Fake Bin Laden e-mail hides virus, BBC News, 3 June 2005

“The messages claim to contain pictures of the al-Qaeda leader's arrest but anyone opening the attachment will fall victim to a Microsoft Windows virus. The vulnerability exploited by Psyme is found in Windows 2000, 95, 98, ME, NT, XP and Windows Server 2003. Users were urged to update their version of Windows to close the loophole.”

Full Story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4607203.stm



Bin Laden Trojan quickly constrained, CnetNews.com, 3 June 2005

“Millions of copies of various versions of the e-mail were mass-mailed. All versions of the message announced that the al-Qaida leader had been seized and included an attachment called "pics" that, when opened, attempted to download a worm to the victim's PC. This is not the first time Osama bin Laden's name has been used in an attempt to trick users to open a malicious file.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/Bin+Laden+Trojan+quickly+constrained/2100-7349_3-5731405.html?part=rss&tag=5731405&subj=news



E-Mail Addiction Is Good!, Forbes.com, 3 June 2005

“Access to e-mail and other applications helped these executives make faster decisions (56%) and respond more quickly to colleagues (59%), and gave them more flexibility about deciding when and where to work.”

Full Story at http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/03/cx_ah_0603diglife.html?partner=rss



Phishers going after small fry, CnetNews.com, 3 June 2005

“The number of credit unions in phishing e-mails has been growing over the past months. The total rose from three in February to 21 in May. In April, the number of phishing attempts reported to the Anti-Phishing Working Group rose to 14,411, continuing a trend of slight monthly growth this year. However, a small drop in unique phishing e-mails was reported, down to 3,930, from 4,100 in March.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/Phishers+going+after+small+fry/2100-7349_3-5731174.html?part=rss&tag=5731174&subj=news



Phishers going after small fry, ZDNet.com, 3 June 2005

““The number of credit unions in phishing e-mails has been growing over the past months. The total rose from three in February to 21 in May. In April, the number of phishing attempts reported to the Anti-Phishing Working Group rose to 14,411, continuing a trend of slight monthly growth this year. However, a small drop in unique phishing e-mails was reported, down to 3,930, from 4,100 in March.”

Full Story at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5731174.html



Skype Launches Two Premium Services, Yahoo.com, 5 June 2005

“SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail are built into the latest version of the software, available for the Linux, Mac OS, Pocket PC and Windows platforms. The company already has a SkypeOut feature for making calls from computers to regular phones for less than 2 cents a minute.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050605/ap_on_hi_te/sweden_skype



VoIP Gathers Steam, eMarketer, 6 June 2005

“The number of US residential VoIP subscribers in the US will reach over 4.1 million in 2005, up from 150,000 at the end of 2003. As of March 2005, the number stood at 2 million, meaning that growth will be great enough to double that figure by the end of the year. Revenues for 2005 will total over $1 billion.”

Full Story at http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003430