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London-based mi2g Intelligence Unit on Tuesday released a report that says Mac OS X and Berkeley Standard Derivative (BSD) Unix are the "world's safest and most secure 24/7 online computing environments." Linux operating systems offer the worst track record, according to mi2g, with Windows coming in second. . . .
It's easy for administrators and computing professionals to get frustrated with users for all kinds of reasons, but security has to be one of the biggest reasons these days. . . .
Hype alone would have IT executives believe that in coming years service-oriented architectures will be as standard within companies as morning coffee. But network professionals and industry analysts say it won't be that easy, because SOA is something you build, not buy.< . . .
A series of HTML-based exploits allow a malicious HTML programmer to direct a user to a different Web site than the one indicated in the user's browser status line. . . .
Passwords are a pain, but new thinking about passwords and some new tools make it possible to make passwords easier to manage and more effective. . . .
The upgrade features advanced querying capabilities through subqueries, faster and more flexible client-server communication, and new installation and configuration tools. Security also is improved and support has been added for international character sets and geographic data, the company said. . . .
RealNetworks Inc. and KDE eV on Tuesday both released patches for their desktop software, fixing serious security holes that could allow an attacker to take over a user's system. . . .
Linux distributor Suse has warned of one of the most serious security holes to date in version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which could allow attackers to shut down a system running 2.6-based software. . . .
Linux distributor Novell SuSE released a security advisory with a severity rating of nine out of 10 last week warning of a flaw in Linux kernel 2.6. . . .
Linux vendors have been hit by two fresh security bugs, affecting a widely used graphics decoder and the Gaim instant-messaging client. . . .
A series of recently announced security flaws open Linux and related technologies to attacks ranging from denials of service and local exploits to the potential for remote system compromise. . . .
That seemed to be Wednesday's lesson from security information provider Secunia for the developers of the major internet browsers. The company released information on two common security issues with the tabbed browsing feature found in several flavours of the Mozilla Foundation's browsers, the Opera browser, the Konqueror browser for Linux and two third-party plug-ins that add the feature to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. . . .
Conectiva has fixed image loading vulnerabilities in versions 9 and 10 of the gdk-pixbuf library that could allow a specially crafted .bmp image to "hang applications in an infinite loop." . . .
This is the first in a series of articles on SSH in-depth. We start with looking at standard SSH host keys by examining the verification process to ensure you have not been the victim of an attack. . . .
Veritas Software recommends users of its Cluster Server apply newly-available patches to plug a "serious" security hole an attacker could use to launch malicious code with root privileges. . . .
Massachusetts Institute of Technology officials have issued security warnings regarding two serious vulnerabilities in the Kerberos computer authentication software, which is regularly used by Dartmouth and many other universities and businesses. . . .
EEye Digital Security has uncovered new security holes affecting a wide range of RealNetworks' media players, the latest desktop-based bugs set to worry IT managers. The flaws could be exploited via a malicious webpage or a RealMedia file run from a local drive to take over a user's system or delete files, according to RealNetworks. . . .
Security exploits are being created more easily and faster than ever, with attackers targeting e-commerce sites for financial gain, according to new research. . . .
Another highly critical image-based security hole has been found, sparking a flurry of patches from Linux vendors.Exploitation in GdkPixBuf can be used to caused a denial of service or provide remote system access. . . .
A bug in Usermin, a widely used administration console for Unix and Linux, could allow a hacker to run malicious code through a specially crafted email, reported security researchers. . . .
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