Microsoft has admitted that Hotmail user data may have been compromised by the Code Red worm, despite earlier assurances that this could not have happened. A Microsoft spokesman said at the time: "No customer data was compromised and there was no...
Vodafone customers have had their bank account details compromised following a mistake by the company responsible for mailing out the telco's welcome packs. Some new Vodafone subscribers opened their welcome packs yesterday to find the direct debit...
When compared to the number of conversations that are overheard in a room or on a train, or indeed the number of credit cards that are compromised after handing them to a waiter, hotel reception or gas station attendant, or indeed the easy access...
When installed on a PC, antivirus software monitors and scans inbound, outbound and existing files to check for traces of infection - traditionally by using what is known as a 'signature database', a library of known malicious code used to...
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Dr Jim Goodnight, CEO of business intelligence giant SAS, rekindled the spirit and swagger of the tech boom with some baiting of his rivals that the outspoken Sun boss Scott McNealy would be proud of - as would Oracle chief Larry Ellison, if his...