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Google Pushing to Redefine 'Responsible Disclosure'
Bryan Young
After all the debate about disclosing security vulnerabilities within software, Google is trying to reshape the process for fixing bugs. There has always been discussion on whether or not responsible disclosure was actually responsible or not, but it came to a head (at least from a media standpoint) last month with the Microsoft/Tavis Ormandy occurance.
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[Insider Report: 2010-07-22 ]
Mozilla Rolls Out Security Update for Firefox
Bryan Young
This week, Mozilla released a security update for their popular Firefox web browser. Firefox 3.6.7 fixes several security issues that were found in the 3.6.6 version. Over half of the vulnerabilities fixed were listed as "Critical," which is the highest danger level that Mozilla associates with security issues.
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[Insider Report: 2010-07-15 ]
Windows XP Security Patch
Bryan Young
This week, Microsoft released a new security patch for issues affecting the XP and Server 2003 operating systems. The vulnerabilities were all related to remote code execution, though only the XP patches were listed as critical by the Microsoft Security Bulletin.
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[2010-07-08]
iTunes Store to Receive Security Makeover
Apple is in the news this week about the new security measures it will be implementing in the wildly popular iTunes store. Granted, this is not a major security upgrade, but it does help to prevent the kind of security holes that have been recently exposed.
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[2010-07-01]
The "New" Paper Trail
These days, with threats of computer hackers stealing data to insurance companies "accidentally" publishing hundreds of thousands of peoples most sensitive information on the internet, data security is a very prevalent issue. A CBS news investigation recently turned up a new source of potential data leakage, the standard office copy machine.
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[2010-06-24]
Security Holes Fixed by iOS 4
Apple has released the newest version of the iPhone/iPod/iPad software, collectively known as iOS. Formerly known as iPhone OS, the new name is not the only change to be had with this update.
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[2010-06-17]
The History Of NSA Computers, Up Until 1964. Part III.
Recently a formerly classified document was declassified describing how the NSA used computers to crack codes.
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