Monday, November 9th, 2009
If you spend much time online, you probably have the same problem I do: How to remember your ever-growing list of online usernames and passwords-and stay secure at the same time.
You're savvy enough to know that identity theft and illegal access to personal and financial data are real-world problems that ...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
There is a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by attackers to gain root access to a vulnerable machine.The vulnerability is in version 2.6.21 of the Linux kernel and some Linux vendors already have taken steps to fix the vulnerability. Red Hat has released ...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Software makers around the world are scrambling to fix a serious bug in the technology used to transfer information securely on the Internet.The flaw lies in the SSL protocol, best known as the technology used for secure browsing on Web sites beginning with HTTPS, and lets attackers intercept secure SSL ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Thousands of downloads. Countless positive reviews on software blogs around the Internet. It's been quite a ride so far for Microsoft Security Essentials.In AV Comparative's most recent report on malware removal, MSE was the only free antivirus rated Advanced+. That ranking placed it alongside big names like Norton, Kaspersky, and ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Sun today released VirtualBox 3.0.10, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 3.0 which improves stability and performance. See the ChangeLog for a list of changes since VirtualBox 3.0.8.Download:http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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