Poisoned DNS opens new line of attack for pharmers

Hackers are using a new tactic when it comes to convince people to part with personal information. Criminals are using a known vulnerability in some older Symantec corporate products to redirect legitimate URL requests to spoofed sites - a process known as 'pharming'. The new technique uses DNS cache poisoning to redirect the request. ...more

Lightweight Flybook touches down in the UK

Currently billed as the lightest tablet PC available, the 1.2kg Flybook A330i has just touched down in the UK. In fairness, part of the reason it is so light is because it is physically small, as opposed to having used particularly light components. ...more

IBM adds to ThinkPads

IBM has launched new additions to its range of ThinkPad notebooks and NetVista desktops, aimed at providing products able to handle the demands of e-business at an affordable cost. The ThinkPad A21e has the same slim design and lightweight build of the A Series and boasts a TFT screen of up to 15in. It also offers a CD-ROM drive and optional Ultrabay 2000 or USB diskette drive. ...more

LaCie offers dual drive CD duplicator

LaCie has announced a new standalone CD duplicator that can double-up as a CD-RW and DVD-ROM drive. The Dupli-121 contains two disk drives - one CD/DVD-ROM and one CD-RW. Duplicating a CD is as simple as inserting the disk to be copied into the first drive, inserting a blank CD into the second and pressing a button. ...more

CAN-SPAM Act to curb saucy spam

FTC calls a spade and spade and calls porn spam SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT Under the CAN-SPAM Act, the FTC is to introduce further spam regulations from 19 May that stipulate that spam containing sexually oriented material must contain the tag SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT in the subject line and additionally use techniques that ensure the contents of such mail are not displayed on first opening the email. The idea is to stop unwitting recipients being exposed to sexually explicit images by imposing this mandatory labelling and 'brown paper wrapper' idea to hide the contents from all except those that actively follow up the email and click through to view it. Such email must also contain a valid postal address of the sender. ...more