Because Linux is frequently used on shared servers, security holes that allow a user to expand their access rights on a computer are serious, said Alfred Huger, the senior director of engineering for security software company Symantec.
If other worms can be produced as quickly, companies will likely have to start relying less on plugging holes in the security of their software and more on other methods of reducing the threat of vulnerabilities, said Colleen Shannon, senior...
Symantec has issued patches for most of its firewall and antivirus products in order to fix four serious security holes. Security firm eEye on Wednesday published details of four security holes that affect a range of Symantec's client-based...
It also fixed glitches in its Gateway Security 320, 360 and 360R products, which had been susceptible to two of the security holes. Symantec has released patches for several flaws in its security products.
Biggest security holes in corporate IT systems Those threats from things like botnets that once might have been a silly academic exercise have become a real issue. New data security threats Emerging threats do come from the fact the world is a...
Apple has released an update to Mac OS X patching more than 40 security holes, as detailed in Security Update 2008-003/Mac OS X 10.5.3. The update, released this week, plugs flaws that render OS X Leopard users vulnerable to systems compromises...
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