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Microsoft's Gopher hole deepens
News The hole is especially problematic because an IE user doesn't have to connect to a Gopher server; code inserted in a Web page or an HTML email could redirect the person's computer to such a server. Microsoft issued a "critical" security alert about...
[June 13, 2002, 9:08]
Scale of online tax credit fraud revealed
News The tax credit Web site handles around 500,000 transactions per year and the fraudsters were able to change claim details and redirect the money into their own bank accounts by getting hold of a genuine claimant's name, date of birth and national...
[January 17, 2006, 8:35]
While We’re Worried About Our Jobs, Spammers Thrive!
Blog The group then links to a free blogging site as an intermediary to redirect end users to the ultimate destination URL. As we all plan resolutions to make this a better year than the nightmare that was 2008, scumbag spammers have no intention of...
[March 17, 2009, 19:03]
US Senate restarts .XXX debate
Talkback Lets make it so not only are porongraphic websites relegated to their own domain but every redirect or porn pop up ment to carry you off the the galaxy of porn already waiting for you on the dot coms and dot nets can no longer operate in these...
[August 7, 2006, 18:42]
Be aware of wireless threats
News AirPwn can inject and redirect traffic to another machine. Wireless access has become much more feasible in recent years, but that doesn't mean that security has kept up with its progress. Sure, you may be able to connect to a wireless access point...
[October 21, 2005, 16:15]
Skype's 0207 snafu - more analysis
Blog By the way, Don McQueen of GCI Telecom (the erstwhile intermediary supplie between the wholesaler Gamma Telecom and Skype) suggested yesterday that many VoIP providers who are claiming that they can port/redirect the affected numbers are being...
[November 27, 2007, 11:35]
Phishing hole 'left open' by banks
News Those ploys typically redirect people to sites that can be discovered as fraudulent with some poking around, he said. An easily remedied Web site loophole may be leaving banks and other companies that do business online more susceptible to phishing...
[March 15, 2005, 7:55]
Microsoft goes on a bug hunt
News For example, the "Image Source Redirect Vulnerability" allows a Web server to steal files from an IE user's computer, provided they can be opened in a browser window. Since 16 February -- the day before it officially launched Windows 2000...
[February 29, 2000, 10:44]
Collaboration takes centre stage for Office 12
News If companies integrate the software with their traditional or VoIP gear, workers can also start phone calls through their PC and redirect incoming calls when they are going to be away from their desk.
[May 17, 2005, 9:20]
Siebel replaces CEO
News Shaheen "probably has more perspective as to how to redirect the company in what appears to be a maturing stage in their lifecycle," Friedman said. Siebel Systems, which has been under fire from shareholders, on Wednesday replaced CEO Michael...
[April 13, 2005, 15:55]
Apple wants music to be DRM-free
News Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free. In a rare open letter from chief executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday, Apple urged record companies to...
[February 7, 2007, 10:15]
Fujitsu unveils latest Itanium offering
News Another feature, Flexible I/O, lets an administrator redirect input-output resources from different processors online. Fujitsu unveiled two new Itanium 2 servers on Tuesday, another step in the Japanese giant's plan to expand its customer base.
[April 6, 2005, 9:20]
Firefox users ignore online ads
News Last month ZDNet UK reported that hackers have attacked ad servers and have modified the banner ads so that they redirect users to Web sites that download malicious code. Firefox users are significantly less likely to click on Web site adverts than...
[December 6, 2004, 16:55]
Tackling Microsoft's August patches: Part 2
News Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-044, "Vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console Could Allow Remote Code Execution", fixes the MMC Redirect Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CVE-2006-3643). This month's Patch Tuesday was a busy one.
[August 22, 2006, 13:10]
Microsoft ties XP to the Web
News This gives Microsoft some powerful leverage," LeTocq said, particularly since the company can redirect products to MSN Web properties and eventually sites "with premium paid services. Microsoft is extending to Windows XP a new technology that could...
[June 7, 2001, 9:04]
US govt prolongs Icann's reign over Net
News Icann has refused to comment so far on VeriSign's surprise decision this week to redirect misspelled or nonexistent domain names to its own Web site -- a move that has raised the hackles of network administrators.
[September 18, 2003, 9:05]
Firefox updates tackle 12 security flaws
News Mozilla said the canvas element in Firefox could be used in conjunction with an HTTP redirect to bypass same-origin restrictions and gain access to the content in arbitrary images from other domains. Among the critical is one that could allow an...
[November 14, 2008, 8:02]
Microsoft drops Smart Tags from Windows XP
News The feature gave Microsoft "some powerful leverage", LeTocq said, particularly since the company can use its products to redirect users to MSN Web properties and eventually sites "with premium paid services".
[June 28, 2001, 8:47]
Morpheus tracks user surfing habits
News By invisibly inserting the redirect into Web surfers' browsers, StreamCast can make it look like it is referring traffic to shopping Web sites without the shopper ever being aware that the Morpheus technology was involved.
[March 20, 2002, 9:52]
News Schmooze: MOM wants you to pay Microsoft
News The Tories have even indulged in a spot of domain name hijacking -- one of their cronies has registered www.newlabour.co.uk, which points to the Conservative Party's official site at conservatives.com, with a holding banner asking surfers to...
[May 11, 2001, 14:29]
