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  • Linux developers create forum to air core flaws

    Developers of the Linux kernel created a security mailing list this week to air future vulnerability information regarding the open-source operating system's core code.

  • Flaws pop up in Linux kernel

    Linux users have been urged to fix a flaw in the core component of the open-source operating system, following the public release of code that could be used to crash Linux systems.

  • Security flaws force Linux kernel upgrade

    Open-source developers released a new version of the Linux kernel Monday in a move aimed at quickly fixing several bugs--among them two serious security flaws.

  • Attempted attack on Linux kernel foiled

    An unknown intruder attempted to insert a Trojan horse program into the code of the next version of the Linux kernel stored at a publicly accessible database.

  • Darwin flaws survive in Apple's Mac OS X

    A source-code audit of the open-source operating system from which Apple Computer borrowed much of the code for Mac OS X revealed four vulnerabilities of varying severity in Apple's software, a security firm said Monday.

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  • Linux gets renewed heart

    The latest version of the 2.4-series kernel for the open-source operating system is released amid controversy over components in the Linux code.

  • Security pro: Windows easier to 'own'

    Microsoft has been waiting for security researchers to say that its Windows operating system has a lower total cost of ownership. One finally has, but that's not good news.

  • Antivirus flaw downs mail servers

    Companies that failed to apply a long-available patch for a Network Associates security application are at risk of a malicious message that crashes Microsoft Exchange servers.

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