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OpenOffice Confirms Buffer Overflow Flaw

The OpenOffice.org community on Tuesday confirmed the existence of a potentially serious heap-overflow vulnerability in its freely distributed office productivity suite. The flaw affects OpenOffice...

Exploit Code Posted for Microsoft Jet DB Engine Flaw

A private security research outfit on Tuesday warned that a "highly critical" vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine could be exploited by malicious...

Two-Factor Authentication Still Strong

Bruce Schneier, a highly respected security expert, recently wrote an essay titled "The Failure of Two-Factor Authentication." Schneiers article has stimulated a lively debate...

FOSE Event Homes in on Security

Despite a continued focus on security in the nations capital, one security commodity that many government IT professionals seek above all—more information from the...

Network Data-Stream Protection

WINNER Vernier Networks Inc. Adaptive Security Platform 1.0 As increased device and user mobility dissolve the network perimeter as we know it, the need to provide at-connection...

Vulnerability Assessment & Remediation

WINNER Citadel Security Software Inc. Hercules 3.5 Designed to cope with voluminous security updates and intermittently connected mobile devices, Hercules 3.5 assists enterprise IT managers in doing...

Cisco Patches IOS Security Flaws

Routing and switching giant Cisco Systems has released patches for a pair of denial-of-service and system-access flaws affecting a range of IOS-based devices. The most...

Trojan Masquerades as Microsoft Security Update

Anti-virus vendors have raised the alarm for a malicious new Trojan masquerading as a critical Microsoft security patch. The e-mail-borne attack comes just days ahead...

Juniper to Produce Daily IPS Signatures

In response to the continued escalation of security threats, Juniper Networks announced last week that it has begun producing daily signature updates for its...

Hackers Tools Fight Hacks

A well-known security consultant last week urged cash-strapped businesses to consider using freely available open-source security tools and applications to help cope with the...