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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...

Tom Warren · Nov 12, 2007 with 2 comments

The UK computer agency Becta is advising schools that are considering moving to Microsoft's School Agreement subscription not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft because of alleged anti-competitive practices. The agency reminds schools they are...

· Oct 26, 2007 · Hot! with 21 comments

Computer security specialists at NASA have warned their employees of a loophole in the encryption feature BitLocker, only present in Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. According to a document posted...

· Feb 8, 2007 · Hot! with 20 comments

The U.S. government warned of a possible Internet attack on U.S. stock market and banking Web sites from a radical Muslim group, but officials said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate...

· Dec 1, 2006 · Hot! with 8 comments

Users of bargain music download website AllOfMP3.com have been warned that they are breaking the law. The Russian-based music downloading site has gained massive popularity in the UK, offering albums for as little as...

Rob Wright · Jun 6, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Eudora, the popular email client, creates a mechanism for crackers to compromise targeted PCs. The problem stems from a failure to properly verify the "From:" and "Reply-To:" when users...

· Nov 11, 2003 with -1 comments

A group comprising some of the most adamant opponents of open-source has told the US government that promoting software such as Linux is a mistake. Unsurprisingly the group involves Microsoft, Cisco and Intel...

· Nov 28, 2002 with -1 comments

AT&T Broadband is warning customers to secure their Wi-Fi networks after an unusual case in which a subscriber played an unwitting role in dispatching a pirated movie over the Internet, the company's spokeswoman said. ...

· Aug 1, 2002 with -1 comments