Microsoft May bulletin clear of critical patches

Microsoft got off lightly in May's security bulletin with just one patch, rated 'important'. The bug is in the Web View of Windows Explorer, which fails to handle certain HTML characters properly in previews. A specially built page could exploit this hole, allowing the attacker to feed in code remotely and access data with all the privileges of the user looking at the HTML page. ...more

UK business fails to protect valuable data

Almost half of UK employees would take useful information and data from their PCs when leaving a job. New research by security software firm Check Point found that not only are many employees prepared to take files with them to their new job, most firms have no way of preventing them. Eighty five per cent of employees admitted that they could easily download competitive information and take it with them to their next job. ...more

MySpace confronts YouTube

Changes made to the MySpace site over the weekend are perhaps the first sign that Rupert Murdoch intends to make good his claim to 'crush YouTube in 60 -70 days'. The MySpace home page has now acquired four new links in the prime top left hand corner displaying links to popular MySpace videos. In addition, according to Search Engine Journal, there is a new section included with every profile called 'My Video Space' that automatically includes a video to your profile if you upload one. ...more

Microsoft offers new support for WiFi security

Microsoft has announced a free download that adds in XP support for the new WiFi wireless security standard WiFi Protected Access (WPA). The download, available at the Microsoft Web site, addresses security concerns over the WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) that was proved 'crackable' more than a year ago. Since then, stories have abounded over corporate appetite for the latest wireless networks that have been implemented by default with security controls switched off, or with the flawed WEP protocol. ...more

Kaspersky spans enterprises and PDAs with new security software

Kaspersky has launched security products at two different levels, the very large and the very small. The latest addition to the stable is Security for PDA 5.0 which runs on the latest versions of PalmOS and PocketPC. ...more