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Online criminals are exploiting a flaw in the Microsoft Office Access database to install unauthorized software on computers, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warned Monday. In its brief warning, US-CERT offered few...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Dec 12, 2007 with -1 comments

As companies move to restrict Web surfing at work, more of them are blocking access to MySpace than to Facebook, according to a survey released Wednesday by Web security company Barracuda Networks Inc. While 44%...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Nov 12, 2007 · Hot! with 19 comments

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, popular social-networking site Facebook is planning to implement a Google AdWords-style advertising system that will target messages at a user's individual profile; the advertising system is...

· Aug 26, 2007 with 4 comments

Hackers are targeting senior managers of large firms - along with members of their families - in a new wave of highly-focused email attacks. On 26 June, net security services firm MessageLabs intercepted more than...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jul 2, 2007 with -1 comments

According to Henry Gonzalez, senior security researcher for Websense, an attack that targeted online customers of at least 50 financial institutions in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific was shut down this week. The pharming attack...

· Feb 22, 2007 with -1 comments

AMD has publish yet another set of price cuts this time for its mid- to high-end dual-core desktop CPUs, the Athlon 64 X2. A recently as January 22, AMD announced similar cuts for its lower-end...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Feb 12, 2007 with 4 comments

A Nurse from Greater Manchester was targeted by a group of hackers with a new breed of malware. Titled 'Ransomware' by security experts, the software, after entering a victim's PC encrypts the My Documents folder...

Dave Legg · Jun 5, 2006 · Hot! with 1 comment

Security experts are warning of a possible scripting virus 'outbreak' when the OS formerly known as Longhorn finally ships. Virus writers have published what are thought to be the first examples of malicious...

Steven Parker · Aug 5, 2005 with -1 comments

According to Karan Khanna, product manager for Microsoft's forthcoming Small Business Accounting (now in beta testing), Microsoft is aiming for a release of the platform in the first half of 2006. Microsoft had previously...

· Feb 5, 2005 with -1 comments

Thanks to supernova_00 for the heads up. Ben Goodger has updated the Mozilla Firefox Roadmap with the latest information about the path to 1.0. Development will remain on the AVIARY_1_0_20040515_BRANCH...

Michael Stanclift · Jul 13, 2004 with -1 comments

Ten Australian Universities are facing claims for compensation and possible legal action for allowing students and staff to copy music on their networks. The Australian Record Industry Association has decided to go after them. "There...

· Jan 30, 2003 with -1 comments

This was sent in by anonymous, thanks for the heads up. Authorities investigating the theft of high-speed Internet cable service yesterday seized modems and other computer equipment from homes in Toledo and...

· Jun 28, 2002 with -1 comments

Calling the tactic "malware at its worst," Lavasoft said its privacy software is being silently deleted when users install a third-party multimedia player. It has been confirmed that installing RadLight version 3.03...

· Apr 24, 2002 with -1 comments

Thankz neo1980 for posting this news Piece on the Forum! Internet video and audio pioneer RealNetworks Inc. accused Microsoft Corp. in court on Wednesday of seeking to restrict its products because...

· Mar 20, 2002 with -1 comments