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An IBM X-Force security researcher has promised to exploit massive holes in Windows Vista's defences at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
A blogger claiming to have written a worm -- called Rape.osx -- for Apple Mac OS X has received death threats.
Phil Zimmermann, who gave free e-mail encryption to the world more than a decade ago in the form of a software called Pretty Good Privacy, is now trying to secure Internet phone calls.
Vulnerabilities in a technology widely used for network authentication have left computers running Unix, Linux and Apple Computer's Mac OS X potentially open to attack.
After infecting NASA and Texas A&M University last week, the worm - a self-spreading program that focuses on versions 6.2 and 7.0 of Red Hat's Linux OS - is making its move on Linux servers abroad, as vandals use the program to post digital graffiti.
A security hole has appeared in a recent version of Red Hat Linux, and a security expert said it highlights a more general weakness in open source code products: no quality assurance testing before hitting the market.
Recent findings suggest that open-source advocates' boastings of superior security over proprietary software were premature. Now the open-source community must conduct its own 'trustworthy' campaign.
Linux is the darling of the hacker set, but it is far from the least expensive or even the most secure open source operating system available. Supporters claim that BSD can fill the gaps left by Linux.
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When Charles Hagen set up a foundation to benefit leukemia research efforts, he turned to Linux and saved US$10K. Now he's advocating Linux to help his local municipality save as well, but the outlook doesn't look as promising.
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