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1. Group Labels RealPlayer as 'Badware'

   [ Summary ] Topic: Application Security | Date Published: 02/01/2008

   StopBadware.org has labeled two versions of Real Networks' RealPlayer as "badware." It claims RealPlayer 10.5 inadequately discloses "advertising behaviors" and RealPlayer 11 installs Rhapsody Player Engine without alerting the user. A spokesperson from Real Networks disagreed with StopBadware's...

2. Online Banking and Security

   [ Summary ] Topic: Identity Theft | Date Published: 02/29/2008

   More people are turning to online banking and financial institutions are in turn securing their online banking applications. However, hackers have a global reach and users need to understand the risks of banking online.

3. Volunteers Provide Open Source Security Info

   [ Summary ] Topic: Open Source Enterprise Software | Date Published: 05/07/2008

   Open source software is often assumed to be more secure than its proprietary counterparts. This is not always the case and a new initiative aims to aid this cause. oCert, a security response team, was created to act as a clearinghouse for open source software.

4. New Firefox Browser Contains Fixes for Flaws

   [ Summary ] Topic: Firefox | Date Published: 11/27/2007

   Mozilla has released a new version of its Firefox browser containing some bug and security fixes. Version 2.0.0.10 includes a memory error patch, better handling of digitally signed pages and a workaround to thwart hackers attempting to fake HTTP Referer headers.

5. Cisco Says Upgrade to Avoid Bug

   [ Summary ] Topic: Application Security | Date Published: 12/10/2007

   Due to a security bug, Cisco is urging Windows users to upgrade Cisco Security Agent software. The moderately critical flaw, according to Secunia, could cause a system to crash by creating a buffer overflow in the Windows kernel.

6. Hackers Target Web Apps

   [ Summary ] Topic: Application Security | Date Published: 12/10/2007

   Popular web apps such as media players and chat programs, which often are left unpatched, are the newest targets of hackers, according to security company Finjan. These applications are not tracked on general vulnerability-reporting services, which makes them difficult to track, says Finjan CTO...

7. Security Experts Delve into Android

   [ Summary ] Topic: Linux Distributions | Date Published: 12/11/2007

   Security experts are already picking apart Google's Android initiative for potential holes. Android is still in the preliminary stages of development, but Google's announcement of the platform, while thin on details, gives a basic idea of how it might shape up. The security debate has focused...

8. Apple Releases Another QuickTime Fix

   [ Summary ] Topic: Application Security | Date Published: 12/14/2007

   Apple has released its eighth patch this year for QuickTime, according to this article. The patch addresses three critical security holes in the media player running on both Windows and Mac OS X systems.

9. Veracode Closes the Backdoor

   [ Summary ] Topic: Application Security | Date Published: 12/20/2007

   Sometimes software backdoor programs are inserted in the development process for debugging purposes, but these programs can put the application at risk. So Veracode has added new features to its SecurityReview application security scanning service that scan forspecial credential backdoors, hidden...

10. Researcher Says Assume the Backdoor is Always Open

    [ Summary ] Topic: Application Security | Date Published: 12/20/2007

    Security researcher Chris Wysopal says you should assume backdoors are being planted in software. In an interview, Wysopal says the four biggest special credential backdoors, the most common type, were found in closed source products.

11. OS Vulnerability Stats: Mac vs Windows

    [ Summary ] Topic: Mac OS | Date Published: 12/20/2007

    This blog gives a side by side-by-side comparison of 2007 vulnerability stats for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X. Apple's OS X had more than five times as many flaws a month than Windows XP and Vista, and most were serious. The more monthly flaws there are in the historical trend, the more...

12. Debian 4.0 Updated

    [ Summary ] Topic: Patch Management | Date Published: 01/03/2008

    As 2007 wound down, the Debian Project released its second update to Debian 4.0 with an eye to improved security. This new security rollup, called Etch, includes multiple fixes that have been released over the past few months. The release also included a number of application fixes.