Sky News in the UK have exposed several laptop repair shops including some big names like Micro Anvika and PC World. During the investigation, researchers unplugged a RAM stick from a laptop to see if...
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BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is warning businesses to disable the function which allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until it can issue an update, after a security flaw was found in the company's...
The BBC's technology programme Click has exposed a security flaw in the social networking site Facebook which could compromise privacy. Using a simple malicious application could open up yourself and your friends (who do not...
Apple has confirmed a security glitch that, in many situations, will let someone with physical access to a Macintosh computer gain access to the password of the active user account. The vulnerability arises out of...
Connecticut state officials in the US have acknowledged that an employee laptop containing thousands of taxpayer names and social security numbers was stolen about two weeks ago, but said there was no indication that the...
Apple may be about to equip its Mac Pro desktop with Intel four-core Xeon processors, if an inadvertent posting on the company's UK online store is to be believed. The Mac maker's taken the offending...
Google has removed a few user names and passwords posted inadvertently to a phishing blacklist it compiles and makes publicly available on the Web. The Mountain View, California-based company said it has also implemented a...
Acting very quickly, Google fixed the security hole on Jan. 1 after being notified of its existence on Dec. 30. According to reports online, however, the flaw was only partly corrected. The flaw can exploit,...
Deutsche Telekom this week was forced to suspend all activities of its Online Business Service Operation Centre (OBSOC), a German version of the Microsoft's Passport system, which enables customers to order and pay for online...
Flaws in the filtering technology used by Web-based email services make it possible for hackers to smuggle viruses past defences. Israeli security outfit GreyMagic Software warned today that this "severe security" vulnerability could allow attackers...
Safari developer David Hyatt has attacked Internet Explorer for letting website developers get away with writing 'malformed code' and consequently holding back the development of Apple's browser. In his weblog Hyatt explains that most of...
Another related story.... This weekends attack should be seen as a serious wakeup call for system administrators who have been lax in patching their systems and should serve to increase awareness about the importance of...
Thanks xStainDx...A security hole on Tower Records' Web site exposed data on millions of U.S. and U.K. customers until it was closed late Wednesday. The glitch allowed anyone to peruse Tower Records' Web site to...
Ex-customer inundated with customer details A Dutch internet service provider has accidentally spammed a former customer with hundreds of confidential emails. The problem started when Albert Curvers tried to cancel his...
Thanks CheekyMonkey An Israeli software firm has discovered a flaw in Netscape and Mozilla software that allows code hidden in a Web page to read files from the user's PC. The bug...
