Europe funds secure operating system research

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
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
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.

College student fights warrant seizing his computer
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
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.

Symantec's Altiris 7 boosts Mac, Linux PC management
Symantec Tuesday announced Version 7.0 of its Altiris client and server management suite. The upgrade, the first released since Symantec's acquisition of Altiris almost two years ago, includes new features for remotely deploying and managing Mac and Linux desktop PCs and, on the server side, improved performance monitoring of physical and virtual machines.

Vyatta adds security tools to open source routing platform
Open source routing vendor Vyatta is adding SSL VPN, intrusion prevention, Web caching, URL filtering and other features in Vyatta Community Edition 5, the latest version of its software, set to be released Monday.

Adobe patches Flash vulnerabilities for three platforms
Adobe Systems has updated its Flash multimedia software to eliminate five flaws affecting Windows, OS X and Linux systems.

Spammers Play to Recession Fears, Emotions
Spammers are using the current shaky economic conditions to their advantage, according to information released Tuesday by Symantec in its February 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report.

Tories ignoring open-source security risk
The British Conservative Party was wrong to slate the U.K. Government for its approach to open source, and U.S. outfit Fortify Software has come up with research to prove it. The bottom line: open source is just too risky anyway.

New Firefox release fixes critical security bugs
Mozilla developers released the latest version of their Firefox browser Tuesday, version 3.0.6, which fixes several security bugs in the software.

Linux Defenders organize to fight patent trolls
Are you tired of hearing of patents granted for obvious innovations? Are you weary of hearing about old patents that are purchased by so-called "patent trolls"? If you think that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office desperately needs help to clean the earwax out of its cerebral sulci, there's an excellent example from the world of Linux that would bear watching and emulating in other fields.

Study: Spam is More Malicious than Ever
Spam, especially junk e-mails with malicious links or attachments, continues to be a huge IT headache. Spammers are also getting more creative in their attempts to find victims, utilizing popular sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a report from U.K.-based security firm Sophos this week.

Google shuts off antiphishing feature in Firefox 2.0
Google planned to turn off an antiphishing service used by Firefox 2.0 Monday, a Mozilla executive said Tuesday.

Can Mozilla Prove Firefox Is the Most Secure Browser
A little over a year ago, I challenged some of the security claims asserted by Mozilla that Firefox "won't harbor nearly as many security flaws as those that have Microsoft's Internet Explorer" with an Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis. Of course, the publication of my report was quickly followed by a vigorous rebuttal from Mozilla's Mike Shaver (please do read it, so you have his viewpoint).

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