Oracle plans to add severity ratings to its security bulletins, making the alerts less of a guessing game for customers.
Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release seven security bulletins, including a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows that is already being used in cyberattacks.
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 20 vulnerabilities in a variety of products including Windows, but none of the operating system flaws affect Vista.
A top Microsoft engineer on Friday set out a weekend challenge to the Windows Vista development team: Find and fix a bug in the current code and earn US$100.
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for two critical security flaws, one in Windows and another in the Outlook e-mail client and Exchange mail server.
Microsoft issued four security bulletins overnight, related to its Windows operating system and SQL Server database software.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP servers can be attacked through the software ordinarily used to create secure connections to remote workers.
Although many software makers promote responsible disclosure, it isn't universally backed by the security community. Critics say it could make security companies lazy in patching. Full disclosure of flaws is preferred.
Apache is beginning to rival IIS as a popular Internet target, which means admins need to be vigilant in keeping it patched. This includes a new software revision that fixes two vulnerabilities.
Microsoft has issued a "critical" security alert for a series of Java Virtual Machine bugs, one of which could allow a hacker to steal information or reformat the hard drives of compromised computers.
Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of a program crash.
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