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Does open source pose a security risk?
News Independent software vendors (ISVs) selling proprietary software have claimed the open-source development process exposes open-source software to greater security risks, while open-source developers argue that the openness of the process allows... [22 Jul 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News Google has released as open source a web application assessment tool, Ratproxy, that is designed to root out potential security flaws. Ratproxy is an audit system written internally and introduced last week by Michal Zalewski, a respected security... [14 Jul 2008]
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
News That means iPhone users may still be vulnerable to flaws discovered later than February. Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging application available for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, however these new applications come in light of new... [04 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Finance, government, legal, retail and utilities sectors have all seen an increase in the number of overall vulnerabilities according to NTA, with government being the only sector to suffer from all of the top 10 high risk flaws. [19 Jun 2008]
'Huge' Apple update plugs 40 Leopard security holes
News The update, released this week, plugs flaws that render OS X Leopard users vulnerable to systems compromises including denial-of-service attacks, information disclosure and remote code execution. Currently at least 20,000 websites have been... [30 May 2008]
Apple patches up Safari
News Apple has released another round of security patches for its web browser this week, targeting a vulnerability which allowed a MacBook Air to be hacked and two flaws in the Windows-only version of Safari. [18 Apr 2008]
'Fundamental' flaws in Child Support Agency IT
News Security from A-Z… It has emerged the Child Support Agency's (CSA) troubled £1.1bn computer system has needed 130 changes in eight years to get it working properly. The agency's CS2 computer system, which was built by EDS, has been plagued with... [04 Mar 2008]
Macs no longer safe from cyberattacks
News A serious threat to all computer systems comes from websites that have been planted with malicious code, which exploit flaws in applications such as Internet Explorer, and Apple's Quicktime. Multiple flaws were discovered for each of these... [23 Jan 2008]
Apple OS X more vulnerable than Vista?
News He found Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X, faced more critical flaws than Windows XP and Vista combined. Ou wrote: "This shows that Apple had more than five times the number of flaws per month than Windows XP and Vista in 2007 and most of... [20 Dec 2007]
Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up
News This includes several flaws that could lead to a remote attacker executing malicious code on a Mac in programs like Address Book, the Safari browser's RSS feed and CUPS (common Unix printing system), among other things. [18 Dec 2007]
iPhone gets first update
News The new version, Safari 3.0.3, fixes some security flaws for both the Windows and Mac OS versions of the browser. Each download contains several patches to correct flaws, and Apple is recommending that all users of those operating systems download... [01 Aug 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News The Mac maker has plugged security flaws that could have resulted in OS X customers being "owned" by basic actions such as visiting a malicious website, watching a video file or opening an email attachment. [12 Jul 2007]
Microsoft to patch critical trio
News Microsoft will fix three critical security holes, and three other flaws, in tomorrow's scheduled patch release. Two other patches fix "important" flaws in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher and Windows XP Professional. [09 Jul 2007]
US Homeland Security CIO blamed for security "incidents"
News In response to reports of persistent cybersecurity flaws at the Department of Homeland Security, a top congressional Democrat on Wednesday questioned whether the agency's chief information officer deserves to keep his job. [21 Jun 2007]
Banks warned over IT security flaws
News The number of security flaws within financial institutions' IT systems is growing fast, due in part to customer demand for internet services.silicon.com Financial Services A spokeswoman from security company NTA Monitor, which runs the survey using... [14 Jun 2007]
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