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RSS flawRIM patches PDF security hole
News RIM has released a patch for a security flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which exposed corporate networks to hackers via a maliciously crafted PDF document. The flaw affected the BlackBerry Attachment Service - a function within BlackBerry... [23 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk
News RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. A 'high' severity flaw affecting how BlackBerry Enterprise Server... [17 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Open Secure Shell (SSH) buffer management flaw below version 3.7.1: Some SSH servers are running a version of OpenSSH which is known to be vulnerable to a buffer management vulnerability that can allow attackers to stop servers from working or... [19 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment Get a clue.if there is an inherent flaw it affects all wi-fi-enabled devices. First thing on readers' hit-lists this month was the government plan for prisoners to gain IT skills.then readers found a moment to engage in some iPhone debate before... [19 Jun 2008]
Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat
News Kelly explained the hack attacks included non-specific threats, such as edge-of-network penetration attempts and application flaw exploits, and more specific threats such as phishing attacks against users, in the form of forged emails purporting... [23 Apr 2008]
Apple patches up Safari
News The company released the patches this week after a number of vulnerabilities were discovered in the browser recently, including one which allowed a security expert to take control of a MacBook Air at the CanSecWest security conference in March... [18 Apr 2008]
Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user
Comment Critics pointed to the lack of Exchange support as a major flaw with the iPhone, yet this has been resolved through a deal with Microsoft. On the 10th anniversary of his Damascene conversion from the PC to the way of the Mac, Seb Janacek reflects... [17 Apr 2008]
Discover How Analytics Makes the Difference Between Managing and Improving Performance
White Paper Although many contributing factors intervene, such as changing priorities and cultural issues, one consistently recurring flaw is the misapplication or lack of information key to implementing effectual performance management. [03 Apr 2008]
UserLock Vs Microsoft LimitLogin
White Paper the ill known yet largely handicapping and critical security flaw still remains omnipresent on a majority of networks, allowing direct access for data leakage, user lockout, workstation downtime. This paper reviews how Microsoft LimitLogin and IS... [28 Feb 2008]
QuickTime flaw could fuel Second Life stealing
News Researchers have shown how exploiting a flaw within QuickTime could allow an attacker could steal from other users in Second Life. In this case, researchers exploited a recent flaw within RTSP tunnelling. [18 Feb 2008]
Happy 10th birthday Mozilla - there's a bug in your cake
News Mozilla has assigned a "low" severity rating to the flaw, and the vulnerability is being investigated by Firefox developers. Meanwhile, Mozilla's head of security, Window Snyder, has warned of a flaw in Firefox's user interface, called "chrome". [25 Jan 2008]
A Performance Analysis of TCP and STP Implementations and Proposals for New QoS Classes for TCP/IP
White Paper However through a series of tests, it was found that STP does not fulfill its claims of increased throughput over TCP and uncovered a flaw in STP's founding research. With a new United States Army initiative to exploit commercially developed... [14 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment The basic flaw in this argument is the presumption that the use of IT and the internet improves academic attainment. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [10 Jan 2008]
Target-Based TCP Stream Reassembly
White Paper This flaw exists in several layers of evaluation and processing of the packets including the IP, TCP, and application layers. In their landmark 1998 paper, "Insertion, Evasion, and Denial of Service: Eluding Network Intrusion Detection," Thomas... [26 Dec 2007]
Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up
News Apple updated QuickTime last week in order to fix an important flaw in that program. It's download time again for Mac OS X users, as 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger and Leopard have been made available by Apple. [18 Dec 2007]
