Applications will have to defend themselves from attack in the future, according to Oracle's chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson.
Australia's best-known security conference will open for business on Monday and organisers say this year's event should be the biggest ever.
Oracle's security chief says the software industry is so riddled with buggy product makers that "you wouldn't get on a plane built by software developers."
Oracle's latest update fails to tackle a database flaw that has already been exploited, a security researcher has warned.
As part of its quarterly patch cycle, Oracle on Tuesday released fixes for a long list of security vulnerabilities in many of its products.
Bug hunter David Litchfield says the Oracle community shouldn't be so smug when it comes to database security. He represents NGS Software, which has serviced Oracle in the past and Microsoft at present.
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.
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