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Lock and Load

What would you say is the single most civilizing technology ever devised? You might think that as an active backpacker, Id unhesitatingly cast my...

Business Briefs McAfee President Hodges Quits

Anti-virus vendor McAfee last week announced the sudden departure of its president, Gene Hodges. Hodges, an 11-year McAfee veteran who was responsible for the...

DHS Backs Open-Source Security

The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend $1.24 million over three years to fund an ambitious software auditing project aimed at beefing up...

Great Riches for You!

Greetings my dear friend and potential business partner. I am greatly excited about our correspondence today as it will lead to great riches, fame...

McAfee Agrees to Pay $50m SEC Settlement

The Securities and exchange Commission ordered McAfee to pay a $50 million penalty, bringing to a close a long- running investigation into shady accounting...

Microsoft Ships First Vista Security Patches

Microsoft Corp. has shipped the first critical security update for Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system. Over the weekend, the company...

Patch This! Musings on Microsofts Windows Patching

What color is the sky in Microsofts world? Green? In a recent eWEEK story by Peter Galli, Bill Hilf, who is director of Microsofts Platform...

Some Rootkits Are Worse Than Others

When you first learn about rootkits its easy to see the sinister applications of them, and theyre pretty scary. A really well-written rootkit, if...

Oracles Patch Dilemma: Balancing Customers, Code and Researchers

Brace yourself: Another quarterly CPU (Critical Patch Update) is due out from Oracle Corp. on Jan. 17. With it will come what customers refer to...

Oracle Security Chief: Put Bugs in the Hands of Developers

As Oracle Corp. grapples with its patch quality and speed, some in the security community have compared it unfavorably to Microsoft Corp. Oracle security...