Neowin News Feed for: Risk

ESR recalls thousands of power banks due to fire risk, offers full refunds

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:52:01 +0000

Popular Apple accessories vendor, ESR, has issued a recall for over 30,000 HaloLock power banks due to a fire and burn hazard. Read more...

Egypt's Grand Mufti issues fatwa against bitcoin

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:10:01 +0000

The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Shawki Allam, has issued a fatwa against the use of bitcoin largely due to the risks he perceives with the cryptocurrency for individuals, groups, and institutions. Read more...

Amazon bans sale of 'hoverboards' amid safety risks

Jack Wilkinson — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 03:26:02 +0000

Major online retailer Amazon has reportedly banned the sale of the so-called 'hoverboards' following warnings that the devices are dangerous and prone to catch fire. Read more...

Acer: We won't 'take a risk' on Windows Phone until apps, market share improve

Andy Weir — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:54:10 +0000

Acer says that it cannot justifying 'taking the risk' of launching Windows Phones while consumer demand for the OS remains so low, and while the app situation on the platform "needs fixing". Read more...

Researchers warn of stroke and asthma risk from 3D printers

Andy Weir — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:41:30 +0000

Researchers have warned of serious health risks associated with 3D printers - particularly in homes and small businesses, which lack the proper ventilation that these devices demand. Read more...

Office Mac users at risk

Thu, 14 May 2009 22:19:06 +0000

PC security experts have criticized Microsoft this week for releasing security patches attempting to fix vulnerabilities in Windows versions of their presentation program Powerpoint, whilst announcing Mac users of Office Mac could remain at risk,... Read more...

UK News: Nine out of 10 firms put customer data at risk

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:01:59 +0000

Over 90 per cent of UK firms are putting their customers at risk of identity fraud, according to the results of a study released today to mark National Identity Fraud Prevention Week. The event is... Read more...

Japanese Study: No Increased Cancer Risk with Cellphones

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:45:01 +0000

According to scientists at Tokyo Women's Medical University, using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, a finding which adds to the growing body of evidence that mobile phones are safe.... Read more...

Microsoft denies Windows 2000 security risk

Steven Parker — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:29:09 +0000

Microsoft has hit back at claims that Windows 2000 users are exposed to a loophole in the operating system's random number generator, a flaw researchers claim allows hackers to retrieve users' personal information. Dr Benny... Read more...

Social networkers warned of risk

Tom Warren — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:15:20 +0000

A quarter of the 11 million Britons who use social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook may be leaving themselves open to identity fraud. Get Safe Online, a government-backed campaign group, is warning... Read more...

Blind People Say Quiet Hybrid Cars Pose Safety Risk

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:15:11 +0000

Gas-electric hybrid vehicles, the status symbol for the environmentally conscientious, are coming under attack from a constituency that doesn't drive: the blind. Because hybrids make virtually no noise at slower speeds when they run solely... Read more...

Altered iPhones at Risk of Failure

Tom Warren — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:35:22 +0000

Apple warned on Monday that iPhone owners who have used unauthorized programs to unlock the cellular service feature of their handsets may end up with a phone that does not work after the company's next... Read more...

Computer Routers face Hijack Risk

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:24:49 +0000

Researchers at the University of Indiana and Symantec are warning that about half of internet users with a home router are vulnerable to having the hardware hijacked. The researchers found that home router users are... Read more...

McAfee Doubles Down On Security Risk Management

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:35:50 +0000

As McAfee's antivirus cash cow becomes commoditized, the security vendor has been giving itself a security risk management makeover. Now channel partners are being encouraged to get up to speed on selling the vendor's more... Read more...

Risk mitigation for legacy NT 4.0 systems

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:13:59 +0000

Arguably one of today's biggest risks for network security and compliance are lingering systems that are no longer supported by their vendors. The security flaws in these systems may have been widely known for years,... Read more...

PDF security risk greater than originally thought

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:47:44 +0000

A recently discovered security weakness in the widely used Acrobat Reader software could put Net users at more risk than previously thought, experts warned Thursday. Initially, security professionals thought that the problem was restricted and... Read more...

Unlock Work Internet or Risk Losing Staff: Microsoft

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:44:32 +0000

People don't want to work for employers who heavily restrict internet access, a senior Microsoft executive said in a keynote speech at the opening of Tech.Ed 2006 Sydney today. "These kids are saying: forget... Read more...

QuickTime flaws put Macs and PCs at risk

Tue, 16 May 2006 12:45:45 +0000

Serious flaws in Mac OS X and QuickTime software could put Macintosh and Windows systems at risk of cyber attack, Apple has warned. In a pair of security alerts released on Thursday, Apple outlined 31... Read more...

All Java Phones at Risk From New Mobile Virus

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:26:34 +0000

Security software house Kaspersky is warning of a new mobile virus that does not just target smartphones but any mobile capable of running Java (J2ME) applications. The malware claims to be an application called RedBrowser,... Read more...

