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Worm Masquerades as Microsoft Antipiracy Program
Worm Masquerades as Microsoft Antipiracy Program
W32.Cuebot-K spreads via through AIM and disguises itself as Windows Genuine Advantage on infected PCs.
Security analysts have detected a new piece of malware that appears to run as a Microsoft program used to detect unlicensed versions of its operating system.
The malware has been classified as a worm and spreads through AOL's Instant Messenger program, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos PLC, a security vendor.
Sophos is calling it W32.Cuebot-K, a new variation in the Cuebot family of malware. The worm has a range of malicious functions. After it's installed, the worm immediately tries to connect to two Web sites, a sign it may try to download other bad programs on the machine....
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Bugs to delay Office launch
Bugs to delay Office launch
MICROSOFT has delayed releasing its Office word-processing, email and spreadsheet program so it can improve its performance and design.
Office 2007 for businesses, which was to be released in October, will now be unveiled a few weeks later, but before the end of the year, vice-president Antoine Leblond says.
It will be available in stores in January as planned, he says.
The delay is a setback for Microsoft, which has struggled to release its Office and Windows products on time.....
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Microsoft Reissues Anti-Piracy Tool, Lawyers Sue
Microsoft Reissues Anti-Piracy Tool, Lawyers Sue
Microsoft this week reissued a software component designed to detect pirated versions of Windows, citing a consumer backlash following revelations that part of the program phoned home to Redmond each day plus every time the user rebooted the machine.
Meanwhile, a new class-action lawsuit charges that the software giant installed the program on users' machines in a misleading way and did not give customers notice that the program would communicate data back to Microsoft.....
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Microsoft muscles in on open source
Microsoft muscles in on open source
MICROSOFT opened up its open source developer portal today after a trial beta-test period.
The Vole says the aim of the site is to promote the use of its software engineering technology in the development community.
It reckons that since its beta beginnings in May, the CodePlex site has received more than 100,000 visits and the initial 12 Microsoft projects open to developers have been added to by visitors to become more than 30....
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Channel 4 to simulcast online and on TV
Channel 4 to simulcast online and on TV
Channel 4 is to broadcast its home-grown programmes online at the same time as they are shown on television, according to chief executive Andy Duncan.
The IP television service starts on 27 June, with all original Channel 4 content streamed free of charge to registered users on its website.
Films and acquired shows such as Lost or Desperate Housewives, both of which have on-demand content on the C4 website, will not be included in the stream. However, the broadcaster is negotiating with US studios to add them at a later date.
The move makes Channel 4 the UK's first broadcaster to air its programmes simultaneously online and on TV.
The BBC makes a selection of its programmes available online for seven days after transmission, although this is on an on-demand basis rather than simulcast....
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Worm sticks the boot into World Cup fans
Worm sticks the boot into World Cup fans
Hackers have developed an email worm that exploits interest in the World Cup in a bid to tempt football fans to open a malicious attachment.
The Sixem-A worm spreads using a variety of disguises, including subject lines such as 'Naked World Cup game set', 'Soccer fans killed five teens' and 'Crazy soccer fans', to try and dupe unsuspecting users into clicking on a malicious attachment....
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Phishing Scam Uses PayPal Secure Servers
Phishing Scam Uses PayPal Secure ServersA cross-site scripting flaw in the PayPal Web site allows a new phishing attack to masquerade as a genuine PayPal log-in page with a valid security certificate, according to security researchers.
Fraudsters are exploiting the flaw to harvest personal details, including PayPal log-ins, Social Security numbers, and credit card details, according to staff at Netcraft, an Internet services company in Bath, England. The PayPal site, owned by eBay, allows users to make online payments to one another, charged to their credit cards, and log-in credentials for the service are a prized target of fraudsters.
What Happens
The attack works by tricking PayPal members into following a maliciously crafted link to a secure page on PayPal's site. Anyone thinking to check the site's security certificate at this point will see that it is a valid 256-bit certificate belonging to the site, Netcraft employee Paul Mutton...
Another Linux Mobile Knitting Circle
Another Linux Mobile Knitting Circle
If you follow the tech industry at all, you're familiar with the practice of foundation formation. That's when a group of companies agrees to meet, greet, have coffee, maybe a little nosh, and, oh yeah, come up with some standards for future devices -- maybe even write a little software together.
One of the latest knitting circles is devoted to developing Linux for mobile devices, especially phones. The group includes some heavyweights like Motorola(NYSE: MOT), Vodafone(NYSE: VOD), and NTT DoCoMo(NYSE: DCM), as well as Asian powerhouses like NEC and Samsung.....
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Q&A: The TV licence and your PC
Q&A: The TV licence and your PC
Firms that let staff watch the World Cup on broadband have been warned they could be fined £1,000 if they do not have a TV licence.
With the BBC streaming more than 50 hours of World Cup football to UK internet users, the TV Licensing Authority says it is poised to target businesses that break the rules.
Do I need a licence?????
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Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Media Player, Word, PowerPoint....
Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Media Player, Word, PowerPoint, and Exchange Vulnerabilities
Microsoft has released updates that address critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Media Player, Internet Explorer, and Exchange Server. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.
Systems Affected
* Microsoft Windows
* Microsoft Windows Media Player
* Microsoft Internet Explorer
* Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows and Mac OS X
* Microsoft Word for Windows
* Microsoft Office
* Microsoft Works Suite
* Microsoft Exchange Server Outlook Web Access
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