Friday | 5 September, 2008
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    Developer fixes 33-year-old Unix bug 11/07/2008 08:13:19

    An OpenBSD developer has discovered and fixed a bug in the software that has been traced back to an AT&T version of Unix from 1975.
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    Matasano launches multi-firewall dashboard 10/07/2008 10:57:14

    Security research and consulting firm Matasano has entered the security appliance game with a new product called Playbook, designed to take some of the pain out of managing large numbers of firewalls from different vendors.
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    Digital DNA touted for better security 09/07/2008 07:49:29

    U.K. security integrator Torotech has begun offering a new take on securing online transactions such as banking access: a digital fingerprinting system that uses the uniqueness of a piece of user hardware as an authentication token.
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    MessageLabs secures e-mail backup 09/07/2008 11:49:44

    MessageLabs, best known as a provider of e-mail security services, last week introduced a managed e-mail backup service that has as a selling point the same security features built into the company's other products.
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    SolarWinds simplifies large network monitoring 03/07/2008 08:41:03

    Network management software company SolarWinds on Tuesday updated its flagship Orion software, with a focus on making it easier to monitor large or geographically distributed networks.
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    Ruby creators warn of serious flaws 26/06/2008 13:56:06

    The Ruby programming language, which has become popular as the basis for web 2.0 sites such as Twitter, contains serious security flaws that could allow attackers to take over an organization's web server, according to the Ruby development team.
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    Desktop virtualization gets military-grade security 23/06/2008 08:59:30

    Tresys Technology has released a desktop virtualization platform with a difference - it is designed from the ground up for organizations needing tight security, including military bodies.
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    Amsterdam switches on Europe's first mobile WiMax network 19/06/2008 08:53:14

    Dutch broadband start-up Worldmax on Tuesday demonstrated what it said is Europe's first mobile WiMax network, built by Alcatel-Lucent over the past five months and set to go fully online at the end of this summer.
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    Compression lets attackers tap VoIP calls 18/06/2008 09:07:26

    A common compression technique can make internet telephone calls significantly more susceptible to bugging, according to recent research from Johns Hopkins University.
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    Microsoft releases first Open XML SDK 16/06/2008 08:19:46

    Microsoft has released the first finished version of the software development kit (SDK) for the Open XML Format, the default storage format for Microsoft Office 2007 and the basis for a standard that is currently awaiting publication by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
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    Major security sites hit by XSS bugs 12/06/2008 08:43:15

    The Web sites of three of the security industry's best-known companies include security flaws that could be used to launch scams against customers, according to a new report.
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