Ubuntu issues security patch for kernel flaw

Ubuntu issues security patch for kernel flaw Ubuntu today became the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines.

  • Nasa hacker loses legal challenge

    UK resident Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations.

    29 August 2008 11:12 AM

  • Best Western details hotel hack

    The Best Western hotel chain has given details of a hack involving one of its hotels, but downplayed reports that eight million customers have been affected.

    29 August 2008 10:34 AM

  • PC Tools to be poor man's Norton

    Computer security giant Symantec this week said it would not integrate the software of recent acquisition PC Tools into its mainstream Norton suite, instead using the products as its low-cost option for countries such as India and China.

    28 August 2008 04:16 PM

  • Symantec wants another chance

    Computer security firm Symantec this week claimed 300 changes in the new versions of Norton Internet Security and Antivirus would address past performance problems.

    28 August 2008 01:59 PM

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  • Space virus infects orbiting laptops

    At least two laptops on-board the International Space Station more than 200 miles above Earth have been infected with a virus.

    28 August 2008 11:05 AM

  • Flaw in BGP net protocol

    Security researchers have warned of an underlying security issue concerning the Border Gateway Protocol, the core internet routing protocol.

    28 August 2008 07:21 AM

  • Best Western denies data disaster

    Did a computer intrusion at a Best Western hotel in Germany open the door for a hacker to steal the records of eight million customers and pull off "the greatest cyber-heist in world history," as a Scottish newspaper put it?

    27 August 2008 04:13 PM

  • Bank customer details sold on eBay

    Over one million American Express, Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest customers' details have been sold on eBay.

    27 August 2008 06:58 AM

  • NT govt ICT contracts up for grabs

    The Northern Territory government today said it would consult with the local information technology industry over the coming months as to how $80 million worth of ICT services would be provided in future.

    26 August 2008 09:04 PM

  • Democratic convention gets wired

    It will take more than a whoppingly huge stadium to host tens of thousands of party insiders, journalists, and bloggers who began arriving in Denver this weekend for the US Democratic convention.

    26 August 2008 07:04 AM

  • Microsoft tags Tech.Ed delegates

    Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges.

    25 August 2008 05:29 PM

  • Symantec's PC Tools buy worth $300m?

    An Australian newspaper has placed the value of global security vendor Symantec's purchase last week of Sydney-based rival PC Tools at AU$300 million.

    25 August 2008 12:58 PM

  • Red Hat gets hacked

    Red Hat warned on Friday that a network attack compromised some servers last week that are involved with both its commercially supported and free versions of Linux.

    25 August 2008 10:39 AM

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