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Clean-up new Word macro virus
PRODUCT
NEWS PC electronic theft device
SecurlD prevents
he PC Protector range has been developed by BML in the UK. T PC Protector is designed to provide an electronic option to the
Security Dynamics has announced that its SecurID token card could have helped prevent the estimated 21 million lost to hackers breaking into telephone networks and making unauthorized international calls at reduced rates. SecurID, used in conjunction with SecureCall from Octel Communications, could save organizations millions of pounds in unauthorized calls made by hackers breaking into private voice communications networks. Private networks can significantly reduce long distance telephone charges, but they are not completely secure.
“El million lost to hackers breaking into telephone networks” When a travelling
employee
wishes
to
make a call they dial into their local Octel Voice
Mail
System.
SecureCall
prompts
them to enter a UserID, PIN and SecurlD passcode. The employee enters a unique,
expensive and labourious process of anchoring machines with steel cables. The manufacturer claims the product will not only provide round the clock security for the CPU, but its electronic circuitry also extends to both the printer and the monitor units. The device is programmed to prevent the theft of either part or all of a PC system and also it monitors and deters any attempt to tamper with the casing in order to remove memory, the CPU or the hard drive. This microprocessor card plugs into any 8 or 16 bit slot and comes with a tilt sensor, 110 db alarm and a rechargeable battery.
“deters any attempt to tamper with the casing”
For$wther
irzformation, contact BML on: -144 1457 871960.
Clean-up new Word macro virus Software Corp. has discovered a new strain of Word T ouchStone macro virus which carries an even more destructive payload than its predecessor, Word Concept. The new virus, “Wazzu” poses a major threat to computer users. The Wazzu virus wreaks havoc within infected documents by changing, moving or adding words. In many instances, the virus will insert the word “wazzu” at random points within a document. The virus activates faster than previous macro viruses and is much harder to clean manually, thus increasing the potential for rapid proliferation. It is primarily transmitted via E-mail attached files, and is computer users” activated when an attached document is opened.
“Wazzu poses a major threat to
real-time passcode which is displayed on the token. Only if the entered number matches the host number, is the call allowed to be completed.
The caller is then prompted
dial the final destination
to
number.
For further in.ormation, contact Geraldine Harmon, Security Dynamics Inc. on: +44 1734 795822.
Computer Fraud & Security September 1996 0 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
However, it can be successfully detected and removed with PC-cillin 9.5 developed by Touchstone and Trend Micro Inc. PC-cillin 95’s latest virus pattern update provides the signatures necessary for detecting and cleaning the new Wazzu macro virus. All registered users may download the pattern update free of charge from Touchstone’s web site at www.checkit.com. Forfiwtlzer information, contact TouchStone UK on: +44 181 875 4456.
NEWS PC electronic theft device
SecurlD prevents
he PC Protector range has been developed by BML in the UK. T PC Protector is designed to provide an electronic option to the
Security Dynamics has announced that its SecurID token card could have helped prevent the estimated 21 million lost to hackers breaking into telephone networks and making unauthorized international calls at reduced rates. SecurID, used in conjunction with SecureCall from Octel Communications, could save organizations millions of pounds in unauthorized calls made by hackers breaking into private voice communications networks. Private networks can significantly reduce long distance telephone charges, but they are not completely secure.
“El million lost to hackers breaking into telephone networks” When a travelling
employee
wishes
to
make a call they dial into their local Octel Voice
System.
SecureCall
prompts
them to enter a UserID, PIN and SecurlD passcode. The employee enters a unique,
expensive and labourious process of anchoring machines with steel cables. The manufacturer claims the product will not only provide round the clock security for the CPU, but its electronic circuitry also extends to both the printer and the monitor units. The device is programmed to prevent the theft of either part or all of a PC system and also it monitors and deters any attempt to tamper with the casing in order to remove memory, the CPU or the hard drive. This microprocessor card plugs into any 8 or 16 bit slot and comes with a tilt sensor, 110 db alarm and a rechargeable battery.
“deters any attempt to tamper with the casing”
For$wther
irzformation, contact BML on: -144 1457 871960.
Clean-up new Word macro virus Software Corp. has discovered a new strain of Word T ouchStone macro virus which carries an even more destructive payload than its predecessor, Word Concept. The new virus, “Wazzu” poses a major threat to computer users. The Wazzu virus wreaks havoc within infected documents by changing, moving or adding words. In many instances, the virus will insert the word “wazzu” at random points within a document. The virus activates faster than previous macro viruses and is much harder to clean manually, thus increasing the potential for rapid proliferation. It is primarily transmitted via E-mail attached files, and is computer users” activated when an attached document is opened.
“Wazzu poses a major threat to
real-time passcode which is displayed on the token. Only if the entered number matches the host number, is the call allowed to be completed.
The caller is then prompted
dial the final destination
to
number.
For further in.ormation, contact Geraldine Harmon, Security Dynamics Inc. on: +44 1734 795822.
Computer Fraud & Security September 1996 0 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
However, it can be successfully detected and removed with PC-cillin 9.5 developed by Touchstone and Trend Micro Inc. PC-cillin 95’s latest virus pattern update provides the signatures necessary for detecting and cleaning the new Wazzu macro virus. All registered users may download the pattern update free of charge from Touchstone’s web site at www.checkit.com. Forfiwtlzer information, contact TouchStone UK on: +44 181 875 4456.