Auction of Software Flaws Stirs Concerns
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A Swiss Internet start-up is raising the ire of the computer security community with the launch of an online auction house where software vulnerabilities are sold to the highest bidder.
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New flaws in VMware's virtual machine shine the spotlight on issues of virtualization security.
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers are relying on an old adage to develop anti-fraud software for Internet auction sites: It's not what you know, it's who you know.
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A set of newly discovered flaws in components of VMware Inc.&#39;s virtual machine software has called attention to some of the security risks associated with the practice of running virtual computers on a single system.
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Flawed software code used by numerous Microsoft applications to render images mean that a specially constructed image file could hijack a computer or spread a virus.
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The seriousness of an already critical flaw in the way a Microsoft component processes JPEG files got ratcheted up a notch this week as exploit code began circulating.
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Rolling update method deprives Java users of needed  patches, security vendor says.
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US-CERT has issued an alert citing several security flaws in Oracle products that could be used to shut down or take control of vulnerable systems or to corrupt or steal data from Oracle databases.
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Beta search app creates vulnerabilities that may threaten your data's   security.
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Blog: Underneath the software-as-a-service hype, large organizations have a real concern. Yup, security jitters again.
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Software maker says it's seeing "unacceptable number of repairs;" investigation finds several factors could lead to hardware failures.
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Every time a new IE security flaw is announced, or whenever someone gets fed up with hackers manipulating their Web browser, Firefox and other Mozilla-based browsers get a bump in the marketplace.
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Software maker considering online and perhaps ad-funded versions of the low-end productivity software.
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Flaws in Adobe Reader and Acrobat are being used to exploit computers; company urges customers to install the patch.
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Exploit code targets a flaw that generated a government warning last week.
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With so much focus on security in the enterprise, it might have been inevitable. A Swiss security research lab is testing the market for zero-day vulnerabilities at an auction site called WSLabi. Security researchers stateside are skeptical.
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A critical weakness found in many Microsoft programs looks like it is about to be exploited by virus writers. The bug only came to light last week, but code is now circulating that could be used to attack vulnerable machines.