Saturday | 5 July, 2008
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Half of 2006 vulnerabilities still unpatched 12/02/2008 16:59:19
More than 3600 vulnerabilities discovered last year remain un-patched, according to a study. - +
Open-source software in the data center 28/01/2008 07:51:29
Rakesh Kumar, an analyst at Gartner. "There is an argument that users [of open source] gain access to a larger skill set than with other platforms," he says, referring to the notion that many eyes debug and look at open-source code. - +
AUUG is dead, long live AUUG 11/12/2007 12:12:13
With more than 30 years of history behind it, AUUG, the organization for Unix, Linux and open source professionals, faces its toughest challenge to stay in tact as members at the 2007 AGM decide its future this week. - +
2008 ushers in phreaks, geeks and data leaks 20/11/2007 12:31:17
The phreaks are already phishing the Web 2.0 waters of 2008, and the catch will be new Vista users, P2P users and social networkers. - +
Researchers claim first iPhone vulnerability 24/07/2007 11:11:37
Three security researchers claimed Sunday that they have found the first exploitable vulnerability in Apple's iPhone, a flaw that allows them to steal any data from the device or even to turn it into a remote surveillance tool. - +
Free Software Foundation to unveil new GPL Version 3 29/06/2007 14:15:03
After several years of debate and more than 18 months of sometimes passionate public comments and revisions, the latest GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) software license will officially be released Friday by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). - +
Hacker breaks into Mac at security conference 23/04/2007 08:02:10
A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a US$10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. - +
Core Security discovers IPv6-related flaw in OpenBSD 16/03/2007 08:27:58
Core Security Technologies says it's discovered an IPv6-related buffer-overflow vulnerability in several versions of the OpenBSD operating system that would allow an attacker to knock a server offline or take control at the kernel level. The OpenBSD project, the group which makes the free operating system available, has issued a software patch to plug the hole. - +
Two quick-setup Asterisk packages debut 08/01/2007 09:25:46
Two companies that distribute the Asterisk VOIP platform released products last week aimed at getting small and midsize businesses up and running quickly with the open source IP PBX. - +
Vista hardware security gets PC maker go-ahead 14/12/2006 08:37:23
Microsoft has won agreement with PC makers to add a fundamental change at the BIOS level to improve security in Windows Vista. - +
Dumping Cisco for open-source 19/10/2006 09:19:33
The open-source movement, which has long made inroads into corporations via Linux and other enterprise-level software, now has a potentially bigger target in its cross hairs: the PBXs and network routers from companies such as Cisco Systems that form the basis of networking infrastructure.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future. - +
Data Management Edition #9: Data centre makeover 24/04/2008 07:43:06
This week CW Live looks at the death of the old style data centre which is undergoing its first makeover in more than 30 years.
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