Slammer and Blaster slam and blast from the past

One might think that talk of the Slammer and Blaster worms was restricted to security researchers reminiscing over the virus-heavy years of 2002 and 2003, but according to the latest figures from Kaspersky, the attacks are still being heavily used across the Internet today. Kasperky's Costin Raiu, Head of Research & Development, writes in the report 'Internet Attacks 2005' that the buffer overrun vulnerability discovered in SQL Server 2000 back in 2002 was the most used vector for attack last year. The three-year-old Slammer Internet worm exploits this flaw and was the fourth most prevalent attack or probe of 2005. ...more

Nokia unveils new smartphone range

Nokia has unveiled a new range of mobile phones which major on the ability to capture and transmit pictures and video on the move. In addition, the new Nokia N93 (pictured, right), Nokia N73 (pictured, left) and Nokia N72 are the first Nokia N series devices to support direct connections to Yahoo!'s popular Flickr picture sharing service. According to Nokia, the new feature will allow the phone owners to transfer full size photos to Flickr directly from the image gallery application on the N series device. ...more

O2 launches enhanced broadband upload service

A new service will be launched by O2 next month that will allow businesses to send data over their broadband networks more quickly. Upload Plus, which officially launches on December 4, will be offered by the mobile operator's broadband division, Be. Using the new service, businesses will be able to increase their maximum upload speed from up to 1. ...more

UK companies struggle with security issues, DTI report finds

The average British business suffers at least 20 virus attacks every year with larger companies receiving around one attack a week. The disruption caused by these attacks can cost between ?7,000 and ?14,0000, with big businesses losing up to ?190,000. These are some of the results of the Information security breaches survey 2004 undertaken by the DTI and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. ...more

Dell and IBM see revenue growth for the server market

The global value of the server market was $12.3bn in the last three months of 2002, according to the latest figures from IDC. Although this represents a year-on-year decline of 5. ...more