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Ballmer cites 'facts' in Microsoft's battle against Linux

...practical issues of how quickly serious issues get fixed". Earlier this summer, Mark Cox of Red Hat security response team told ZDNet UK that his... Read more

27 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden and Ingrid Marson

Red Hat bugs - another open source PR hit?

...Hat had 633 flaws, compared with Windows' 123. However, Red Hat's Mark Cox quickly pointed out in a blog that a) the number was... Read more

17 January, 2008

Secunia: More Red Hat flaws than Microsoft in 2007

...HP-UX had 75 reported flaws. However, Red Hat Security Team director Mark Cox denied that the vulnerability count was as high as 633 for... Read more

16 January, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Red Hat spearheads vulnerability initiative

...in real time whether or not the software is vulnerable to exploits. Mark Cox, the security response team director for Red Hat, came up with... Read more

7 September, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Trend Micro: open source is more secure

...secure", and could not be used without altering the default security settings. Mark Cox, security response team lead for open source vendor Red Hat, agreed... Read more

13 June, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Red Hat disputes CERT vulnerability figures

...and misleading. When you look at the list, the vulnerabilities are miscategorised," Mark Cox, consulting software engineer at Red Hat, told ZDNet UK. "For example... Read more

6 January, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Red Hat readies Enterprise Linux 4

...into SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, which was released in August 2004. Mark Cox of Red Hat security response team told ZDNet UK last summer... Read more

17 January, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's email

...Novell and Mandrakesoft claim the Forrester report was flawed. Earlier this summer, Mark Cox from Red Hat's security response team told ZDNet UK that... Read more

28 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Linux kernel flaw allows DoS attack

...flaw as it uses version 2.4 of the kernel, according to Mark Cox, who works for the Red Hat security response team. The flaw... Read more

25 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Linux world dismisses new Trojan risk

...itself, and ensures that the product is not affected during transit," said Mark Cox, senior director of engineering at Red Hat. The virus replaces the... Read more

4 January, 2002 by Wendy McAuliffe

Linux servers at risk from 'serious' flaw

A bug in a popular FTP program used with Linux servers puts Web sites in jeopardy of attacks from hackers. Though fixes are in the works, a Red Hat warning just makes matters worse Read more

29 November, 2001 by Robert Lemos

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