A vulnerability has been found in the Lycos search engine which could lead to the PCs of visitors to the site being infected with malicious code. Security lab CBS Sentry Research found a vulnerability in the search engine which could allow a...
However, BT Openworld insists that an unprotected network is vulnerable to attack from malicious hackers. The UK ISP is warning of the dangers of operating insecure wireless local area networks, claiming that warchalking can encourage malicious...
Enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy - see below) at the highest level possible and change regularly. Service Set ID and Wired Equivalent Privacy are the two primary built-in security features within the 802.11b WLAN standard.
Civil liberties group Privacy International lodged a complaint of maladministration with the parliamentary ombudsman on Thursday against the government over its handling of the consultation into entitlement cards.
She added that changing browsers is one of many ways to defend against attackers. Malicious code writers have targeted security holes in the browser to launch attacks or install spyware. Even though attackers target IE because of its near ubiquity...
When a malicious writer launches a phishing scam, antivirus companies will write so-called signatures that identify the attack for their protective products. Malicious makers of bots are finding big is not always better when it comes to avoiding...