Microsoft Security Advisory warned today that a possible attack against the MD5 hash digital certificate could allow an attacker to generate their own certificate with information from the original. Microsoft warned that only the... More...

Microsoft is warning Windows Live Hotmail users of a recent phishing scam that asks for the person's username, password, date of birth, and country or territory. It's not clear why the software giant has taken... More...

EBay Inc warned that 2008 results would fall below Wall Street expectations, sending its shares more than 5 percent, even as it confirmed long-serving Chief Executive Meg Whitman would step aside. The warning accompanied solid... More...

Microsoft Corp. has warned corporate administrators that it will push a new version of Internet Explorer 7 their way next month, and has posted guidelines on how to ward off the automatic update if they... More...

US-CERT is warning computer users of a possible problem with the latest version of RealPlayer after a Russian security company claimed to have found a way to exploit a critical flaw in the multimedia software.... More...

Microsoft has reported a flaw in the way Windows and Internet Explorer handle web proxy auto discover (WPAD) connections. WPAD servers are used to deliver connecting computers with web proxy information. Microsoft said that the... More...

Security firm McAfee has released a new report warning of the ever-present threat of typo-squatting. The report highlights the number of website squatters registering domains using common misspellings of popular brands, products and celebrities in... More...

Seagate is warning users to scan their systems for malware after a password-stealing Trojan was found on some of its hard drives. The vendor said that the malware was discovered on the Maxtor Basics Personal... More...

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Boston-based open source software lobby group, is planning to petition British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to highlight the role of software giant Microsoft Corp. in the British Broadcasting Corporation's... More...

Trend Micro has patched a pair of remote code execution vulnerabilities in ServerProtect, its server-based antivirus software, that could open the door for attackers to gain control over affected machines. Both are stack-based buffer overflow... More...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said that backwards compatibility with PlayStations 2 games of the PlayStation 3 console, slated to be released in PAL regions in about a month, will not be as good as that... More...

Symantec planned to post earnings of $0.14 or $0.15 per share for its third fiscal quarter but now expects the numbers to drop to either $0.10 or $0.11. Revenue estimations for the quarter are in... More...

Sony has warned that it will take legal action against anyone engaging in grey importing of its products after scoring a High Court victory over online retailer Lik-Sang. In his ruling yesterday, Judge Michael Fysh... More...

Google has started warning users if they are about to visit a webpage that could harm their computer. The warning will pop up if users click on a link to a page known to host... More...

Microsoft is advising Vista beta testers to burn their downloaded ISOs as slowly as 1X or 2X to avoid corrupted media. It says that its failure telemetry data is showing that three quarters of failed... More...

Will Microsoft soon be charged $2.5 million a day for allegedly flouting the European Union's demand to provide documentation about Windows' inner workings? Microsoft officials are preparing for that scenario, according to an e-mail update... More...

Time Magazine has declared Apple's new MacBook to be a "powerful and affordable" computer. The magazine has published its first review of Apple's consumer notebook, and it's full of praise. It even observes that... More...

We posted earlier this week about an unofficial set of patches being labeled as a Windows XP SP3 "Preview Pack". The pack was created by members of TheHotfix.net and included many patches not generally available... More...

Companies should not outsource their core business functions and staff, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told a group of Japan's top businessmen in a speech in Tokyo on Wednesday. Gates, who was... More...

It's only a matter of time before Apple's newly redesigned Mac operating system becomes a happy hunting ground for malicious hackers, according to a research report from security vendor Symantec. The Symantec Internet Security Threat... More...

Several security vulnerabilities in Firefox and the Mozilla Suite of Internet software put users of the open-source products at risk of hacker attacks, the Mozilla Foundation is warning. The organization released Firefox 1.0.1, which fixes... More...

Over the past couple of weeks, members of the Playstation Underground Sony's US fan club, have been getting copies of Holiday 2004 Demo Disc. Unfortunately, gamers eager to sample the cel-shaded beat-'em-up... More...

Apple Computer is warning users of older iTunes software versions that it plans to stop allowing those versions to connect to its music store. Those trying to buy music using versions other... More...

Microsoft on Tuesday published 10 software security advisories, warning Windows users and corporate administrators of 22 new flaws that affect the company's products. The advisories, and patches published with the bulletins, range... More...

