Security problems surrounding protocol handling and Web browsers have surfaced again — this time with Google Chrome and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
According to an advisory from the Google Chrome team, there’s an error in handling URLs with the a chromehtml: protocol that could allow an attacker to run scripts of his choosing on any page [...]
Experts are warning that hackers have yet to activate the payload of the Conficker virus.
The worm is spreading through low security networks, memory sticks, and PCs without current security updates. The malicious program - also known as Downadup or Kido - was first discovered in October 2008. Although the spread of the worm appears to [...]
By Dan Whitworth
Newsbeat technology reporter
Facebook’s 120 million users are being targeted by a virus designed to get hold of sensitive information like credit card details.
‘Koobface’ spreads by sending a message to people’s inboxes, pretending to be from a Facebook friend.
It says “you look funny in this new video” or “you look just awesome in this [...]
British prosecutors are investigating whether incumbent operator BT illegally tested an online advertising system without users’ consent.
The inquiry focuses on Webwise, a system from the company Phorm, which monitors a person’s Web browsing and search terms in order to serve up related advertisements.
An internal BT document leaked in June showed BT conducted a two-week test [...]
Security researchers at Phion AG, an Austrian firewall company, report that Windows Vista has a TCP/IP vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to take control of an affected system.
The vulnerability has been tested on Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit). The researches consider it likely [...]
Simon Cable explains the ins and outs of securing mobile phones.
It was only a matter of time before the virus writers started to exploit the mobile platforms and recently these viruses have become more malicious and started to present higher levels of risk for business and personal users.
The challenge presented today is multi-faceted, primarily because [...]
As a wise man once said, “If you leave the coffee pot low, you fail at life.”
Engineers (who are largely powered by coffee) are forced to ask the question:
“If you can create a shared printer that alerts the admin when it needs to be refilled with toner or paper, why can’t you build a coffee [...]
Rogue security software, also known as “scareware,” is software that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but provides limited or no security, generates erroneous or misleading alerts, or attempts to lure users into participating in fraudulent transactions.
How does rogue security software get on my computer?
Rogue security software designers create legitimate looking pop-up windows [...]
BT subscribers who are invited to take part in its new trial of Phorm’s internet monitoring and advertising system will be responsible for telling anyone who uses their computer that they could be being tracked online - whether they opt in or not.
In the updated Total Broadband terms and conditions for the trial, BT washes [...]
A couple of days ago someone hacked into Sarah Palin’s e-mail account…
… her personal e-mail account, not her official Alaska-government one.
It was a Yahoo! account that she used for both personal and government business.
The hacker has posted an account of how he or she hacked into the account.
Magic?
No, the hacker simply had to guess the [...]
