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Mozilla previews e-mail program
December 2, 2004
The open-source group posts Thunderbird release candidate, but can it touch Microsoft?
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Open-source bugs undermine digital signatures
March 10, 2006
Two flaws in open-source cryptography app could allow an attacker to add content to a digitally signed message or forge signatures.
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Bug may expose encrypted e-mail
March 7, 2007
Weakness in open-source GnuPG cryptography technology could let miscreants tamper with digitally signed, "secure" messages.
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Image flaw pierces PC security
August 5, 2004
Six vulnerabilities in a common code that handles an open-source image format could open the doors to intruders.
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Nessus security tool closes its source
October 6, 2005
Developer makes popular free scanner proprietary, saying competitors were taking advantage of its open-source status.
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Linux developers create forum to air core flaws
February 2, 2005
The mailing list will aim to get flaws fixed quickly with as little politics as possible.
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Week in review: Doing the security dance
December 2, 2005
Patches and exploits to software flaws led to a week of hackers and security managers playing a game of cat and mouse.
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Network Associates builds a better SpamKiller
April 12, 2004
The security firm adds pattern recognition based on Bayesian principles to its latest version of antispam software SpamKiller.
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Wide-ranging flaw crashes programs
July 7, 2005
Hole in a data compression technology used in both open-source and proprietary programs could also let intruders take over computers.
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Firefox: When is a flaw not a flaw?
January 7, 2005
TalkBack: Fans and critics of the open-source browser give their two cents on reports of a phishing flaw.
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Novell announces new Windows, Linux tools
March 19, 2004
The company touts management products for both Linux and Windows systems, as it tries to balance its proprietary and open-source software portfolios.
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Sendmail flaw opens door to intruders
March 22, 2006
Unless people make recommended fixes, remote attackers could gain control to their systems.
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Microsoft 'incredibly sorry' about goofed fix
June 13, 2001
System administrators who rely on the software giant's Exchange e-mail server software are hoping the third time's a charm.
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Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice
May 31, 2006
In a blast from the past, a new macro virus infects OpenOffice and StarOffice, open-source rivals to Microsoft's Office.
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Week in review: Firefox on the hunt
September 17, 2004
Web metrics suggest that Internet Explorer is losing a significant number of defectors to open-source browsers Mozilla and Firefox.
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Firefox downloaded 75 million times
July 27, 2005
The open-source Mozilla Foundation project expands staff and tricks out its mobile browser amid download milestones.
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