floodgates on missing drives
    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured