A critical vulnerability has been found in the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), which is used by the vast majority of open source projects to update and maintain source code.
Security researchers have found at least six more flaws in the open-software world's most popular program for maintaining code under development.
Although Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities get most of the headlines, researchers this week identified vulnerabilities in two commonly used open-source software products.
A computer worm is using a recently disclosed flaw in Sun Microsystems' operating system to propagate, experts have warned.
In the past three months, the open-source community has been given a wake-up call, following revelations of three widespread flaws.
A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect some Microsoft products that also use the code.
Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
A new Linux kernel flaw, similar to the one that allowed hackers to penetrate key open source development servers last year, has recently been discovered but there are fears this could impact the new 2.6 kernel.
In a white paper, the software giant gives users a peek of how it secures its computer infrastructure but the document is more rhetorical than real.
Open-source developer Landon Fuller explains why he is devoting his time to patching flaws found by the Month of Apple Bugs.
Open-source developers released a new version of the Linux kernel Monday in a move aimed at quickly fixing several bugs--among them two serious security flaws.
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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.
Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.
Microsoft's shared source chief Jason Matusow on how the programme will spread beyond platforms and whether Office source code will be released. The question is, does anybody want it?
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