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Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
A serious flaw exists in certain versions of the popular Sendmail open-source and commercial e-mail software, but fixes are available, researchers said on Wednesday.
A computer worm is using a recently disclosed flaw in Sun Microsystems' operating system to propagate, experts have warned.
Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
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.
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.
A study shows proprietary programs should be as secure as those developed under the open-source model. Will the research help quell the long-running debate?
The co-founder of the Open Source Initiative explains why the days of proprietary, centralised software development are numbered.
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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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?
Given all the great consumer-facing open source software available, I figured I'd try to evaluate and write reviews on those I use most often. Open source long ago stopped being about developers for other developers. Here's proof.
A bug in the Mozilla code, which is used in the latest Netscape browser, allows a Web page to list directories and read files from the users' computer.
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