For temporary protection, Exchange users could block TNEF, Microsoft suggested. An attacker could craft a malicious email message, and vulnerable systems would be compromised when the message is processed by Exchange or viewed by the Outlook user.
The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by Apple's lawyers earlier this month.
Cerf, who co-created the original TCP/IP protocol suite and is currently chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), told a roundtable on internet governance in Sydney this week that he had recently discussed peer...
The key logging Trojan horse is contained in an .exe file, so organisations and individuals which block such attachments should be safe from infection, however, for others the first sign they are infected may be the calls they receive from others...
The programs spread to vulnerable computers via chat room servers and file-sharing networks, experts said, and often go undetected by the PCs' owners. Some attackers use programs to steal financial data, while others attempt to hold a person or...
In the latest threat to the entertainment and recording industry one Dutch company has said it plans make the Netherlands "to file sharing what the Swiss are to banking". But The Honest Thief, whose website went live on Friday, plans to take...