Robert McMillan - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Robert McMillan

Article | 8/09/2005 Next Google-Microsoft ruling expected Tuesday

By next Tuesday, Kai-Fu Lee should have a clearer idea of what he can and cannot do at his new job with Google over the next few months. That's when a...

Article | 7/09/2005 New Trojan swaps porn for Koran

A new Trojan horse program circulating around the Internet this week appears to be on a moral mission to stamp out adult Web sites, according to secur...

Article | 19/08/2005 IE flaw affects Office, Visual Studio users

An unpatched bug in a file installed with Microsoft's Office and Visual Studio software could lead to some serious problems for Internet Explorer user...

Article | 16/08/2005 Zotob worm exploits Windows 2000 Plug and Play

New worms have surfaced that attack a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows 2000 Plug and Play service. Over the weekend, two variants of a ne...

Article | 15/08/2005 Exploits on the loose for latest Microsoft bugs

Just days after the release of Microsoft's latest security patches, security researchers have begun publishing software that could be used to seize co...

Article | 10/08/2005 Microsoft fixes Print Spooler, Plug and Play flaws

Microsoft has released patches for six flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer, some of which could allow an attacker to gain control of a computer sys...

Article | 8/08/2005 No Monad scripting in first Windows Vista

Just one day after the first public reports of viruses being written for an upcoming feature of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Microsoft has co...

Article | 5/08/2005 First family of Windows Vista viruses unleashed

An Austrian hacker earned the dubious distinction of writing what are thought to be the first known viruses for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating sy...

Article | 3/08/2005 Gartner: Bank card fraud too easy for phishers

U.S. banks are putting customer convenience ahead of security and, in the process, making it much easier for online "phishers" to create counterfeit b...

Article | 2/08/2005 Google now a hacker's tool

Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow a hacker to use Google's ma...

Article | 21/07/2005 Kaspersky to buy Spamtest Project

Moscow-based security software company Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday announced plans to acquire a set of e-mail filtering software and services known as ...

Article | 20/07/2005 Zombie makers turning to fake greeting cards

The next email greeting card you get may come with a nasty surprise. According to Internet security vendor, SurfControl, attackers are increasingly us...

Article | 19/07/2005 Glitches delay international Mozilla releases

International users waiting for a number of recent security fixes to appear in The Mozilla Foundation's browser and e-mail client will have to wait a ...

Article | 18/07/2005 Cost of computer attacks down, says survey by CSI, FBI

While the cost of fending off hackers appears to be dropping for U.S. companies, attacks that involved unauthorized access to information are becoming...

Article | 18/07/2005 Mozilla marketing site hacked

A Web site used to promote the Firefox Web browser has been hacked, potentially compromising personal information about thousands of volunteer support...