France set to cut Web access for music, film pirates:
Under the agreement–drawn up by a commission headed by the chief executive of FNAC, one of France’s biggest music and film retailers–service providers will issue warning messages to customers downloading files illegally. If users ignore those messages, their accounts could be suspended or closed altogether.
The [...]
Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerable:
…[T]he latest QuickTime bug “can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.” A working exploit is public and the vulnerability has been confirmed for version 7.3. Secunia calls the bug “extremely critical.”
Remember that next time you see one of their stupid Mac-PC ads or when one [...]
How the BSA nets piracy suspects:
The BSA generally begins investigating businesses after a tip from an employee. Software vendors can also initiate or lend credence to a complaint if they tell the BSA that an organization has, for example, bought suspiciously fewer software licenses than it has employees. Next, a law firm representing the [...]
There’s a major drawback to anti-virus software: it can be more vulnerable to exploits than the rest of the system it’s supposed to protect. Fortunately, there’s enough exploitable code for cyber criminals to choose from so they don’t usually exploit holes in AV software.
Is Security Software Becoming a Security Risk?
Between 2002 and 2005, nearly half [...]
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