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Symantec sees Achilles' heel in Vista
Some of Microsoft's efforts to make Windows Vista its most stable and secure operating system ever could cause instability and new security flaws, according to a Symantec report. Read more »
Symantec continues Vista bug hunt
After poking around the Windows Vista networking stack, Symantec researchers have tried out privilege-escalation attacks on an early version of the Windows XP successor. Read more »
Open-source bug hunt project expands
Bug tally is at 6,000 on the first anniversary of a US government-sponsored project, which is adding more open-source code to scan. Read more »
PCs falling victim to Windows flaws
Hackers are actively exploiting two serious security vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft warned on Tuesday as it released "critical" alerts about the flaws. Read more »
Cybercrooks exploiting new Windows DNS flaw
Cybercrooks are using a yet-to-be-patched security flaw in certain Windows versions to attack computers running the operating systems, Microsoft warned late last week. Read more »
Antivirus insecurity at Black Hat confab
Experts are warning that the popularity of antivirus software could turn the defensive measure into a security risk. Read more »
McAfee fixes flaw -- without realising it
McAfee, without realising it, has fixed a serious flaw in its popular product for managing security software, the security vendor said on Friday. Read more »
Oracle fixes bugs with mega patch
Oracle on Tuesday released fixes for a laundry list of security vulnerabilities in many of its software products. Read more »
A banner year for security bugs
It isn't over yet, but 2006 is already a record year when it comes to security vulnerabilities. Read more »
Danger level rises for Perl flaws
A type of security flaw in Perl applications that experts thought could lead only to a denial-of-service attack is now believed to be much more serious. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the visionA successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.