Security: Linux and open source news

Mozilla slates first Firefox 3.5 patch

2009-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 later this month to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said.

Poll: Companies still worried about open-source security

2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

Businesses in North America and Europe remain broadly worried about the security of open-source software, according to new data from Forrester Research.

Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest

2009-05-15T00:00:00Z

Although Google's Chrome browser was the only one left standing after March's Pwn2Own hacking contest, it was vulnerable to the same bug that a German college student used to bring down Apple's Safari, Google said this week.

Europe funds secure operating system research

2009-04-27T00:00:00Z

A Dutch university has landed a European Research Council grant to continue work on a Unix-type operating system that aims to be more reliable and secure than Linux or Microsoft Windows.

New surveys on small business security and success

James E. Gaskin — 2009-04-23T00:00:00Z

Understanding small business is tough because there are so many of them and they vary so widely. But all small businesses share certain problems, attitudes, and approaches to those problems. Let's give a hand to Symantec and Network Solutions for doing their part to discover the state of security and creating (and studying) the Small Business Success Index.

Mozilla patches 12 Firefox bugs, a third of them critical

2009-04-22T00:00:00Z

Mozilla Tuesday patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3, just days before it hopes to roll out the newest beta of its next open-source browser, Firefox 3.5.

Can you cut information security in hard times and survive

Robert McMillan — 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Although some analysts actually expect security spending to rise this year -- at least as a percentage of total IT spending -- some CIOs are giving serious thought to the once-unthinkable idea of trimming security budgets as businesses look to cut costs during this global recession.

College student fights warrant seizing his computer

2009-04-16T00:00:00Z

Boston College is finding itself in the middle of a controversy over its handling of a case involving a student who allegedly sent an e-mail claiming that a fellow student was gay and used a college computer network to change grades.

Project Spring Cleaning 2009

James E. Gaskin — 2009-04-02T00:00:00Z

Technology needs spring cleaning just like rugs and garages. The trick today is to focus on security and maintenance issues that get ignored during normal work days. Set aside some time now to clean up and your technology will support you much more smoothly through the summer.

Microsoft-TomTom settlement doesn't end war

2009-03-31T00:00:00Z

In a surprising turn of developments, GPS navigation device vendor TomTom International BV has agreed to pay Microsoft Corp. to settle patent-infringement cases the companies had recently filed against each other.