Donk-D network worm begins its rounds

The network worm and backdoor Trojan, Donk-D, has been reported in the wild, warns anti-virus company Sophos. Copying itself to network shares with weak passwords, it also attempts to spread by exploiting the now-familiar vulnerabilities in Windows RPCSS service - see also today's story New RPC flaw in Windows. This allows the worm to execute its code on target computers with System level priviledges, which was the flaw first addressed by Microsoft security bulletin MS03-026. ...more

Leopard is the next OS X big cat

The next version of OS X will be codenamed Leopard and released either late 2006 or early 2007 to coincide with the debut of Microsoft's Longhorn. OS X 10.5 will be the first upgrade after the first Intel-based Macs start to become available, although a tweaked version of 10. ...more

Freeserve raises ADSL prices, blames BT

Freeserve has raised the cost of its ADSL service from ?39.99 per month to ?49.99 per month, with the installation charge going up from ?150 to ?170. ...more

Sony joins UK online music market

Sony has agreed to make part of its music catalogue available to online downloads supplier OD2. OD2 provides music download services and infrastructure to a host of online services, including HMV, MSN and Freeserve. It has agreements with the five major record labels and with numerous independents. ...more

UPDATED: McAfee highlights danger of sponsored search results

Sponsored search engine results are twice as likely to be a security risk as an ordinary listing, according to a McAfee report. Citing the statistic that four out of five website visits start with a search engine query, the security company has examined the trustworthiness of paid-for entries. While 4% of all search results link to suspect websites, sponsored results contain 2. ...more