Google Admits Desktop Security Risk

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:03:48 +0000

Businesses have been warned by research company Gartner that the latest Google Desktop Beta has an "unacceptable security risk," and Google agrees. On Feb. 9, Google unveiled Google Desktop 3, a free,... Read more...

BlackBerrys at Risk from Newly Discovered Hack Attacks

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:40:54 +0000

A security Relevant Products/Services from Microsoft flaw in the ubiquitous BlackBerry devices might make some users think twice before opening attachments. The newly revealed vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to the device... Read more...

IE Flaw Puts Windows XP SP2 at Risk

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:00:01 +0000

A flaw has been discovered in Internet Explorer that could enable a remote attack on systems running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, eEye Digital Security has warned. The flaw, which also... Read more...

Apple's Intel Risk

Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:25:56 +0000

By now it is a well known fact that Apple Computer is switching to chips designed and manufacturered by Intel within the next year or so. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs confirmed that the... Read more...

MSN flaw put Hotmail accounts at risk

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:09:22 +0000

Microsoft took part of its MSN Web site offline over the weekend, after it learned of a flaw that could let an attacker gain access to Hotmail accounts, the company said. The... Read more...

iPods pose security risk for enterprises, Gartner says

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:25:38 +0000

As popular as the iPod is, it's also a security problem. The latest generation iPod can store up to 40Gb. What makes a 40Gb iPod a security risk? You can use that... Read more...

Secunia: Mac OS X Users Still At Risk

Mon, 24 May 2004 17:34:39 +0000

Security firm Secunia warned Apple Computer users this past weekend that they remain at risk to attack even if they apply a patch Apple published Friday to fill a security hole. "It is still possible... Read more...

Scripting flaws pose severe risk for IE users

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:39:28 +0000

A set of five unpatched scripting vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer creates a mechanism for hackers to compromise targeted PCs. The vulnerabilities, unearthed by Chinese security researcher Liu Die Yu, enable malicious Web sites and viruses... Read more...

Linux Ranks No. 2 On Microsoft Risk List

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 03:22:58 +0000

The open-source operating system trailed only the economic environment in the biggest risks outlined by CFO John Connors. Microsoft is taking the Linux threat seriously. So seriously, in fact, that open-source software... Read more...

Sony Warns of Shock Risk in Some Vaio Laptops

Thu, 10 Jul 2003 04:53:17 +0000

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... Read more...

Other Microsoft Programs Said at Risk for Web Worm

Steven Parker — Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:43:34 +0000

Redmond finally speaks... Thanks WiNBETA for the heads up. Microsoft Corp. said on Saturday that a virus-like attack against its key database software, which slowed Internet traffic around the globe, could spread... Read more...

Open source group unveils security risk list

Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:50:22 +0000

Washington-based open source group the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) has published a list of the most dangerous internet application security problems. The group advises that governments and private sector organisations should... Read more...

Linksys vulnerability puts home users at risk

Tue, 05 Nov 2002 11:10:56 +0000

An easily exploitable software vulnerability in a common home networking router by Linksys Group Inc. could expose thousands of home users to denial of service attacks, according to a security advisory issued by iDefense Inc.,... Read more...

Web at risk from security flaws

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:57:44 +0000

The Internet is becoming more susceptible to a variety of security risks due to problems in the software behind it. A new bug in Apache has recently been found that allows people to run malicious... Read more...

Real's WMP, Open Source moves risk Redmond ire

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:35:58 +0000

RealNetworks Inc's boldest and riskiest move to date, the company is opening source code to its suite of streaming software, and will include support for Microsoft Corp's Windows Media in its streaming server for the... Read more...

Holes put Linux handheld at risk

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:55:15 +0000

In an advisory posted Wednesday to a Syracuse University computer-science Web site, researchers said they had found vulnerabilities in Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 and Zaurus SL-5000D handhelds. The flaws let attackers take control of the device's... Read more...

Hotmail at Risk to Cookie Thieves

Sat, 27 Apr 2002 04:32:46 +0000

Thanks Hatter for this. MSN Hotmail users, guard your cookies. A simple technique for accessing Microsoft's free e-mail service without a password is in the wild and apparently being exploited. The trick... Read more...

Microsoft's borrowed code may pose risk with zlib compression library

Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:01:46 +0000

A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also use the code. As reported earlier this week, a flaw in... Read more...

Privacy of MP3 fans at risk

Sun, 03 Feb 2002 08:54:34 +0000

Thanks MxxCon from our forum for the heads up :D A security hole has been discovered in one of the world's most popular file-swapping programs which allows anyone to gain private information about... Read more...

AOL ICQ in hacker risk alert

Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:59:35 +0000

A remotely exploitable buffer overflow glitch poses a risk for AOL ICQ users who have failed to apply a security fix, CERT warned yesterday. It says attackers who are able to exploit... Read more...