These companies become spammers when they abuse a consumer's agreement to receive wireless marketing messages and send an inappropriate number of messages, which become a nuisance to the user. In the context of wireless services, the concept of...
Sometimes an 'avalanche' phenomenon means that certain viruses may target certain types of groups more than others, so a virus that may attack the type of user that subscribes to MessageLabs service may not attack the typical corporate user.
He told silicon.com: "While you can see its uses, there is plenty of scope for abuse of this technology. Email and web security is as much about preventing data leaving the organisation as it is protecting the organisation from threats, such as...
There is a big potential for abuse," he added. Many in the security industry have warned that such a platform is ripe for attack - particularly when users lack awareness of potential threats and many will unwittingly 'go looking for' the viruses by...
Such code illustrates how to abuse flaws and generally appears soon after a software maker publishes a patch for one of its products. Because the software giant's Internet Explorer browser is vulnerable, Windows users could fall prey to an attack...
According to some new Round-Up-friendly research, conducted by Nielsen/NetRatings, confusion is rife among UK consumers when it comes to technology and its terminology. However it's not clear whether the audience really got the joke or whether they...