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Sony to Help Remove Its DRM Rootkit

When Mark Russinovich was testing his companys security software last week, he came across a disturbing find: a Sony BMG CD he purchased from...

Microsoft Adds PC Security Tools to Windows Live

Microsoft has fitted an anti-virus and PC clean-up utility into the new Windows Live initiative as part of a larger plan to shuttle customers...

Cisco Reports WLAN Vulnerabilities

Certain wireless LAN access points from Cisco Systems Inc. are vulnerable to attack due to an authentication glitch, the company reported Tuesday. The problem applies...

Security Patch Watch: Cisco IPS, Net BSD, OpenVPN

Cisco Systems Inc. has released a patch for an issue that exists in one of the components of the companys intrusion protection sensors. In an...

Oracle DB Worm Code Published

An anonymous hacker has released the first public example of an Oracle database worm. The proof-of-concept code was published on the Full-disclosure mailing list with...

Sony DRM Uses Rootkit Techniques

New digital rights management technology shipping on music CDs by Sony Corp. of America/Bertelsmann AG artists employs stealthy, rootkit-style techniques to hide from users,...

PHP Group Plugs Security Holes

The open-source PHP Group has shipped a new version of the general-purpose scripting language to fix several potentially serious security vulnerabilities.The flaws addressed in...

Mac OS X Update Swats Five Security Bugs

Apple Computer Inc. late Monday shipped a security update to patch five Mac OS X security flaws and warned that the most dangerous bug...

Skype Addresses Vulnerabilities

Poor Skype. They started out last week with the best of intentions, releasing what they called an independent security evaluation of their VOIP product,...

AOLs AIMPro Revamps Business IM

Hoping to catch a ride on the software-as-a-service wave, America Online Inc. is working to integrate its popular instant messaging client with WebEx Communications...