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Dell's Rollins: Unfazed by iPod, IBM

January 18, 2005 CEO sees little cause for concern from Apple's "one-product wonder" and Big Blue's "waving the white flag." TAGS: Kevin Rollins, weakness, Apple Computer, IBM Corp., leadership, Apple iPod, size, CEO, PC

Dictionary for software bugs to cut confusion?

March 1, 2007 Mitre initiative, backed by Homeland Security, is designed to replace many variations in use today with standard flaw terms. TAGS: Mitre Corp., Cigital, weakness, security tool, initiative, dictionary, security, knowledge

Netflix fixes Web 2.0 bugs

October 17, 2006 Site weakness could have let outsiders change a user's address and potentially hijack their account. TAGS: NetFlix Inc., Web 2.0, weakness, account, flaw, security, DVD

SEC fails own security and accounting tests

May 27, 2005 National watchdog finds sensitive data at risk and problems with internal financial practices at the SEC. TAGS: financial statement, audit, information security, accounting, weakness, compliance, monitoring, security

Spoofing bug found in IE 7

October 25, 2006 Security experts find weakness in browser that could help crooks mask the type of attack it was designed to thwart.Image: IE 7 spoofing bug TAGS: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, address bar, phishing, Microsoft Internet Explorer, weakness, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., attack, security, bug

Search upstarts storm Google's gates

March 11, 2004 As speculation of a Google public offering hits a fever pitch, would-be rivals are looking for signs of weakness that could cut short its reign. TAGS: reign, pay-per-click advertising, Google Inc., Internet search, king, weakness, rival, sign, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., R&D, technique, Microsoft Corp.

Cracking Windows passwords in seconds

July 23, 2003 Researchers outline a way to speed the cracking of alphanumeric Windows passwords, reducing code-breaking times to an average of 13.6 seconds, from 1 minute 41 seconds. TAGS: password, researcher, weakness, paper, code, technique, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., security

A sense of insecurity

March 2, 2005 How three researchers rocked the world of cryptography last month by breaking a widely used method for digital signatures. TAGS: SHA-1, collision, technique, round, weakness, research, algorithm, operation, researcher, professor, attack, function, U.S., security
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