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RSS patchRIM 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. RIM's initial workaround was to prevent the BlackBerry Attachment Service from... [23 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk
News RIM quietly disclosed the flaw last week, but is yet to issue a patch. Until the company can issue a patch, RIM has warned customers to disable the BlackBerry Attachment Service, which allows BES to process PDF attachments for users to view on... [17 Jul 2008]
Malware threat for iPhone 2.0
News Earlier this month, a Mac OS X researcher also claimed that the iPhone operating system, which is a stripped-down version of Mac OS 10.5, does not have the patch updates that the desktop operating system has. [14 Jul 2008]
A Novel Microstrip Patch Antenna With Large Impedance Bandwidth in VHF/UHF Range
White Paper In this paper a novel antenna is presented. This antenna, employing microstrip circular disc as radiator is seen to perform over a large impedance bandwidth (130MHz to 876 MHz). The disk resonator is loaded with L-C-R circuit across a selective... [11 Jul 2008]
Microsoft Executive Circle: Security360 With Mike Nash - Streamlining Patch Management (Level 100)
White Paper The presenter of this webcast will discuss patch management, and provide guidance on how to plan for and deploy critical patches and security updates with minimal impact on day-to-day operations. [10 Jul 2008]
Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Mitigating Risk: Prepare Your Network for the Next Attack
White Paper While there is no substitute for patch management when it comes readying the systems and network against the next attack, there are strategies that can be implemented today to help mitigate the risk and impact of security attacks. [10 Jul 2008]
IT Manager Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Patch Management (Level 200)
White Paper Successful security update management is crucial to maintaining computer security at any organization. The listener of this webcast will hear Microsoft IT's experience managing patching with over 330000 devices in a challenging environment. [05 Jul 2008]
Microsoft Webcast: Security Series (Part 1 of 8): Managing Servers, Desktops, and Devices (Level 200)
White Paper The webcast discusses security features in the Windows Vista operating system, patch testing, and evaluation. With a growing number of endpoint devices connecting to the network, IT managers face increasing challenges in building and managing a... [05 Jul 2008]
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
News Apple patched Miller's Safari vulnerability for the desktop in April but so far has not issued a similar patch for the iPhone. Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging application available for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, however these... [04 Jul 2008]
Using LIDS With Your Mandrake Linux Kernel
White Paper This paper gives an overview of how to use the LIDS kernel patch with the 2.4.16 kernels for i586 and PPC that were recently in cooker. It describes how to patch kernel, build a new one, and configure LIDS to work on server. [03 Jul 2008]
Real Time Linux
White Paper This paper talks about one of these patches, the preemptive scheduler patch, and its effect on the interrupt latency of a Linux system. The patch reduces the measured interrupt latency of the system making it more appropriate for real time... [03 Jul 2008]
Dynamic Best Practices of Vulnerability Management
White Paper Vulnerabilities, usually expressed by a product vendor as a defect requiring a patch, upgrade or configuration change, are the weaknesses in a security profile that attackers target. Once vulnerability is discovered, it is only a matter of time... [03 Jul 2008]
Preemptible Linux: A Reality Check
White Paper There is now a kernel preemption patch that today reduces this time down to one to two milliseconds, with further improvements planned for the future. The lack of kernel preemption in Linux means that long system calls can delay high priority user... [03 Jul 2008]
Using OpenLDAP for Authentication; Revision 2
White Paper Users of other distributions may have to patch their OpenLDAP packages in order to get the same results. This paper describes how to use LDAP to authenticate system logins using pam_ldap and nss_ldap for a centralized authentication system for a... [03 Jul 2008]
MontaVista Software Teams with IBM to Enable Zultys Enterprise Communication System
White Paper Zultys turned to MontaVista Software as MontaVista has an excellent reputation in the Linux community and it authored the preemptible kernel patch and real-time scheduler - two Linux extensions that are very important to them. [03 Jul 2008]
