Adobe Flash Player and Reader with Critical Security Advisory
Jul 24, 2009Adobe announced a critical vulnerability for its Flash Player 9.0.159.0 and 10.0.22.87 and earlier, along with the authplay.dll component in its Reader and Acrobat 9.x., that goes across platforms in Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris.
more »Firefox 3.0.12 Fixes Five Critical Security Issues
Jul 23, 2009Mozilla recommends its updated Firefox 3.0.12 version for its new 3.0 series in that it removes a few critical security issues.
more »Hacker Group to Release OpenSSH Exploit and Worm: "Give us 48 Hours"
Jul 21, 2009After rumors of an OpenSSH exploit vulnerability got out, an anonymous hacker group intends to release the exploit code and an accompanying worm "within 48 hours."
more »Root Exploit Vulnerability in Kernel 2.6.30
Jul 20, 2009A recently discovered root exploit attacked the newest Linux versions and circumvented protection systems such as SELinux and AppArmor. A solution has been found.
more »Common Keyring: KDE and GNOME Combine Password Management Efforts
Jul 20, 2009KDE and GNOME developers drafted a secret storage API designed to be a common interface for desktop applications that need to store passwords and other confidential data.
more »Pidgin and Kopete Back to Chatting with Yahoo! Again
Jun 26, 2009The middle of June, Yahoo! introduced a small change to its user login protocol that practically barred access from all Linux clients. IM services Pidgin and Kopete were hit and responded quickly.
more »Apache SSHD Java Library in First Release
Jun 19, 2009Apache SSHD, a Java implementation of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol is available in its first version 0.1.0.
more »Open Letter to Google's Eric Schmidt Requesting HTTPS
Jun 17, 2009Google Mail, Calendar and Docs could be vulnerable. That's the argument an open letter to Google's CEO Eric Schmidt makes, thereby asking him to adopt the HTTPS standard for data transfers for these applications.
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