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Gates Takes A Side-swipe At Apple, Linux Security
Talkback I only know that in about 8 years on the internet I have only ever had ONE virus on my series of Macs - that was the MicroSoft Word Macro Virus, which was actually a software bug in MicroSoft Office for the Mac and for Windows.
[January 29, 2004, 5:12]
Security Flaw Hits Windows, Mac, Linux
News HP said it was investigating the bug's impact. Security researchers have warned of a flaw in communications software that could allow attackers to take over computers running Windows, Unix-based operating systems and Mac OS X, as well as Kerberos...
[August 7, 2002, 11:54]
Linux Applet Bug Was False Alarm
News A spokesperson from Bug Traq explains the error saying, "We have decided this was a false report. The xmonisdn applet is packaged with Debian GNU/Linux and Red Hat, and this latest development will come as a particular relief for the folks at Red...
[October 21, 1999, 9:17]
Data-loss Bug Afflicts Linux
News Programmers have found a bug in newer versions of the Linux operating system that, under unusual circumstances, could cause systems to drop data. The data-loss bug afflicts the newest 2.4.20 version of the heart, or kernel, of Linux.
[December 9, 2002, 8:27]
RealPlayer And Helix Player In Linux Security Scare
News Bug researcher Contex discovered the flaws and notified RealNetworks about the vulnerabilities, but the company has yet to issue a security update, said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia, a security firm that rates the...
[September 28, 2005, 9:35]
Experts Call On Firms To Embrace Bug Free Linux
News Ruediger Berlich, Managing Director of Germany-based SuSE Linux points out that because Linux is immune to Windows viruses such the "Love Bug" businesses should seriously consider it as an alternative.
[May 5, 2000, 13:08]
Linux Kernel Flaw Allows DoS Attack
News The bug affects the company's enterprise and consumer products-- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and SuSE Linux Professional 9.1. Version 2.6.8 of the kernel contains a fix for this bug, as does the latest version, 2.6.9, which was released last week.
[October 25, 2004, 17:40]
Linux Kernel Do_brk() Vulnerability
White Papers A critical security bug has been found in the Linux kernel 2.4.22 (and earlier) memory management subsystem. While performing a regular audit of the Linux kernel the same bug was found at the end of September 2003 and quickly realized its serious...
[April 3, 2007, 0:00]
Linux Users Warned About Firefox Flaw
News The bug has been confirmed for Firefox 1.0.6 running on Fedora Core 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, although other browser versions and platforms may also be affected. The bug is caused by the way that Firefox responds to URLs passed on the...
[September 21, 2005, 17:10]
Linux Developers Prioritise Security
News While some argue that publicly revealing a software bug in popular software hurts the security of the Internet, others point out that flaws are generally caused by poor development procedures and a lack of focus on security.
[February 3, 2005, 8:15]
Defender Of The Linux Faith
Talkback And Windows have so many bug, security hole, shit in it. It my USB just become Universal Serial BUG in Windows. They just try to attack Linux by saying that Linux is unscalable and have any security risk.
[March 18, 2005, 13:04]
Defender Of The Linux Faith
Talkback And Windows have so many bug, security hole, shit in it. It my USB just become Universal Serial BUG in Windows. They just try to attack Linux by saying that Linux is unscalable and have any security risk.
[March 18, 2005, 13:12]
The Ups And Downs Of Life With Linus
News During a talk last weekend at the Free and Open source Software Developers European Meeting, FOSDEM, on the challenges of maintaining a stable Linux kernel, Cox revealed that although Linus is good at developing code, he does not enjoy some of the...
[March 1, 2005, 17:15]
Linux Security Under Spotlight
News This Linux axiom points to the fact that when a bug becomes an issue, many people have the source code, and it can be quickly resolved without the help of a vendor. This point matters greatly when you are looking at the statistics of each security...
[December 3, 2002, 11:21]
Microsoft Apologises For Goofed Fix
News Rather than fix the problem -- and the security hole -- the company's second attempt at a software patch included a catastrophic bug that caused many servers to hang. If you look through the mailing lists and the bug lists, you'll see that one time...
[June 14, 2001, 9:16]
Security Flaw Hits Linux
News The software bug -- known as a double-free vulnerability -- causes key memory-management functions in the zlib compression library to fail, a condition that could allow a smart attacker to compromise computers over the Internet, said Dave Wreski...
[March 12, 2002, 8:52]
Putting Too Much Trust In Open Source?
News And in mid-March, a bug in the OpenSSH communications encryption program, commonly used to secure communications to and from Linux computers, left many of those machines open to attack. Though the number of vulnerable sites could be as low as 100...
[March 21, 2002, 6:31]
Open Source Developers Provide 'glimmer Of Hope'
News If I can find a bug in Linux, it’s a lifetime accomplishment," said Coplien. In the Linux community it is a badge of honour to find a bug," he said, adding that open source developers are under pressure to write superior code because they know it...
[April 22, 2005, 11:25]
Thumbs-up On Security For Windows 2000
News While software vulnerabilities may still occasionally bug the operating system, the Common Criteria certification attests that the key software components of Windows 2000 meet a specific level of security.
[October 30, 2002, 8:08]
Dangerous Flaw In Lib CGI
News This threat isn't due to a bug in the software, and what Wagner has posted isn't an exploit, just a demonstration of what can occur. In SecurityFocus, Florian Weimer says, "As discussed on BugTraq, this is not a bug in GCC, but a programming error.
[December 17, 2002, 11:14]
