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Privacy Watchdog Fears Government Super-database
News The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's privacy guardian, has warned that the government's new data-sharing proposals could damage privacy. Responding to the policy review, the Information Commissioner's Office warned that relaxing these...
[January 15, 2007, 16:15]
Flash Player Allows Attacks On Windows, Linux
News Macromedia has warned that its Flash Player, a ubiquitous application for playing multimedia files, has a vulnerability that could allow attackers to run malicious code on Windows and Unix-based operating systems.
[August 12, 2002, 12:50]
Report Backs PDF Variant For Long-term Archiving
News However, the organisation has warned that other file formats will need to still be monitored and considered, as the PDF/Archive (PDF/A) standard can only be one part of a long-term archiving policy. However, Fanning warned: "While PDF/A may be a...
[April 24, 2008, 17:22]
Bluetooth Security Dangers Ignored, Say Experts
News Former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt has warned of the dangers of flaws in Bluetooth protocols, claiming these vulnerabilities are unrecognised. Flaws in communications protocols built using ASN.1 can be exploited to send...
[April 23, 2008, 15:53]
Symantec Warns Of 'parasitic Storage'
News Security specialist Symantec has warned businesses over an increasing trend for criminals to use "parasitic storage" on networks of compromised systems. While saying that the risk is not major, Symantec has warned businesses that PCs can be...
[May 29, 2007, 18:17]
IT Contractors Facing Pay Cuts
News Self-employed workers have been warned that some companies are lowering their contractor rates, leading to fears of cuts across the whole IT sector. There is no evidence that these foreign workers will have any better skills than those already...
[July 25, 2001, 12:22]
Cybercrime Threat Keeps Growing
News Former White House security adviser Howard Schmidt has warned that businesses of all sizes face an increased threat from cybercriminals, who now have the power to attack key parts of the internet. There are full metropolitan areas with free WiMax...
[November 21, 2006, 12:14]
IT Failures Could Cost Taxman £51m
News The Inland Revenue has warned that the cost of overpayments it has had to write off as a result of problems with the tax credit computer system could rise to £51m. But the tax office has now warned in its annual report that it may also write off...
[June 20, 2005, 17:45]
Google Warns Of 'drive-by Download' Risk
News Google has warned web users of the increasing threat posed by malware that can be dropped onto a computer as a web surfer visits a particular site. He warned businesses: "You cannot protect users by restricting what sites they go to.
[May 15, 2007, 10:05]
Schneier: Beware Security Products
News A leading security expert has warned businesses to beware of buying shoddy security products. If marketed correctly, bad products can drive good products out of the market, Schneier warned. He warned businesses not to get "caught up in the feeling...
[October 23, 2007, 17:12]
Slump In Demand For IT Workers
News IT recruitment firm MSB International has warned its investors that it is suffering from the slowdown in the technology sector. In a statement released to the London Stock Market on Wednesday morning, the company said that its business had not...
[August 15, 2001, 13:39]
Text Messaging Is On The Wane, Warns Logica
News Logica has warned investors that the boom in text messaging is slowing down. Logica warned earlier this week that it could quit the UK, if it was forced to include employee share options in its profit and loss accounts.
[June 6, 2001, 14:50]
Slowdown Predicted For Microchip Business
News A Silicon Valley analyst firm has warned that a serious downturn could hit the microprocessor market in the next six months. Advanced Forecasting (AFI), which issues quantitative projections for the semiconductor and related industries, warned...
[August 16, 2000, 11:52]
IE Flaw Danger Increases As Exploit Code Released
News The threat posed by a critical flaw in Internet Explorer has been ratcheted up by the release of a program designed to exploit the vulnerability, security researchers warned on Thursday. The US watchdog for Internet threats, the Computer Emergency...
[November 5, 2004, 7:23]
Police Culture Crippling Cybercrime Fight
News A senior UK high-tech crime buster has warned that his investigations are being severely hampered by a lack of money and has said funding could still be pared down further to the point that police units such as his become untenable.
[January 26, 2005, 12:30]
Israel Censor Warns Sites Over Iraq News
News Israel's top government censor has warned Web sites in her country not to publish sensitive information about the war with Iraq. Dolev's letter warned the sites, including Rotter.net and Fresh.co.il, not to publish the locations of any missile...
[March 21, 2003, 8:55]
Microsoft Warns Of New Server Vulnerabilities
News Microsoft has warned of several newly discovered security holes in SQL Server, Microsoft Desktop Engine and Exchange software, the most serious of which could give an attacker control over an installation of SQL Server.
[July 25, 2002, 16:17]
Vodafone Warns Of Threat From Google And Apple
News Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin has warned the industry to get creative about mobile services or risk becoming marginalised by the arrival of new kids on the block such as Apple and Google. We must not allow ourselves to become bit-pipes and...
[February 13, 2008, 9:15]
Sony's Vaio Hit By Security Hole
News Sony has warned that some models in its Vaio laptop and PC range have a security hole that would allow a malicious hacker to edit or delete data from the machine's hard drive over the Internet. The company is urging users with to download a patch...
[January 24, 2002, 17:44]
Costs Still Inhibiting RFID Takeup
News Despite a renewed industry push behind RFID technologies, one vendor has warned high costs could prohibit large-scale rollouts for up to seven years. Con Vass, NCR vice-president, retail solutions division, South Pacific, backed GS1 Australia's...
[July 20, 2005, 16:45]
