Weak links in the Net's armor

roundup Today's rising Internet threats are as real as their names are colorful: phishing, pharming and DNS poisoning. Also: Trouble at Cisco.

Cisco warns customers of site breach

Company sends e-mails to site's users and advises people to change their passwords.
August 3, 2005

DNS servers--an Internet Achilles' heel

Scan finds that many of the servers that act as the white pages of the Internet are vulnerable to attack.
August 3, 2005

Antiphishing group casts line at new threats

Faced with a rise in so-called pharming and crimeware, Anti-Phishing Working Group will expand to include the emerging threats.
August 3, 2005

Phishers cash in on ATM cards

Online scams lead to an estimated $2.75 billion in losses related to ATM and debit cards over the past 12 months, Gartner says.
August 2, 2005

Microsoft wants to meet more hackers

Software giant plans to invite hackers back for twice-annual meetings to show developers flaws discovered in Microsoft products.
August 1, 2005

previous coverage

Hackers rally behind Cisco flaw finder

Defcon attendees talk of Cisco-gate, collect money for Michael Lynn and thrash corporate America.
July 30, 2005

Black Hat: Hunting bugs, finding holes

roundup At security conference, researchers dig into flaws and fixes--and one gets into a dust-up with Cisco.
July 29, 2005