Flaws in two popular source code database applications could allow attackers to access and corrupt open-source software projects, a security researcher said Wednesday in the US.
Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies.
Investigations continued Friday into how source code for Microsoft's Windows operating system made its way onto the Internet.
The SCO Group dismissed a leaked memo that connected Microsoft to US$86 million in investments in the company, saying the author of the e-mail misunderstood the venture deal.
For the third time this year, unknown attackers deluged the SCO Group's Web site with enough data to make it inaccessible.
A day after the networking-software maker said it had bought Linux company Ximian, Novell executives say it's likely that their company's own OS will go fallow in favour of Linux.
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.
The MSBlast worm supports the view that patches, while necessary to increase the security of specific computers, can't be relied upon to protect large networks.
A hacker group releases code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend, security researchers warn.
A call for online vandals to take part in a Web site defacement contest has some companies warning clients to beware over the US holiday weekend.
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.
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