Oracle fixes piled onto Microsoft fixes; October out-of-band patch still makes admins twitch; common programming errors resulting in security lapses.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/13/2009
Plus: Windows Media Player RCE flaw not serious, says Redmond; Twitter phishing; more.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/06/2009
Plus: Should security experts follow open source's open development model? And the damage that can happen in 4.5 seconds.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/16/2008
IT pros have some complex reasons for rolling out patches, but one thing is for sure: Threats always loom, so do it sooner rather than later.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/08/2008
The security space saw lots of activity in November that may have lasting effects on the way IT pros protect, deploy and maintain environments going forward.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/02/2008
Plus: Users seeks transparency with SharePoint; Symantec chief retiring; a fool and his job are soon parted.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/17/2008
Plus, personal data leaks onto LimeWire; texting and privacy.
A cool trick with a Cisco router, plus why job hunters might be the hunted.
HP plugs 8 ActiveX control flaws; cybercriminal round-up; security for small biz.
Some real stupid events in IT security have come out of hiding and back onto your systems.
Plus, parking permit system compromised; inside the SQL Injection attacks; more.
OpenSSH flaw in Debian and derivatives not as serious -- yet. Also, IE printing flaw; Belgium and India attack China; more.
Among other things, our study points to the speed with which vulnerabilities are exploited and the speed with which admins patch systems.
Here's an interesting problem that comes with a lesson.