New holes found in IE leave PCs vulnerable

New vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could allow remote code to be run on the target machine, and there is currently no patch available. Security experts Secunia discovered the holes earlier this month and found they could be exploited even in a fully patched Windows machine. It said the only thing it has found to mitigate the vulnerabilities is the beta of Service Pack 2. ...more

WiFi hot-spot bubble set to burst

Forrester Research is predicting that a proliferation of Bluetooth devices and an abundance of WLAN access points at home and in the office will burst the spot-com bubble come 2008. 'With all the hype today about the rollout of WLAN public hotspots, it's as if the dot-com boom and bust never happened,' said Forrester Senior AnalystLars Godell. 'We believe that much of the money being poured into public WLAN today to enable access - from places as diverse as bars, marinas, hotels, and airports, as well as train, bus, and metro stations - is being wasted. ...more

Google joins badware battle

Google is joining the battle against sites that host spyware or adware. It will warn users, via a popup, when they are about to follow a search result to a site that will download such malware. The search giant is working as part of a 'badware' initiative, along with Sun and Lenovo, to flag websites that have previously been reported to StopBadware. ...more

AMD unveils its Griffin and Puma

AMD has revealed details of its next-gen mobile processor, codenamed 'Griffin', and part of the 'Puma' platform. The company claims Griffin is the first processor redesign aimed specifically at the mobile market. The 65nm dual-core chip is notable for its attempt to wrestle further power efficiencies from its hardware components and the silicon integration of NorthBridge functionality (memory controllers and PCIe management) on its own power plane. ...more

MySpace sued over security negligence

Lawyers for the families of five American teenagers have filed multi-million dollar lawsuits against social networking website MySpace and its parent company News Corp after the girls were sexually abused by men that they allege they met through the website. The lawsuits claim negligence, recklessness, fraud and negligent misrepresentation. The plaintiffs, whose identities are protected, comprise: a 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted - a man is awaiting trial on 12 charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor; a 15-year-old Texas girl who was lured to a meeting, drugged and assaulted - a man later pled guilty to sexual assault after the girl was found by the FBI and is serving a 10-year sentence in a Texas penitentiary; a 14-year-old New York girl who was lured to a meeting severely force-fed with alcohol and illicit drugs forced and then sexually assaulted by two men - one awaits trial while the other pleaded guilty and has been imprisoned; and two South Carolina sisters, one 14 years old and the other 15, who were lured to a meeting, force-fed alcohol and illicit drugs, and sexually assaulted and raped by two men - both have been arrested and are awaiting criminal prosecution. ...more