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Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes
Talkback Another management guy pushing responsibility down. Blah, blah, blah
[October 24, 2005, 12:47]
Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes
Talkback If you are writing programs for a specific OS then your employer should be held responsible for your code. But, what if your code is secure but the OS is not? If the OS lets a hacker in and he uses your program to his own end, who then is responsible?
[October 12, 2005, 12:41]
Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes
Talkback BUNK! Absolute bunk! Unless Schmidt acknowledges that most bugs exist in software because of budget, time, and political constraints that are completely out of the programmer's hands, he has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
[October 12, 2005, 15:43]
Security experts round on Oracle over unpatched holes
Talkback I think nearly two years is enough time for Oracle to get their fecal matter together and fix this kind of bug, if security has any real meaning for them Anybody remember the saying "When you point at someone else, three fingers point back at you?
[July 21, 2005, 19:42]
Security experts round on Oracle over unpatched holes
News Serious unpatched security flaws exist in certain Oracle products, according to a German security researcher who said the software maker has not fixed the bugs despite knowing about them for two years.
[July 20, 2005, 9:25]
Security holes exposed in several major browsers
News For every browser, a security bug. That seemed to be Wednesday's lesson from security information provider Secunia for the developers of the major Internet browsers. The company released information on two common security issues with the tabbed...
[October 21, 2004, 8:50]
Security holes: The danger within
News Employees continue to be overlooked as an IT security threat, despite the significant destruction they can cause, according to one white paper. A white paper released in the US by Web filtering vendor SurfControl found that more than 80 percent of...
[June 12, 2002, 9:50]
Nokia admits multiple Bluetooth security holes
News Following networking and security firm AL Digital's revelation that at least ten handsets from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Ericsson were vulnerable to a bluesnarfing attack, a Nokia spokesperson told ZDNet UK that the company is aware of "security...
[February 9, 2004, 16:50]
Opera updates browser to plug security holes
News The vulnerabilities, disclosed to the BugTraq security mailing list over the weekend, allow rogue Web sites to take control of a victim's computer by exploiting weaknesses in the way the browser handles skin files.
[November 24, 2003, 8:25]
Bug-hunters say firms ignoring security holes
News Major software firms may be neglecting security vulnerabilities and putting their users at serious risk, according to bug-hunters at Swedish security firm Defcom. Although bugs in operating systems are not uncommon as security mailing lists like...
[October 18, 2000, 9:00]
Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes
News Software developers should be held personally accountable for the security of the code they write, said Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity advisor, on Tuesday. Speaking at Secure London 2005, Schmidt, who is now the president and...
[October 12, 2005, 12:15]
HP patches critical security holes in Tru64 Unix
News Critical security vulnerabilities in HP's Tru64 Unix operating system were patched on Friday after it was discovered that implementations of IPsec and SSH programs, which carry VPN and secure system command traffic, were vulnerable to attackers.
[January 16, 2004, 16:25]
Apple fixes critical security holes
News Apple released 10 security fixes to address Mac OS X flaws that security experts described as "critical". Apple declined to comment on the security patches on Friday. In one of its bigger security updates, the company last month unloaded fixes for...
[September 26, 2005, 9:05]
OpenOffice patches three security holes
News OpenOffice.org has released a patch for three security vulnerabilities in its popular open source office suite. Maliciously crafted Java applets can break out of the sandbox — the security mechanism that runs untrusted code — in OpenOffice.org...
[July 4, 2006, 13:35]
Firefox 3.0.12 fixes five critical security holes
News Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 3.0.12, an update to the open-source browser that fixes five critical security vulnerabilities and a handful of other bugs. Version 3.0.12 fixes five critical problems and one high-level security problem...
[July 22, 2009, 8:02]
Secret security holes released to public
News A self-proclaimed hacker claims to have stolen three unreleased security advisories from a corporate computer and posted them to a public mailing list. He claims to have stolen them from a firm that had been working with the Computer Emergency...
[March 20, 2003, 10:25]
65 security holes found in Oracle
News On Tuesday, as part of its quarterly patch cycle, Oracle released fixes for 65 security vulnerabilities that affect many of its products. Many of the vulnerabilities are significant; 27 of the 65 bugs could be exploited remotely by an anonymous...
[July 19, 2006, 9:35]
Oracle software 'riddled with security holes'
News They were found by Next Generation Security Software, based in Surrey. David Litchfield, managing director of Next Generation Security Software, is said to have discussed the vulnerabilities at last week's Black Hat IT security conference.
[August 3, 2004, 11:35]
Poor training causes security holes
News A survey commissioned by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) revealed that 31 percent of companies have experienced between one and three "major security breaches" in the past six months -- characterised as a security breach...
[March 27, 2003, 17:14]
Security experts spot holes in Twitter malware filter
News Twitter's new malware filter is a sign the social-media site is stepping up efforts to stem attacks, but the measure has its shortcomings, say security experts. Twitter's latest security measure was a positive one, especially in light of the...
[August 5, 2009, 9:14]
