25c3 Nothing To Hide: Chaos Communication Congress in Germany
Dec 29, 2008The Germany based Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has opened its traditional annual conference in Berlin, Germany, again this year. After a year of breakdowns in data security, the hacker organization is calling for a number of new protective measures.
more »Sixth Debian Update Improves Etch Security
Dec 22, 2008The Debian Project has released a sixth update for the current stable version of Gnu/Linux 4.0, codenamed Etch.
more »Mozilla Counters "Dirty Dozen" Criticism of Firefox Security
Dec 19, 2008Bit9, self-professed leader in enterprise application whitelisting, recently included Mozilla's Firefox browser among "the Dirty Dozen" applications with critical security vulnerabilities. Mozilla's security expert Jonathan Nightingale disputes that critique.
more »Adobe Updates Flash Player to Fix Huge Security Hole
Dec 19, 2008Adobe recommends that Linux Flash Player users immediately upgrade to the newest versions.
more »Firefox 3.0.5 and 2.0.0.19 Tackle Security Problems
Dec 18, 2008The Mozilla project has moved both branches of its Firefox browser to versions 2.0.0.19 and 3.0.5. The updates deal primarily with security issues.
more »TangoCMS 2.2.0 Closes Security Holes
Dec 17, 2008The TangoCMS project has released version 2.2.0 of its web page content management system. Central to the release is resolving some security issues.
more »Update: US-CERT Records Internet Explorer Security Advisory
Dec 16, 2008An unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser has triggered an advisory that is now recorded with the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).
more »Browser Security From Google
Dec 12, 2008The Browser Security Handbook (BSH) from search engine company Google has been published under free license.
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