InfoWorld

Code posted for Internet Explorer attack

Malicious code exploits a known vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6; Microsoft had already released a patch for IE6, and the code does not work on IE7 New software has been published on the Internet ...
The Economist

A stealth attack came close to compromising the world’s computers

In 2020 XKCD, a popular online comic strip, published a cartoon depicting a teetering arrangement of blocks with the label: “all modern digital infrastructure”. Perched precariously at the bottom, ...
The Economist

Why is so much of the internet’s infrastructure run by volunteers?

A DECADE AGO someone realised that the locks keeping swathes of the internet secure were not working. OpenSSL, a tool used to encrypt anything from social-media passwords to e-commerce purchases, had ...
Computerworld

Secret Windows code leaked on Internet

Microsoft Corp. confirmed late yesterday that some of the secret code underlying its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems has been leaked on the Internet. The company played down any ...
InfoWorld

JavaScript botnet code leaked to Internet

The code, which uses JavaScript to turn any Web browser into a hacker's tool, was created as a demonstration of how JavaScript can be used to dodge security measures Software that could be used to ...
NPR

Parts of Microsoft 'Source Code' Leaked to the Internet

Roughly 15 percent of the "source code" for Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 computer operating systems — code usually encrypted to keep it secret — has appeared on some Internet file-sharing ...