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    Sophos has announced a flaw in its flagship antivirus product, but said that it is working on fixes.

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    The open-source community is pushing customers to patch their systems to close a hole in a software component that allows Windows programs to store and retrieve files on Linux and Unix servers.

  • IE holes open up Web booby traps

    An Israeli company says nine security flaws in Internet Explorer could be used to set up a Web page that would run malicious programs on visitors' computers.

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    A program posted to a computer-security list does a lot more than advertised, and those initially fooled by the program aren't happy.

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    Although Apple is selling its new Mac OS X Leopard operating system on its improved security, researchers at Heise Security have already found fault with its firewall.

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    Open-source developer Landon Fuller explains why he is devoting his time to patching flaws found by the Month of Apple Bugs.

  • New Firefox, Mozilla releases coming to fix bugs

    Mozilla Foundation plans to soon release new versions of the browsers to deal with a recently disclosed serious security flaw and other bugs.

  • Should security researchers keep mum?

    By making coding flaws public, are security researchers exposing users to unnecessary risk? Some believe only full disclosure keeps vendors honest. Flaw finders, however, disagree.

  • OpenSSH vulnerability a critical threat

    A new flaw has been discovered in OpenSSH software which could potentially compromise many Linux/Unix systems that use it to provide Secure Shell (SSH) connections for remote administration of systems.

  • Fix two serious Apache flaws

    Apache is beginning to rival IIS as a popular Internet target, which means admins need to be vigilant in keeping it patched. This includes a new software revision that fixes two vulnerabilities.

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    Sharp's Linux-based handheld suffers from security holes that could let hackers grab private data off a corporate network, according to researchers at a leading university.

  • Instant Messaging Road-Test

    There are a swag-load of instant messaging applications available these days -- we run eight of them through the wringer, to save you the trouble.

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