Symantec discovers potential worm for Windows SSL vulnerability

Security firms are alarmed at the speed at which a security hole announced by Microsoft has already been exploited by code found in the wild. Symantec says that it has discovered software on the Internet that exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability within Windows Protected Communications Technology (PCT) v. 1. ...more

Microsoft digs up zombie network horror

Microsoft has revealed the true scale of the 'zombie' threat in an experiment that has founded 13 investigations into spam operations. The company says it intentionally set up a zombie computer, stuck it online for three weeks and watched what happened. Although the machine was configured so that it wouldn't actually send out any spam itself, it was quickly identified as a new recruit to the zombie networks and enlisted for spamming duties. ...more

AOL and NTL in European negotiations

AOL is in talks with cable giant NTL to go into partnership across Europe. NTL has confirmed that it is in the very early stages of negotiation with AOL and it is thought any deal would involve AOL using NTL's Europe-wide cable network in exchange for AOL's content. The talks are reminiscent of the AOL/Time Warner deal, where the ISP successfully courted cable company Time Warner in order to get into broadband in the US. ...more

Blue sky time in the BlueSpace office

IBM is highlighting its work for an 'office of the future'. Working in conjunction with Steelcase, an American company involved with workplace design, IBM has dubbed the concept 'BlueSpace'. The essential idea is to better marry technology with the office environment: (in the words of IBM) to 'integrate the physical workspace with advanced computer, sensor, display and wireless technologies. ...more

Apple rejects Adobe speed claims

Tensions between Apple and Adobe have escalated since Adobe posted a page on its Web site reporting that in a series of tests 'the PC consistently outperformed the Mac machine, at an impressive rate'. The Adobe page entitled 'The Great Render Race' reproduced test results published in last November's issue of Digital Producer magazine, which compared a Dell 3GHz Pentium 4 PC with a dual-processor 1.25GHz Power Mac G4. ...more