Analysis: Websites struggling for legal recourse for DoS attacks

Websites blocked by ISPs when under a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) face millions of pounds in lost business because ISPs refuse to take responsibility for hosting infected computers on their networks. Typically, a distributed denial of service attack relies on an attacker remotely controlling numerous and widely distributed computers infected by viruses and Trojans. The attacker uses these 'botnets' to send a flood of requests to a website, which is often unable to cope and its servers fail, taking the website offline. ...more

Top candidates pick flexible work over pay

Nearly half of all workers are now working away from the office, and companies will likely be forced to change tack and embrace flexible working if they are to attract the top candidates. According to Microsoft Windows Mobile research, 46.8 per cent of all workers work away from the office, and 41 per cent of men who work out of the office do so for more than 10 hours each week. ...more

Microsoft claims Vista take-up doubles XP

Microsoft said on Monday that it has sold more than 20 million Windows Vista licenses in the first month since the operating system's debut of the consumer version on 30 January. The world's biggest software maker said the pace of Vista adoption is at more than twice the rate of its predecessor, Windows XP, which had sold 17 million licenses after its first two months of release. 'It's a little bit better than what we were expecting,' said Bill Mannion, a director in the Windows marketing group. ...more

Creative feels the pain of price cuts

Creative's efforts to compete with Apple in the portable music player market have hit the company where it hurts most. A $6.6mn profit a year ago became a $31. ...more

Microsoft defends Exchange server from scripting attacks

Users of Microsoft's web based email service for Exchange Server are vulnerable to attack, it has emerged. Potential attackers can launch scripting attacks and manipulate web browser caches to include spoofed content. The details of the vulnerability, which has been classed as 'moderate' have been announced in the latest Microsoft security bulletin. ...more