Netcraft warns of PayPal security flaw

According to Net monitoring body Netcraft, a security flaw in the PayPal site is allowing phishers to exploit victims via a cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability allows the attackers to inject code into the PayPal website. The attackers send a phishing email campaign with a link to a genuine PayPal address that checks out for domain and SSL certificate. ...more

Microsoft struggles to deliver Office 2007 converters

Microsoft has admitted it's still struggling to make Office 2007 compatible with Macs, three months after the official launch of the software. Microsoft has finally released - in beta form - the first of the promised plug-ins that enable Mac versions of Office to open Office 2007 documents. Specifically, those saved in the new Open XML format, which was introduced with the release of Office 2007 for Windows. ...more

DOM Level 2 Becomes a W3C Recommendation

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) yesterday released the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 specification as a Recommendation. It might sound a bit of a mouthful, but the Document Object Model is the basis for presenting and accessing electronic document data. It provides a standard API (Applications Programming Interface) for manipulating documents and data through programming languages such as Java or VB. ...more

Firefox flaw 'impossible to patch'

Hackers are claiming that the open source Firefox 1.5 Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript. What's more, they also claim that the vulnerability is 'impossible to patch' and the implementation is 'a complete mess'. ...more

Alviso completes Sonoma puzzle as Intel launches new mobile platform

The launch of Intel's next-generation Centrino mobile platform, codenamed Sonoma, is imminent. Originally scheduled for a pre-Christmas launch, the delay to the accompanying Alviso chipset delayed Intel's hand. As well as new Pentium-M models - using the Dothan core - the main feature of the new platform is Alviso's support for DDR 2, Serial ATA, PCI express and new power management features. ...more