Bagle-U infects thousands on day one

The mass-mailing Bagle worm twists again, with yet another variant spreading rapidly. According to email security company MessageLabs, the threat of Bagle-U is rated as 'High' - it reports intercepting 6,000 copies already, on the first day of its detection. Infected email will have a blank subject line and no body content, but will have a randomly named . ...more

Sun applies quality control to its own workforce

Work appraisals can be stressful events at the best of times. But it seems that Sun Microsystems will be upping the ante even further - it's looking to reduce its workforce to save costs, and job cuts will be made as part of the review process.. ...more

FBI 'confirms theft of Cisco code'

According to Infoworld, the FBI has confirmed that it is working with Cisco Systems to track down the person who has stolen source code for the company's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) The theft was reported on the Russian site securitylab.ru and was said to involve some 800Mb of code taken by hacking into Cisco's internal network. A portion, of 2. ...more

Microsoft wins European city contracts

Microsoft has won three contracts in cities in Germany and Finland - where the open-source force is strong - and in Latvia. Microsoft said of the wins: 'Microsoft is always willing to discuss with government or organizations how we can help bring higher-value, stable, easy to use Microsoft solutions to the benefit of government agencies, consumers and businesses alike. Microsoft government customers across Europe. ...more

Spammer slapped with billion-dollar fine

A US ISP has won a suit filed against a prolific Florida-based spammer with an award of $11.2bn (?6.5bn). ...more