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Steve Ballmer and Carl Icahn team up to oust Yahoo's board, while the release of the new iPhone draws crowds worldwide. Also: A major flaw in Internet gears.
July 11, 2008 2:02 PM PDTThe software giant's chief operating officer says he is pleased with SP1's progress, despite it breaking some third-party programs.
March 4, 2008 5:14 PM PSTSecurity company says it has seen an attack using a cross-site scripting flaw in 2Wire DNS routers.
January 24, 2008 9:22 AM PSTIn annual report on security flaws, vulnerability-testing company strongly criticizes CA's ARCserve Backup product, as well as Symantec Mail Security.
January 16, 2008 10:49 AM PSTAlpha version of community-driven Wikia search engine has received mostly negative online commentary since its launch this week.
January 8, 2008 7:23 AM PSTThe software maker has acknowledged it was wrong when it told users certain file formats were insecure.
January 7, 2008 10:41 AM PSTA bug in a flawed QuickBooks update that deleted users' files could strike again if the software is used at public Wi-Fi hot spots.
January 3, 2008 1:45 PM PSTRedmond executive says IE is the safer bet after comparing vulnerabilities in the two browsers, but some say the study is flawed.
December 4, 2007 10:20 AM PSTAn active exploit has been seen by Symantec for a vulnerability that affects the latest versions of Apple QuickTime.
December 3, 2007 8:19 AM PSTThe number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys.
November 29, 2007 1:41 PM PSTUpdate includes fixes for 27 vulnerabilities in Oracle Database, five of which may be exploited remotely without authentication.
October 15, 2007 7:25 AM PDTA vulnerability in OpenOffice could allow attackers to remotely execute code on computers running Windows, Linux or Mac OS.
September 25, 2007 9:55 AM PDTVDA Labs, which finds flaws in software, has a unique business model that's at the center of a debate over bug disclosure.
August 3, 2007 7:25 AM PDTA Java security threat, the subject of an earlier Australian report, has been addressed and fixed, Sun Microsystems says.
July 13, 2007 3:40 PM PDTFounder says WabiSabiLabi will improve security by ensuring researchers get fairly compensated, but security companies are split over its value.
July 6, 2007 9:37 AM PDTSeagate CEO Bill Watkins says the flaw with current legislation is that it does not specify how to encrypt data.
June 20, 2007 4:00 AM PDT"Highly critical" flaw patched in Cerulean Studios' multi-protocol chat software, which supports several popular IM services.
June 19, 2007 8:31 AM PDTPatch for Messenger addresses zero-day exploits that take advantage of vulnerabilities in its Webcam ActiveX controls.
June 8, 2007 9:19 AM PDTSoftware giant plans to issues fixes next week for vulnerabilities in its Windows Mail, Internet Explorer and Windows XP.
June 7, 2007 5:02 PM PDTSecurity researcher Christopher Soghoian reflects on the hard work that comes after finding a vulnerability.
June 7, 2007 3:35 PM PDT
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