Security
Lenovo Introduces Protection and Data Recovery Services
Lenovo Friday introduced two new service offerings -- PC protection service that insures Lenovo notebooks from accidental damage and Data Recovery Service that rescues users' data from a faulty hard disk.
Google patches Chrome file-stealing bug
Google has patched Chrome to prevent attackers from stealing files from PCs running the open-source browser.
Mozilla fixes 11 new flaws in Firefox, six critical
Mozilla on Wednesday patched 11 vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0 -- and 12 bugs in the older Firefox 2.0 -- that could be used
to compromise computers and steal information.
Android may not need antivirus software, researcher says
Antivirus developer SMobile released software this week to protect users of the G1 Android phone, although one security analyst
wondered if people really need it.
Firefox extension blocks dangerous Web attack
A popular free security tool for the Firefox browser has been upgraded to block one of the most dangerous and troubling security
problems facing the Web today.
Mozilla rushes to fix Firefox password bug
Just a day after it released Firefox 3.0.2 to fix 11 vulnerabilities, Mozilla said that an overlooked password bug requires
a fast-track update it hopes to launch next week.
Untangle turns ordinary PC into security box
Open source vendor Untangle has come up with a new version of its gateway that can turn any Windows XP PC into a fully-featured
security appliance.
Open phones are more vulnerable
The opening up of the mobile industry is great news for application developers but not so good for IT security professionals
who want to sleep at night, executives from the security industry said Thursday.
Wider implications of the Red Hat breach
Reports of data losses and system breaches are almost becoming passe but from time to time events happen that take on a life
of their own and have effects far beyond what the initial breach would normally represent.
Novell's iPrint open to attack, say researchers
Attackers can exploit bugs in Novell's iPrint application to obtain corporate information or hijack computers, security experts
said today.
Torvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, says he's fed up with what he sees as a "security circus" surrounding software
vulnerabilities and how they're hyped by security people.
Sun offering support for OpenSSO
Sun Wednesday said it would offer support to corporate users of OpenSSO open source identity technology and introduced a new
version that also protects companies against patent infringement suits.
Details of major Internet flaw posted by accident
A computer security company on Monday inadvertently published details of a major flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System
(DNS) several weeks before they were due to be disclosed.
Firefox update fixes Mac security issue
Mozilla has released an update to Firefox, its popular Web browser. The update is available for download either from the Firefox
Web site or through Firefox itself, if you select "Check for Updates" from the Help menu.
Patch domain name servers now, says DNS inventor
Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the Internet's Domain Name System architecture, has some advice for those in any doubt about
the seriousness of a weakness in the DNS protocol that was disclosed yesterday: Patch your DNS servers right now.
• Dell puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs
• Mozilla names best Firefox 3 add-ons
• Torvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'
• Dell Latitude ON - big win for Linux
• Open source advocates hail appeals court ruling
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo San Francisco, August 4-7, 2008.
Linux Plumbers Conference Portland, OR, Sept. 16-19, 2008.
FreedomHEC Santa Monica, November 8-9, 2008.
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