Apple and Mozilla each issued free updates to plug security holes in their products this week. Apple’s patch fixes two vulnerabilities in its QuickTime media player for both Mac and Windows. Mozilla pushed out a series of updates to fix five security flaws in its Firefox Web browser and other software. Mac users should be [...]
Grand jury indictments A 27-year-old man, dubbed the Spam King by investigators, has been arrested in Seattle where he has been indicted on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, fraud in connection with electronic mail, and money laundering.… Read more…
Makers of some of the most popular extensions, or “add-ons,” for Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser may have inadvertently introduced security holes that criminals could use to steal sensitive data from millions of users. By design, each Firefox extension — any of a number of free software applications that can be added to the popular open-source [...]
‘Er…try Hotmail?’ Tiscali has admitted the reason many of its customers have been unable to send outgoing email for over a week is because it has been blacklisted as a spammer.… Read more…
School of BOFH UK security software developer Sophos has apologised for drafting in its lawyers after a member of a forum for IT technicians in schools posted a foul-mouth rant criticising recent changes in its anti-virus technology.… Read more…