Neowin News Feed for: Targets

Ubuntu misses its '200 million users' by the end of 2015 goal

Paul Hill — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 07:54:01 +0000

Mark Shuttleworth set a goal of reaching 200 million users in 2015. Unfortunately they have not made this expectation a reality but they could achieve it in the future with new offerings. Read more...

Another exploit targets IE7 bug

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:13:14 +0000

Trend Micro has warned that attackers are already exploiting a bug in IE 7 that was patched by Microsoft in the Security update last week with critical status. Trend Micro researchers have spotted a small-scale... Read more...

Sweden targets The Pirate Bay

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:31:35 +0000

Sweden's public prosecutor Hakan Roswall plans to charge the Pirate Bay's organizers with accessory and conspiracy to break copyright law, which could lead to fines or up to two years in prison. The charges will... Read more...

Dell Intros Green Blade Servers, Targets HP, IBM

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:39:19 +0000

Dell (NSDQ:Dell) wants its piece of the fast-growing blade server market, and is introducing a new blade server line and channel training and certification to make it happen. Dell, Round Rock, Texas, on Monday unveiled... Read more...

Code Testing Tools Could Be Acquisition Targets in '08

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:52:51 +0000

If application security has to be baked into the development process, source code analysis tools are the technological equivalent of oven mitts—making their providers natural targets for acquisition, some analysts predicted. "There's a lot... Read more...

Latests QuickTime Exploit targets both Macs and PCs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:51:48 +0000

A US-based security researcher has published a single piece of code that can remotely compromise both PCs and Macs as long as they are running Apple's QuickTime media player. The exploit is at least the... Read more...

Intego: Phishing trojan targets OS X

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:34:36 +0000

Security vendor Intego claims to have found a new trojan attack that targets Apple's OS X operating system but competing security firms (McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro) have yet to find samples of the trojan.... Read more...

Attack code targets unpatched Adobe Reader flaw

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:26:04 +0000

A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept exploit for a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The researcher, known only as 'Cyanid-E', unveiled his creation in a posting to the Full Disclosure security mailing list on... Read more...

Real targets casual gamers with Game Trust buy

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:47:34 +0000

RealNetworks has entered into an agreement to acquire Game Trust, a casual-gaming company based in New York, with plans to add Game Trust's community and commerce capabilities to the technology platform currently on offer to... Read more...

Three US chip-makers could be next targets for trust busters

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:23:17 +0000

"The significance of this ruling for the [European] commission is that we have been reinforced and confirmed in our approach in putting consumers before innovation and research and we have been supported in our interpretation... Read more...

New 4-Socket Xeon Targets Virtualization

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:20:13 +0000

Intel has unveiled its new 7300 and 7200 series Xeon processors as well as its new 7300 chipset today at a launch event in San Francisco. Previously known by their Tigerton and Clarksboro codenames, respectively,... Read more...

Zombie botnet targets iPhone buyers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:46:08 +0000

Would-be iPhone owners are being targeted by a 7,500-strong zombie botnet, security experts have warned. PandaLabs said that buying an iPhone online could cost surfers a lot more than the advertised price if their computers... Read more...

Equity firm targets Virgin Media

Tom Warren — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:04:23 +0000

Virgin Media, the UK's leading cable television company, is set to be taken private for more than Â£5.5bn. Carlyle, one of the world's leading private equity groups, has made a preliminary offer of between... Read more...

HD-DVD Player Sales Targets Reduced, Blu-ray Up

Joe Cashman — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:59:42 +0000

Toshiba are to cut the estimated year end estimated sales of HD-DVD players by 44% it has emerged, lowering sales expectations from 1.8million standalone devices to 1 million in the US. Speaking about the impact... Read more...

Norton Antivirus targets Windows files on Chinese computers

Mon, 21 May 2007 17:21:48 +0000

Chinese PCs running Symantec antivirus software have been incapacitated by a faulty virus signature update delivered automatically to users on Friday about 1:00 a.m. Beijing time. Symantec's antivirus scanning engine mistook two critical system files... Read more...

New Worm Targets Portable Memory Drives

Sat, 05 May 2007 03:11:28 +0000

Researchers from security vendor Sophos say a new worm targeting removable drives, called the SillyFD-AA worm, searches for removable drives such as floppy disks and USB memory sticks and creates a hidden autorun.inf file which... Read more...

Microsoft targets more software pirates

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:05:27 +0000

Microsoft on Monday said that it is taking action against groups that sold copies of Windows and Office discounted for academic use to regular users. The Redmond, Wash., software maker has filed nine lawsuits and... Read more...

Flickr targets Hong Kong market

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:56:58 +0000

Popular photo-sharing site Flickr has announced plans to launch a version in traditional Chinese characters, initially targeting users in Hong Kong. The move from Yahoo-owned Flickr is part of its attempts to localise and increase... Read more...

Phishing attack targets PartyPoker

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:14:18 +0000

Security experts are warning of a spam e-mails regarding a phishing attack targeting gamblers on the PartyPoker website, the world's largest online poker site. The e-mail warns of news about 'legislation' affecting online poker players,... Read more...

Search Engine Targets Aging, Impatient Boomers

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:54:14 +0000

A new search engine, Cranky.com, was launched earlier this week and plans to profit from age-specific ads by targeting the 50-year-old-plus baby boomer. The man behind the site is Jeff Taylor, known for founding the... Read more...

