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The First Step on the Road to More Secure Software is admitting you have a Problem

2008-02-21 14:26:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...Ubuntu to Windows Vista, because let's face it, no-one can agree on any measurement of security without getting knotted up. So let's just ignore the comparison stuff. Measuring security is a real challenge, and while we may debate the merits of vulnerability counts, right now it's the only concrete metric we have When Bill Gates released his...
 
Tags: vulnerabilities, reduce security vulnerabilities, fewer security vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, source security bugs, bugs, major microsoft products, microsoft products, security
 
 
 
 
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Debian OpenSSL Blunder

2008-05-15 09:19:37 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Ubuntu, are also affected; in fact, Moore has published all the keys for the Ubuntu root file system. The ISC recommends that you monitor your logs for evidence of brute force password logins.They also point out that web site certificates generated with Debian have a huge problem because the public key is public; in such cases, they don't...
 
Tags: openssl, bit rsa keys, keys, public key, public, public keys, moore explains, moore, debian
 
 
 
 
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Download: Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report

2008-01-23 16:19:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...Ubuntu and Apple products The results of the analysis show that Windows Vista has an improved security vulnerability profile over its predecessor. Analysis of security updates also shows that Microsoft improvements to the security update process and development process have reduced the impact of security updates to Windows administrators...
 
Tags: windows, windows vista, security vulnerability profile, security, windows administrators significantly, systems red hat, predecessor, development process, process
 
 
 
 
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Flaws found in Firefox, Opera

2008-02-18 00:00:00 by Jason Meserve in Network World on Security
 
Firefox and Opera are both under fire as security researchers at Vexillium have found a flaw that could allow attackers to capture a users' Web history. No word on updates yet, but be on the lookout. We've also got pairs of patches from rPath, FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Debian, Mandriva and Gentoo
 
Tags: opera, firefox, security researchers, web history, mandriva, users, flaw, capture, fire
 
 
 
 
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Vista notebook falls in hacker challenge

2008-03-30 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
An Ubuntu Linux box was the last machine left standing in CanSecWest's PWN to OWN challenge , as Friday saw a successful hack on the Microsoft Vista box on the contest testbed. Shane Macauley picked up $5,000 for the successful hack
 
Tags: successful hack, microsoft vista box, ubuntu linux box, challenge, shane macauley, friday, pwn, machine
 
 
 
 
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Linux ignored, not immune, says hacker contest sponsor

2008-04-01 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Don't read anything into the fact that of the three laptops set up for last week's "PWN to OWN" hack challenge, the only one left standing was running Linux. There wasn't enough interest in Ubuntu, compared with the Windows and Mac operating systems, a contest organizer said
 
Tags: hack challenge, linux, laptops set, windows, pwn, week, ubuntu, organizer, systems
 
 
 
 
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Getting Ubuntu Linux to connect to a PPTP Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator

2008-04-10 01:20:05 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
Just a quick notes page to help others that have the same problem I did. By the way, I plan to be at Conglomeration April 18th-20th. While it's not a Hacker/Security con, it's still a fun little Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention with plenty of geeky types running around. Let me know if you're a reader of Irongeek.com and plan to be there
 
Tags: quick notes page, conglomeration april 18th-20th, hackersecurity con, plan, geeky types, sci-fifantasy convention, reader, plenty, irongeek
 
 
 
 
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Q1 2008 - Client OS Vulnerability Scorecard

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2008-05-14 23:04:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktop Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard Apple Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger For January through March of 2008, Mac OS X users experienced the highest number of vulnerabilities as well as the highest number of High severity vulnerabilities while Windows Vista users experienced the fewest and the fewest High severity vulnerabilities Here is...
 
Tags: severity vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, microsoft windows vista, mac, apple mac, microsoft windows, users, windows vista users, client
 
 
 
 
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Tools circulate that crack Debian, Ubuntu keys

2008-05-15 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A vulnerability in widely used Linux distributions can be used by attackers to guess cryptographic keys, possibly leading to the theft of confidential information, security researcher HD Moore said today
 
Tags: linux distributions, security researcher, cryptographic keys, confidential information, attackers, moore, widely, possibly, vulnerability