Blogs were buzzing last week with reports that Windows users who thought they had automatic updates set to either not install or get permission before installing nonetheless had their machines patched and rebooted.
Vulnerability researcher Ronald van den Heetkamp published a directory traversal flaw in Firefox version 2.0.0.12, just hours after Mozilla release the latest version of its browser.
Accountancy software company Intuit has created a waiting list for users affected by a flawed update, which erased QuickBooks data from the hard drives of many users last weekend.
Apple Computer on Tuesday in the US released a security update for Mac OS X to repair 31 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day Wi-Fi hijack flaw.
Microsoft on Tuesday released its January 2008 security bulletin, which includes only two updates: One is designated as "critical" by the software giant and the second one is deemed "important".
It's always funny watching an event force a company to break old habits and this IE zero day was enough for Microsoft to do it. As Microsoft Australia's strategic security advisor Stuart Strathdee said "we pulled all stops to get this patch out".
I was waiting for the UAC-based security problems to occur after Windows 7's release but alas that was not to be, for problems have occurred in the beta version of Windows 7.
Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)
If there was ever evidence that the stoush over broadband had gotten personal, it came when Telstra's sour-grapes mentality led it to sue Helen Coonan, personally, for claimed procedural flaws in the OPEL contract.
If you ran a software company and an independent security researcher contacted you with proof that your product contains security vulnerabilities, how would you react?
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Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
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Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
The crush of millions of Windows users trying to patch their computers overwhelmed Microsoft's update service for several hours after new security fixes were made available, the software giant acknowledged on Wednesday.
McAfee, without realising it, has fixed a serious flaw in its popular product for managing security software, the security vendor said on Friday.
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The company issues a software patch to reanimate notebooks that freeze when running Windows XP.
Apple Computer on Tuesday in the US released an update for its Mac OS X that repairs several security flaws and includes feature updates.
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