Monday, January 12, 2004

MySQL expands open-source database. The company releases a developer version of MySQL 5.0, which can create and run stored procedures, a feature common to commercial databases. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
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Internet Week > Trojan Horse > Trojan Horse Poses As Windows XP Update > January 11, 2004Internet Week > Trojan Horse > Trojan Horse Poses As Windows XP Update > January 11, 2004 - A new Swen-style Trojan horse posing as a critical update from Microsoft has been detected on the Internet, and users who open the e-mail message may find their machines loaded with a back-door Trojan that can steal passwords or be used in conjunction with other systems to conduct major denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

Dubbed Trojan.Xombe (as in zombie) by most security firms, the Trojan shares some characteristics of the Swen worm family in that it masquerades as a message from Microsoft and purports to carry a security update in its file attachment. However, unlike Swen--a worm which first appeared last September--Trojan.Xombe doesn't self-replicate.


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