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IE Exploit Targets Banner Ad Servers

The ubiquitous banner ad has become the latest delivery mechanism for exploit code targeting a known flaw in Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer browser. During a...

Linux Phishing Attack Circles Net

A bogus security bulletin and "patch" that circulated on the Internet late Friday marked the return of a phishing hoax aimed at Linux users.The...

New Sober Worm on the Loose

A new version of the Sober worm appeared on the Internet early Friday morning and already it is having quite a bit of success...

Alleged Oracle Scammer: I Am Not a Crook

Beware, Oracle training and/or security expertise buyers.Ed Haskins—the purveyor of Oracle training materials that paying consumers complain often fail to appear in their mailboxes,...

IBM Plugs DoS Server Holes

IBM has issued an interim fix for a pair of DoS (denial of service) vulnerabilities affecting its HTTP Server V2.0. In an advisory posted Friday,...

AOL to Release 9.0 Security Edition

The message coming from America Online could not be any clearer: "We will keep our customers safe online." Even though the market is awash...

Oracle Shifts to Quarterly Patch Cycle

Oracle Corp. plans to announce yet another change to its security patch release process. Three months after adopting a monthly schedule to roll out security...

Whos Doing Your Anti-virus?

Comparative testing of anti-virus products is complicated, and very few people outside of the vendors do it. The most popular measure of performance is a...

Oracles Quarterly Patch Plan Gets Cautious Nod

In switching to a schedule of quarterly patch rollup releases, Oracle Corp. is sparing grateful DBAs and customers from the constant patching of monthly...

DoS Flaws Found in Samba Module

German security researcher Stefan Esser has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in smbfs, the mountable SMB (Server Message Block) file system for Linux. In an advisory made...