ATI targets next-gen Athlon 64 FX with four-GPU chipset?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:16:29 +0000

ATI will target AMD's Socket AM2+ interconnect with its RD790 chipset - a part with the abiility to host four graphics cards, allegedly leaked company roadmap slides reveal. Socket AM2+ is expected to debut in... Read more...

VIA C7-D processor targets the environmentally conscientious

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:30:41 +0000

VIA Technologies on September 13 announced its VIA C7-D processor for desktop PCs, with a power consumption of 20 watts at 1.8GHz. The company claims the power savings from using the processor will reduce carbon... Read more...

Trojan targets 0-day Word vulnerability

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:02:49 +0000

An unpatched Microsoft Word 2000 vulnerability is being actively exploited by hackers to spread malware. The MDropper-Q Trojan downloader, recently detected by Symantec, takes advantage of the unspecified zero-day vuln to load other malware onto... Read more...

Microsoft Targets Cybersquatters in Civil Suits

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:13:46 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday launched a legal campaign against parties that register Web addresses designed to attract visitors by using trademarked terms and common misspellings of more popular domains. The software giant filed three lawsuits this... Read more...

Earlier launch of Intel quad-core CPU targets enthusiasts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:13:12 +0000

Intel will introduce its quad-core desktop processor series, codenamed "Kentsfield," in the fourth quarter of 2006, instead of the first quarter of 2007 as originally scheduled, Taiwan motherboard makers noted. The unit price of the... Read more...

Intel Targets 32-Core Processors in 2010

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:49:52 +0000

The world's main supplier of microprocessors, Intel Corp., plans to offer a central processing unit for servers, which will be 15 times faster compared to today's chips and which will contain up to 32 processing... Read more...

Attack Targets Mozilla

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:42:07 +0000

Computer users who have not upgraded to the latest version of Mozilla's Firefox browser may now have an extra incentive to do so, thanks to a hacker who has posted an exploit. On Sunday, a... Read more...

New Worm Targets MS05-039 Vulnerability

Steven Parker — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:27:57 +0000

McAfee is reporting an outbreak of a new worm that affects Windows 2000 and pre Windows XP SP2 users. The worm creates 16 threads to scan for infectable systems. The worm targets... Read more...

Yahoo's 'Voice Over IM' Targets Skype

Wed, 18 May 2005 15:31:13 +0000

Looking to cash in on the growing buzz around PC-to-PC voice over IP services, Yahoo on Wednesday added voice calling capabilities to a new beta of its instant messaging client. The Yahoo Messenger makeover puts... Read more...

MPAA targets TV download sites

Fri, 13 May 2005 11:28:07 +0000

Continuing its war on Internet file-swapping sites, the Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday that it has filed lawsuits against a half-dozen hubs for TV show trading. The trade association said that... Read more...

Texas Instruments Targets Portable Media Centers

Wed, 04 May 2005 14:45:30 +0000

Texas Instruments Incorporated announced that it is working with Microsoft on future versions of the Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Center Software Kit, which will enable manufacturers to develop Portable Media Centers with TI hardware. The... Read more...

'Brad Pitt' virus targets Microsoft

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:20:13 +0000

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Britney Spears are the subjects of a virus scam that is attempting to recruit computers for a denial-of-service attack on Microsoft. Hackers have released a self-spreading worm,... Read more...

MPAA targets core BitTorrent, eDonkey users

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:36:27 +0000

The Motion Picture Association of America launched a new legal campaign Tuesday targeting the BitTorrent and eDonkey file-swapping networks, two technologies widely used to trade movies online. Ratcheting up its previous online... Read more...

New Rainbow Six targets next spring

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:33:53 +0000

Ubisoft and Tom Clancy continued their proliferation today when the company announced the fourth installment of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six will be available for the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 next spring. The title is... Read more...

Microsoft Targets Windows XP Counterfeiters [UK]

Tom Warren — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:03:43 +0000

Microsoft Targets Windows XP Counterfeiters With Pioneering Product Replacement Offer In response to the discovery of high quality counterfeit versions of Microsoft Windows(r) XP, Microsoft announced today the start of its Windows... Read more...

IE Exploit Targets Banner Ad Servers

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:09:22 +0000

The ubiquitous banner ad has become the latest delivery mechanism for exploit code targeting a known flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser. During a 12-hour window over the weekend, hackers broke into a load... Read more...

Zafi-C mutant virus targets Google and Microsoft

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:45:18 +0000

IT security experts have intercepted the latest mutant Zafi virus, dubbed Zafi-C, which targets the Google and Microsoft websites. It also attempts to knock out the website of the newly appointed Hungarian prime minister. The... Read more...

Virus targets 64-bit Windows

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:11:21 +0000

It took them sometime, but virus writers have released the first 64-bit Windows virus. This one of a kind virus targets Microsoft's yet to be released Windows 64-bit operating system. This virus, dubbed W64.Shruggle... Read more...

Samsung targets DDR 2 with 90nm process

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:40:16 +0000

Samsung has begun shifting memory production to a 90nm process, even as rival DRAM maker Infineon agreed to provide Winbond with its 90nm technology. The South Korean giant revealed last month that it... Read more...

Opera targets Microsoft migrators

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:24:19 +0000

Opera is adding new features to make its browser more similar to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The most noticeable new feature is the new skin which is similar to IE. Opera Software... Read more...