Latest security news.
Exploit circulating for newly patched Oracle bug, 10/20/05
Database administrators now have a little added incentive to install Oracle’s latest security patches, released earlier this week. Malicious software is now circulating that can crash an unpatched database server, and one security expert predicted …
Security software traps PCs infected by viruses, spyware, 10/20/05
A team of IT staffers at the University of Indianapolis last week showed off a bundle of open-source tools and scripts it uses to trap and isolate PCs infected by viruses or spyware.
Ballmer eyes Linux, Google users for growth, 10/19/05
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes the company has ironed out all of the security problems in its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system so that users can consider adopting it the first day it is released. For the most part.
Red Hat offers security certification, 10/19/05
Red Hat introduced a new security certification recently with a specialized focus on server and client machine security.
Oracle patches 88 holes in quarterly security update, 10/19/05
Oracle released a bundle of critical security patches for its software on Tuesday, fixing 88 vulnerabilities in products including its database and application servers and in some PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications. A work-around exists for just …
Newsletter: Still looking for a definition for ‘role’, 10/19/05
A recurring theme in this newsletter is the search for an ontology of identity management – finding the right vocabulary so that we can agree on the terms and …
