Recent Articles
February 08, 2010
Mozilla is advising users who may have downloaded two "experimental" Firefox add-ons that they contain malware.
February 05, 2010
Oracle on Thursday released a fix for a zero-day vulnerability in its WebLogic Node Manager. The publicly released bug can allow an attacker to fully compromise a targeted server on Windows, according to an Oracle blog post. The patch does not appear to be related to researcher David Litchfield's talk this week at the Black Hat conference in Washington, D.C., where he revealed how zero-day vulnerabilities in the Oracle 11g database could be used to bypass security and take complete control of the popular software. — DK
February 05, 2010
After a relatively quiet January, administrators next week will have to deal with an unusually large security update from Microsoft, with 26 vulnerabilities in line for fixing.
February 03, 2010
An Internet Explorer vulnerability revealed at this week's Black Hat conference in Washington, D.C. prompted Microsoft to issue an advisory on the issue.
February 02, 2010
Apple on Tuesday pushed out an iPhone and iPod Touch security update.
February 02, 2010
PGP announced Tuesday that it has acquired TC TrustCenter and its U.S.-based parent, Chosen Security to extend its encryption capabilities to third-party applications and transactions. The deal enables PGP to now offer an "on-demand platform for managing trusted identities used for encryption, authentication and secure collaboration." The new division will be led by Rajiv Dholakia, the previous vice president of corporate development and strategy for PGP. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. — DK
February 01, 2010
Spammers are on the Valentine's Day prowl already, and more ploys are expected, researchers at Trend Micro said Monday.
February 01, 2010
Considering the economic climate, 2009 was not terribly gloomy for the IT security space, and 2010 looks even better, reports Dan Kaplan.
February 01, 2010
Organizations must educate end-users, says Dan Beard, chief administrative officer of the
House of Representatives, reports Dan Kaplan.
January 29, 2010
Google joins Mozilla by forming a bounty program for vulnerability discoveries in its web browser.