In its current form the Bill does not specify whether the legislation would cover only Web pages or if chat rooms, message boards and mailing lists would be included. The law, known as the Liberty of Communication Bill, would mean that individual...
At least in its current form, CashRamSpam is more of a 'proof of concept' than it is a robust antispam solution. Anyone who wishes to contact a CashRamSpam customer must purchase an account themselves first, there is no provision to permit friends...
The X Focus program takes advantage of a hole in the Microsoft operating system that lets attackers break in remotely. Maiffret, who doesn't support the release of exploit code, points to the X Focus notice as proof that exploits can be created...
All of the worms exploit a security hole in the plug-and-play feature in the Windows 2000 operating system. It lists "Worm_Rbot.CEQ", an Rbot variant, as the possible cause of the trouble. The worms might slither onto the networks of companies with...
This time the malware was a proof-of-concept, never appeared in the wild and was set to expire on 24 February. However, this looks to be changing as these worms - and other proof-of-concept programs - spring up online.
Code that takes advantage of a security hole in Internet Explorer has been published on the web and could be used by someone to unleash an email virus that could put people's computers and data at risk, Microsoft and security experts said on...