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E-voting: What can go wrongOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 31 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: other | Tags evoting, politics, flaws, election, Search All Tags
"Voting machines of all stripes have remarkably similar flaws and though geographically scattered, inaccurate tallies of votes are not likely to flip a whole presidential election..." read more »
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Security researcher reveals iPhone design flawsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 63 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: security | Tags security, iphone, flaws, Search All Tags,
"Apple's iPhone has two design flaws that could pose potential security problems, according to a researcher. The first one concerns the iPhone's e-mail application, which automatically download... read more »
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Researchers disclose deadly cross-platform TCP/IP flawsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 63 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags researchers, crossplatform, tcpip, flaws, DoS, Search All Tags
A team of researchers�Robert E. Lee and Jack C. Louis�now claim to have found new vulnerabilities within the TCP/IP stack that can be exploited to allow for devastating DoS attacks, from simply crashing the device in question to snarling it so thoroughly it must be rebooted before it can function normally, even after an attack has been completed. read more »
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Apple plugs gaping holes in Java for MacOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 71 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags apple, java, mac, security, flaws, holes, Search All Tags
"Apple today released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 with patches for a total of 25 documented security flaws that could expose Mac users to malicious code execution attacks. Two of the 25 flaws ar read more »
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Microsoft fixes 8 flaws with 4 patches, all criticalOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 86 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: security | Tags microsoft, fixes, patches, critical, gdi, windows, media player, office onenote, vulnerabilities, Search All Tags
"Patch Tuesday's security bulletins affect Microsoft Windows GDI , Windows Media Player, and Office OneNote. Vulnerabilities include an attacker taking complete control of a system." read more »
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Fatal flaws found in terrorism databaseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 103 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: security | Tags fatal flaws, terrorism, database, congress, investigation, mismanagement, Search All Tags, , ,
"Congressional investigation reveals one of the country's most important terrorism databases is suffering from mismanagement and technical flaws." read more »
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Nokia admits security flaws in Series 40 OSOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 105 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: communications | Tags nokia, security, series 40 os, Search All Tags, , , , , ,
"Nokia confirmed Thursday its widely used Series 40 operating system has security vulnerabilities that could allow stealth installation and activation of applications." read more »
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Mozilla and Opera fix security flawsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 152 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: security | Tags mozilla, opera, fix, security, flaws, Search All Tags, , , ,
"Opera updates its most recent release, while Mozilla continues to support an older version of Firefox with updates." read more »
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