Half-Life 2 users bitten by bugs
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Several Half-Life 2 users who finally got the long-delayed game into their hands yesterday got exactly what they didn&#39;t want--more delays.
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Half-Life 2 will be available worldwide on November 16, according to Vivendi, the game&#39;s publisher. Serious PC gamers will want to reserve a copy from their favorite game supplier or download an encrypted copy from the game maker.
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(InfoWorld) - The average zero-day bug has a lifespan of 348 days before it is discovered or patched, but some vulnerabilities live on for much longer, according to security vendor Immunity's chief executive officer. Zero-day bugs are vulnerabilities that have not been patched or made public. When discovered and not disclosed, these bugs can be used by hackers and criminals to break into corporate systems to steal or change data. As a result, there is a thriving market for zero-day bugs. "Huge amounts of money are being offering to zero-day discoverers for their zero-days," said Justine Aitel, Immunity's CEO, speaking in Singapore at the SyScan '07 security conference. Immunity, which buys but does not disclose zero-day bugs, keeps tabs on how long the bugs it buys last before they are made public or patched. While the average bug has a lifespan of 348 days, the shortest-lived bugs are made public in 99 days. Those with the longest lifespan remain undetected for 1,080 days, or nearly three years, Aitel said. "Bugs die when they go public, and they die when they get patched," she said. To protect their data, security executives need to dig out the zero-day bugs in their systems, Aitel said, noting that this is an area most companies ignore. Companies should conduct internal and external security assessments to dig out zero-day bugs, Aitel said, adding that security managers need to win and keep the support of their CEOs for these efforts. They also need to work closely with their corporate legal department to avoid breaking the terms of licensing agreements that may otherwise prevent them from examining software for zero-day bugs. "Always assume everything has holes. It's the truth: it does," she said.
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bug text As worms proliferated through the first half of the year, attacks gained in sophistication. Also: A start-up fights zombies.
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Two months after hacker HD Moore publicly disclosed 22 bugs, only two have been fixed.
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Cellery program lets victim play Tetris while it tries to infects other computers.
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Confirming suspicions, Valve releases a new multiplayer mode alongside the game&#39;s SDK; Steam instantly swamped. When Half-Life 2 was released, many were disappointed that its only official multiplayer mode
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Exploit code for two of Tuesday's patches have been posted to mailing lists by researchers.
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Equal-opportunity hacking Polish security researcher Michal Zalewski, known for his seemingly unending stream of browser vulnerability discoveries, has struck again. This time he's reported four flaws that are sure to get the attention of bug squashers in both Microsoft and Mozilla camps.â¦
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Gamers are getting their hands on encrypted copies of the eagerly awaited Half-Life 2 game.
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The creator of Half-Life 2, Valve, has won a legal fight to stop Vivendi distributing its titles to cyber cafes. The ruling bars Vivendi distributing games such as Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike to these pay-for-play venues.
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File will cause portable gaming device to malfunction, company says.
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Wie Publisher Vivendi Universal gestern Abend in einem offiziellen Presserundbrief mitteilt, hat der heiÃ erwartete Action-Blockbuster Half-Life 2 endlich den Goldstatus erreicht.
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Half-Life 2, one of the most anticipated games of the year, is finally making its debut on November 16, reported the company in a press release.
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One of the most anticipated computer games of the year, Half-Life 2, is seeing the light of day in November. The game is due to go on sale worldwide on 16 November, its publisher Vivendi have announced.
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An independent researcher finds an Internet Explorer vulnerability that could turn drag-and-drop into drag-and-infect.
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Second Life, the fast-growing online  site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy  lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that  exposed the real-world personal data of its users.