security holes

Research carried out by G Data Security Labs indicates that unclosed security holes in browser plug-ins are very much in fashion with bands of cyber criminals.

This distribution concept means that current security holes are far from being the only ones exploited by the perpetrators, as evidenced in the current malware analysis for the month of May 2011...

One of the big points that's been completely lost in the debate over Wikileaks and Bradley Manning allegedly leaking a bunch of government info to Wikileaks is just how easy it was to do so.

Some reports have noted that millions of people had access to the same info, and it's quite likely that plenty of others "leaked" at least pieces of it (not necessarily to Wikileaks, but out into the world).

The McAfee.com website is full of security mistakes that could lead to cross-site scripting and other attacks, researchers said in a post on the Full Disclosure site on Monday.

eWeek: "Google March 24 sewed up six security holes in its Chrome Web browser with an upgrade to the stable and beta channels for Chrome 10.0.648.204 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame."

About a week ago I stumbled upon this post by Syp about the reception of betas in gaming.

It sums it up quite clearly, when you release a new game (especially, but not limited to MMOs) - the beta phase has to be awesome.

Unless you're working on a major intellectual property (like Warhammer Online) or got a huge fan base (Blizzard) you can make or break your influx of users with the beta of your shiny new game.

Windows security holes have declined in the last year by 8.4 percent, according to a new Microsoft report.

A new study describes the top 25 programming errors that can open up security holes in software.

The H Open: "Several Linux distributors are releasing updated kernel packages to close security holes in the kernel."

IEEE Spectrum: "If you're still using a cellphone based on early digital standards, you better be careful what you say.

The encryption technology used to prevent eavesdropping in GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), the world's most widely used cellphone system, has more security holes than Swiss cheese..."