Internet News

Microsoft warns of latest flaws

Microsoft has warned Windows users of three critical flaws in its software and urged them to install patches. The security holes affect the way Windows handles certain graphic files. If left unplugged, they could allow hackers and virus writers to take control of personal computers remotely. ... read more
Date - 09 November 2005
Category - Internet News

Net users told to get safe online

Widespread ignorance about basic computer security is putting millions of people at risk from net-savvy criminals, a study suggests. It found 83% of 1,000 people questioned were not doing enough to protect themselves online, with 53% saying they did not know how to improve security. Some 42% r ... read more
Date - 27 October 2005
Category - Internet News

Spyware 'rampant' in UK computers

The UK has one of the highest rates of computers infected with secret programs that can track what people do with their machines, research shows. Only Thailand and the US had more infected PCs, found a study by security firm Webroot. It was released to coincide with a meeting in London of MPs ... read more
Date - 20 October 2005
Category - Internet News

Microsoft Internet Security Flaw

Microsoft is investigating a new published flaw in the Internet Explorer browser, which reportedly allows hackers to take over users' machines. The security vulnerability has been reported by the French Security incident Response team (FrSIRT), which says the flaw is related to a piece of code ... read more
Date - 23 August 2005
Category - Internet News

Opera Security Update

Opera users are urged to update their browser software following the discovery of a security flaw that creates a means for hackers to read local files using a form of cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability stems from a failure by Opera to restrict JavaScript privileges, for example, when ... read more
Date - 20 June 2005
Category - Internet News

Google Acquires Dodgeball

The search giant has acquired Dodgeball.com, a free text-message service that lets users tell a list of their selected friends their location at any moment. A user "checks in" at a given location, sending his or her location information to other Dodgeball-using friends who happen to be ... read more
Date - 19 May 2005
Category - Internet News

"Phishing" fraud on the rise

The number of phishing email messages intercepted by Symantec grew 300 percent since June 2004, while spam e-mail traffic intercepted by Symantec increased by 77 percent and reports of serious software vulnerabilities grew by 13 percent, according to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. On ... read more
Date - 21 March 2005
Category - Internet News

British ISPs Set To Hand Over File Sharer Names

The movie and film industry is getting tough on file sharers and the British music industry is no exception. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has successfully applied to the High Court to force ISPs to hand over the names of 31 high-volume file sharers. The ISPs have 14 days to comply, a ... read more
Date - 14 March 2005
Category - Internet News

Macintosh Creator Jef Raskin Dies at 61

Apple employee number 31 and head of the team that created the first Macintosh, Jef Raskin, has died at the age of 61. Raskin pioneered using a graphical interface and mouse in his desire to make computers easier to use. But despite initiating the project, Raskin never saw his Macintosh make its 1 ... read more
Date - 28 February 2005
Category - Internet News

Alliance touts holographic disc 'revolution'

Forget HD DVD, forget Blu-ray Disc, the future is the HVD - the Holographic Versatile Disc. So claim six Japanese companies, led by Optware and including Fuji Photo Film, who last week launched the HVD Alliance to promote the "revolutionary" format to hardware manufacturers, disc press ... read more
Date - 07 February 2005
Category - Internet News

French court says Non! to Google's adwords

A French court has ruled that Google's keyword advertising service infringes on the trademark of Le Meridian Hotels, and has ordered the company to stop using the trademark to trigger advertisements for Le Meridian's competitors. The judge ordered Google to pay all court fees, and a €2000 ( ... read more
Date - 21 January 2005
Category - Internet News

Bagle variant outstrips Google-bashing worm

A new variant of the Bagle email worm is spreading rapidly across the internet today. Email filtering firm BlackSpider Technologies reports that it was blocking 2000 copies of Bagle-AT an hour since its first appearance earlier this morning. Emails infected with Bagle-AT come with one of several ... read more
Date - 29 October 2004
Category - Internet News

IE patch 'imminent'

As recently reported on theRegister.com, Microsoft may break its normal patch cycle to issue a fix for the vulnerability infamously exploited by last month's Download.Ject (AKA Scob) attack. Microsoft UK have not named an exact date, but suggested a fix should be available "within the ... read more
Date - 02 August 2004
Category - Internet News

Trojan Virus Alert

Hackers have used spamming software to distribute thousands of copies of a new Trojan. Email filtering firm MessageLabs alone has intercepted more than 4,000 copies of the Demonize-T Trojan over the last 24 hours. Demonize-T is a multi-stage Trojan that uses an object data exploit in Internet E ... read more
Date - 27 June 2004
Category - Internet News

Mydoom worm strikes computers

A malicious new computer virus spread via e-mail is clogging networks and may allow unauthorised access to personal computers, experts warn. The worm, called Mydoom or Novarg, is carried as an e-mail attachment and sends itself out to new e-mail addresses once opened by the recipient. The virus ... read more
Date - 27 January 2004
Category - Internet News

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