The software giant has warned that a bug in a Windows help file could let a hacker seize control of a person's computer. A fourth critical alert advised of a cumulative patch for protecting SQL Server 7 and 2000 from hackers.
An intruder apparently compromised one server earlier, and the attacker used his access to make a small change to one of the source code files, McVoy said. McVoy said the disk from the compromised server has been saved for later analysis, but any...
Earlier this year Cluley was the subject of a game-bearing virus written by a Belgian hacker calling herself Gigabyte. The quiz contains such seasonal questions as "which animal would Santa have if he actually existed?
He added that it seems likely that the attacker plans to use a computer compromised by the virus to send bulk email. The virus also grabs email addresses from various files - including web caches, text files and address books - on a person's...
We are working to understand how the customer's data was lost, but we are not able to recover the customer's files. We put many precautions in place to protect our network and assure against customer data loss, which includes regular system backups...
Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, also updated Parliament on the review of HMRC processes and measures for protecting personal data. Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, welcomed the government's decision to strengthen the law...