The Free-X group had been requesting the release of a "signed" Linux boot loader from Microsoft, which would allow Xbox owners to run the open source operating system without any hardware modifications or the exploitation of the console.
The company advises customers in public places to set their phones to "invisible" or switch the Bluetooth functionality off: "In public places, where the above mentioned devices with Bluetooth technology might be targets of malicious attacks, at...
Antivirus company F-Secure has confirmed its Internet Gatekeeper server products are vulnerable and that this will be fixed in the next release, scheduled for the fourth quarter this year. The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre...
And moving telephony to an IP network makes it vulnerable to different types of attack. VoIP users who don't properly protect their networks can look forward to attacks such as on-hook listening, where hackers surreptitiously turn on an IP phone's...
Debby Fry Wilson, a director in Microsoft's Security Response Center, said in an interview: "Although the attacks based on WMF are very real, and the exploitation and the threats are evolving on a very fast basis, our analysis is consistent that...
All recent versions of Windows are vulnerable when all recent versions of IE, including IE 7, are in use, according to Microsoft. Still, the exploit could provide a starting point for other hackers, the security company said.