Phishers attack eBay

A flaw has been discovered on eBay`s Web site that would have allowed fraudsters to successfully redirect the sign-on process to a phishing site, reports pcworld.com.

Reported by British anti-phishing outfit Netcraft, the scam apparently started with fraudsters sending e-mails asking eBay users to update their accounts.

According to Netcraft`s Paul Mutton, the company first learned of the attack from users of its anti-phishing toolbar, which stops the attack, and reported the flaw to eBay last week.

Developer preview models of Apple`s new Intel-powered computer contains a security chip that has been criticised for privacy risks.

Apple recently started shipping its Developer Transition Kits that help developers test and prepare their software for the switch to the new Intel-powered Apple computers next year, vnunet.com reports.

The kit contains a version of OS X for Intel and a Mac computer featuring the new processor.

The computer that ships in the kit features a security chip called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The TPM is an open industry standard governed by the Trusted Computing Group, a non-profit organisation which develops security standards.

"The TPM is going to be the barrier for moving the Macintosh software to any PC," says Martin Reynolds, a research fellow with analyst firm Gartner.

It is expected that Yahoo will today launch an ad network for small Web publishers intended to strengthen its hand against rival Google, a source familiar with the plan reportedly told news.com.

The company has for months been working on a self-serve advertising service tailored to bloggers and other small Web publishers, a move that homes in on Google`s territory.

Yahoo`s self-serve product will display text ads deemed relevant to the content of specific Web pages. Advertisers pay only when a reader clicks on their ads. Yahoo and publishers will split the fees.

The UK government is moving 150 of its departments to a more secure IT network and intranet in a bid to improve communication in the public sector.

Service provider Energis, which completed the first phase of the lb60 million contract last week, said the intranet will allow civil servants to communicate over departments through peer-to peer technology and virtual private networks.

The system is designed as a Web portal to feed public policies to 350 000 civil servants at all levels of government, silicon.com reports.