The worm, known as Linux.Slapper.Worm and Apache/mod_ssl Worm by the security industry, takes advantage of a hole in OpenSSL, a program used by many Web sites based on open-source software to secure Web communications.
And with the LAMP stack - that's short for Linux, Apache web server, MySQL database and PHP scripting language - looking ready for prime time it shouldn't be long before adoption becomes widespread in the enterprise.
Although Microsoft continues to tweak a controversial architecture for securing PCs it still plans to include the feature in Longhorn, the next release of Windows. The software maker stressed that Longhorn will work either with or without enabling...
Apart from humanitarian considerations, each patient will dissipate at least $50,000 of resource between disease onset and death. But there is no excuse and no place for short-term stupidity and muddled thinking that damages the long-term operation...
A new mass-mailing virus, which disguises itself as a file sent by a computer user's network administrator, began infecting systems on Friday. It is then signed "Best regards, Administrator" and contains an attachment labelled "message.zip" that...
With NetWare 6.5, the company has further tied the Apache, Tomcat and JBoss Web application servers and the MySQL database into Novell's network management scheme. Added collaboration capabilities should allow workers to set up shared folders on...
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