BlackBerry service stymied by TIFF flaw

BlackBerry builder Research In Motion has admitted its BlackBerry Attachment Service could be knocked offline by a carefully tweaked TIFF file. The flaw was first notified by a German security consultant known as FX, also leader of the Phenoelit hacking group, in a presentation at the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress last year. RIM claims the scope of the attack is limited to taking down the attachment service alone, and says that other services such as sending and receiving email remain unaffected. ...more

Researcher analyses hatchings of the InqTana worm

A member of the trifinite group of wireless security experts has issued a paper on the factors behind the creation of the InqTana worm, which targeted a flaw in Apple's operating system. Kevin Finisterre insists that the worm was written purely on a proof of concept basis, without links to either the Leap.A worm that was discovered within days of it, or to the various security companies issueing alerts. ...more

Mozilla updates Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey

Mozilla has released updated versions of three of its Internet software products with security and stability improvements, plus Intel Mac compatibility for the Thunderbird email client. Firefox 1.5. ...more

Yahoo! pushes Panama search advertising into Europe

Following its debut in the States, Yahoo! has announced the UK and European launch of Panama, its new sponsored search advertising platform. According to Yahoo!, it offers advertisers improvements such as the ability to rotate different ads through the system to find the most effective ad mix, ad budgeting based on desired advertising outcomes and a way to test different keyword search terms for advertising effectiveness and geographic targeting. The search marketing software system, known by the code name Panama, has been available since October last year to existing Yahoo! customers in the US, and was expanded to new US customers in December of last year. ...more

PC Pro: MSI X52P price correction

In the September issue, the price and code for the MSI X52P combo drive were incorrect. This was due to Simply supplying us with the price and code for the plain MSI 52x CD-RW drive and not the combo drive with additional bezels. The correct Simply code for the X52P is YD75174 and the correct price is ?25 ex VAT (?30 inc VAT). ...more