Microsoft and the Power of Free
Microsoft's move to launch its' new Morro endpoint AV beta as freeware could have a significant impact on the overall state of PC security, especially among consumers.
Open Source ArchiveJune 23, 2009
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April 22, 2008
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High-Profile OLPC Defections Bad for SecurityThere's a serious brain drain affecting the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative and it's not a good sign for security. The latest high-profile defector from the nonprofit organization is Walter Bender, a former MIT Media Lab executive who... April 19, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008 6:40 PM/CST
OpenOffice Bitten by Code Execution BugsOpenOffice has issued a high-priority update to fix at least six vulnerabilities affecting users of its free desktop productivity suite. The open-source group said the critical vulnerabilities affect OpenOffice.org suite versions prior to 2.4. An alert from Symantec's DeepSight... February 12, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:17 PM/CST
Security Features High in Firefox 3 Beta 3 ReleaseMozilla is inching closer to delivering the next major refresh of its flagship Firefox browser. Late this evening, the open-source group shipped Firefox 3 Beta 3, an update that features approximately 1,300 individual changes from the previous beta, including fixes... February 11, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008 1:33 PM/CST
Asus Eee PC Ships with Remotely Exploitable FlawOut of the box, the highly touted Asus Eee PC ships with a known code-execution vulnerability that allows a hacker to remotely gain root over a network. According to a warning from RISE Security, the Linux-powered machine uses an... January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:46 PM/CST
Beware of Flat-Packed Firefox Add-onsMozilla has slapped a "high severity" rating on an unpatched Firefox vulnerability that could let hackers steal session cookies -- and sensitive user information -- from Web surfers. Mozilla security chief Window Snyder (left) confirmed the issue in a... January 28, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008 4:45 PM/CST
Metasploit 3 Adds iPhone Support to Hacking ArsenalHD Moore's Metasploit point-and-click hacking tool now has built-in support for breaking into Apple's iPhone devices. Version 3.1 of the exploit development and attack framework shipped earlier today with full support for the Windows platform (including GUI), support for... January 22, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:29 PM/CST
Do You Know What's Leaking Out of Firefox?Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has confirmed an information disclosure flaw affecting fully patched versions of the Firefox browser. Snyder's acknowledgment follows the public release of technical details--and proof-of-concept code--that shows how a vulnerability in the chrome protocol scheme... January 4, 2008
Friday, January 04, 2008 11:31 AM/CST
PHP Group Ships Final PHP 4 PatchThe open-source PHP Group has updated the popular PHP 4 scripting language for the last time. With PHP 4.4.8, the group provides patches for multiple security flaws that could allow attackers to bypass certain restrictions and announced that this... June 8, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007 12:58 PM/CST
Firefox 3.0 to Include 'Get Me Outta Here' Malware ProtectionIn the upcoming Firefox 3.0 browser, the Mozilla Foundation is going beyond Firefox 2.0's protection of users' personal information to actually blocking Web sites that it thinks are planning to plant malware. Alex Faaborg blogged on Mozilla's site on June... 
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