And also today (25-September-2001)...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. The W32.Vote. ...more

Sober worm infections cue up January attack

Security company iDefense claims a further attack triggered by Sober worm infections will occur 6 January 2006, based on code within the last variant unleashed at the end of last month. The US company says that it reverse-engineered and decrypted elements of the worm's code and discovered that it is scheduled to download further code from the Internet on that date - a date which coincides with the 87th anniversary of the founding of the Nazi party. Past variants of the Sober worm have also included Nazi messages. ...more

Privacy organisation in hypocrisy scandal

TRUSTe, an organisation established to promote awareness of online privacy issues, has been caught violating its own code of conduct. The group operates a seal-of-approval scheme for Web sites that meet its criteria for safeguarding online privacy, and gives companies advice in writing effective privacy policies. However Interhack, an Ohio security consulting firm, recently discovered that the TRUSTe Website contained cookies (small text files used for tracking online behaviour) to profile visitors without their knowledge - a practice expressly forbidden by TRUSTe's own rules. ...more

TDK and Carphonewarehouse chalk up Bluetooth sales

TDK's sales of Bluetooth products have averaged an increase of 125 per cent each month since April 2002. TDK and Carphonewarehouse have worked closely together, with the former providing training to sales staff in order for them to demonstrate the benefits of Bluetooth to consumers. Between them they believe this and consumer-focussed installation CDs are making Bluetooth easier to stomach for punters, leading them to increase Bluetooth products from being sold in 10 stores to 150. ...more

Microsoft boss says 'stolen' is most common iPod format

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer indirectly labelled iPod users as 'thieves' during a recent meeting in London. Silicon.com reports that Ballmer said, 'We've had DRM in Windows for years. ...more