Thanks cybershark, and jon. Windows clients running the popular WinZip application are at risk from a number of critical security flaws, according to WinZip Computing and security researchers. The compression/decompression tool is one... More...

Rival technologies that baffle consumers will run more companies out of business in the nascent music download market than will head-to-head competition, one of the lead creators of MP3 playback technology warned on Wednesday. ... More...

Apple is recalling 28,000 faulty batteries used to power its 15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops. An internal short circuit in the batteries causes them to overheat and could pose a fire hazard to... More...

After reporting a $25.4 million loss in its last quarter, the troubled publisher reveals it must find new financing by August. Today, Acclaim released its earnings for the financial year ending March 31,... More...

Symantec Corp. is warning its customers about a security vulnerability within its antivirus application. The Internet security vendor ranks the flaw as "medium," while security research group Secunia pegged the flaw as "moderately critical." The... More...

Latest Hitman titles not performing to expectations, says British publisher British publisher Eidos has issued a short trading update warning that unit sales of the recently launched Hitman: Contracts have been below... More...

Satoru Iwata and chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach have claimed that people are becoming too obsessed with the next generation of hardware. Satoru Iwata and Robbie Bach both share the view that developers... More...

France has taken steps toward complying with European Union law by warning local-government buyers not to favor computers with Intel chips over rival AMD, a commission spokesman said on Friday. A notice on... More...

Hidden code in e-mail messages is increasingly being used to track the success of spam campaigns, according to a warning by an antispam technology company. Up to 50 percent of all spam released in the... More...

If the Internet industry does not better regulate itself, then public and political opinion may force tighter regulation upon it, warns Ofcom, which still has an eye on local loop unbundling The Internet... More...

Posted that yesterday: http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=17624&category=main - Malebolgia Those of you who've downloaded the leaked NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code (you know who you are) shouldn't be surprised to receive a cease-and-desist note... More...

RealNetworks Inc.'s media player software contains vulnerabilities that could let an attacker take control of a PC on which the software is used to download multimedia files, the company confirmed this week. Corrupt... More...

Computer security researchers are again warning about a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could be used by malicious hackers to take control of systems using the popular open source operating system. ISEC Security... More...

Microsoft said it would be forced to offer European consumers a substandard version of Windows if the European Union makes it rewrite its operating system, sources close to the case said Thursday. ... More...

The CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is warning users about a serious security vulnerability in the OpenSSH (Secure Shell) that could enable a remote attacker to run malicious code or launch... More...

Business warned not to rely solely on future Windows OS for virus protection Businesses should not rely on Microsoft's future operating system to secure desktops against viruses, analyst Gartner Group has warned,... More...

Open-source software supporters need to do a better job of policing themselves as developers and activists, according to Darl McBride, CEO of controversial Unix seller SCO Group. In an "open letter to... More...

Nintendo of Europe continues to warn retailers of potential legal action over the importing of Game Boy Advance titles, with the firm now targeting those selling US versions of Advance Wars 2. Earlier this year,... More...

An official statement from legendary developer id Software has warned both print and online media that the company will refuse to work with any publication which reproduces a number of leaked images of forthcoming PC... More...

Sony Corp. on Wednesday said that some of 3,000 laptop computers it shipped to the United States could pose the risk of a small electric shock to users in rare instances. The laptop affected is... More...

SonyStyle customers should not respond to fraudulent request for personal info. Sony has warned consumers to beware of fake spam email bearing the subject title 'SonyStyle user and email address'. The electronics giant said yesterday... More...

The Recording Industry Association of America said it has sent cease-and-desist letters to five people whom it suspects of illegally offering massive amounts of copyrighted music through peer-to-peer networks. The RIAA learned... More...

CHIP FIRM INTEL warned that system manufacturers and users that attempt to overclock 865 chipsets using PAT (performance acceleration technology) may end up with systems that are not under warranty. The stern warning sends out... More...

Thanks leebobs SCO, the owner of the Unix operating system, has announced that it considers 'Linux ... an unauthorised derivative of UNIX' and has warned commercial users of Linux that they... More...

Businesses have this week been warned to steer clear of 802.11g wireless LAN technology by market research organisation Gartner. Devices based on the 802.11g specification operate in the same 2.4GHz band as... More...

Close Intel partner Hewlett Packard told its customers over the weekend of a problem with a bug (erratum) on the Itanium processor. Although Intel actually posted the bug details on August 14th, HP... More...