emails

PGP flaw turns emails into 'digital bullets'

News Email messages encrypted with the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) program can be used as 'digital bullets' to attack and take control of a victim's computer, according to security consulting firm Foundstone.

6 September 2002, 17:20

PDF files used in computer attacks

News Emails containing malicious PDF files have been putting computers at risk since Friday, Finnish security software firm F-Secure said on Saturday.The emails sent in bulk looked like credit card statements, and contained an attachment called 'report...

29 October 2007, 8:51

Spammers phish for iPhone victims

News As Apple's newest gadget starts selling in US stores, spammers are exploiting the surrounding product craze by sending emails that try to dupe recipients into thinking that they have won an iPhone of their own.

3 July 2007, 10:51

The 'smiley', 25 years on

News Emoticons -- the smiley faces that frequently punctuate emails and instant messages -- are 25 years old on Wednesday. And, in an effort to take even more fun out of emails and IMs, the guide also suggests avoiding acronyms, such as 'LOL', which can...

Tags: emails, school, emoticons, smiley

20 September 2007, 10:02

Anti-spam groups slam plans for email fees

News A leading anti-spam agency has struck back at moves to charge companies a fixed fee to ensure emails are delivered, saying it will erode freedoms. Paid-for emails would not go through AOL spam filters, meaning businesses could send marketing emails...

8 February 2006, 9:58

Online scams emerge in Katrina's wake

News Hurricane Katrina has spawned more than misery and destruction -- a new wave of scam emails and Web sites are exploiting the tragedy. Phony Web sites and emails, purporting to offer help to hurricane victims or provide more news on the destruction...

2 September 2005, 9:25

UK schools battle cyber bullies

News Cyber bullying can range from abusive text messages, emails and phone calls, to bullying in Internet chatrooms or on social networking sites. Young people should not respond to abusive emails, text messages or phone calls, but should always tell an...

26 July 2006, 10:30

Prisoners set to get email access?

News A pilot project is on the drawing board to let some prisoners send plain-text emails to pre-approved email addresses. A Home Office spokeswoman said the project will not go ahead until ministers have fully reviewed the proposal and are happy the...

4 January 2007, 9:49

£1.5bn: The cost of web and email abuse to SMEs

News In fact SMEs (small-to-medium-sized enterprises) are paying staff for around 343 million wasted hours spent online or sending personal emails - representing a 15 per cent dent in their potential profits.

31 October 2002, 13:05

Exiled journalists beat censors with texts

News A radio station hounded out of the country by Zimbabwean strongman President Robert Mugabwe has found its emails are monitored and shortwave broadcasts are blocked by Chinese-built jamming devices, the station manager said at a press freedom...

19 February 2007, 9:29

Parliament attacked with WMF exploit

News The hackers tried to send emails that used a social-engineering technique to lure people into opening an attachment containing the WMF/Setabortproc Trojan horse. MessageLabs, the email-filtering provider for the UK government, told CNET.co.uk's...

24 January 2006, 9:05

Sober worm hits new heights

News We don't know how many people are infected, but those infected are just spewing these emails out. Sober.P -- which security companies have variously tagged as Sober.N, Sober.O and Sober.S -- travels as an attachment in emails written in English and...

10 May 2005, 9:14

Asian Trojans attacking UK, agency warns

News The Trojans can infect computers through emails and Web sites. The emails are usually spoofed and appear to be from news or government agencies. Three hundred key UK business and government organisations have been threatened by a wave of data...

17 June 2005, 9:40

Email addicts get help in 12 steps

News Some wait for emails and send themselves a message if one hasn't shown up in several minutes, Egan said. Michelle Grace, an insurance agent, said she receives up to 60 emails a day and uses Egan's program to make it less time-consuming and less...

21 February 2007, 10:44

Klez: the self-destroying virus

News Data from email services provider MessageLabs shows that in August, the company intercepted 580,000 emails carrying the prolific Klez.H variant but only 16,000 carrying Klez.E. On Thursday, the minor Klez variant was present in only 338 infected...

6 September 2002, 17:30