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Photos: Microsoft's bug hunters

Who are the people charged with the task of keeping code secure at Microsoft? They're risk takers, whether donning costumes or swimming with sharks. by CNET News.com

Tags: news, bugs, security, microsoft, TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-12-05

Gadfly zeroes in on Oracle bugs

THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE SOFTWARE NOT HARDWARE RELATEDSoftware has too many problems.Hardware is easy but software isn't?

Tags: Oracle Corp., software, BALTHOR, Gadfly, bugs

Discussion threads 2007-03-06

Researcher launches Month of PHP Bugs

Fixing vulnerabilities in the PHP coreAccording to a security news Web site, applications written in PHP accounted for 43 percent of the total vulnerabilities reported in 2006. A new initiative called Month of PHP Bugs focuses on vulnerabilities in the PHP core, not on problems in the PHP language that...

Tags: PHP, Sonja Thompson, PHP Bugs

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

Wake up to the 'daylight-saving' bug

Preparing for the shift in daylight-savings timeY2K flashback? Some software is set to automatically advance its clock by an hour on the first Sunday in April and not on the new date, the second Sunday in March. Companies that don't pay full attention to the issue may experience a rude...

Tags: Sonja Thompson, team, Y2K, daylight savings, software, project management, networking, bugs, news, UTC

Discussion threads 2007-02-16

Don't it ever stop?

I just got this from the wonderfull folks at "Symantec": "Trojan.Peacomm".!. oh-my :0It goes on to say what to watch out for: • A killer at 11, he's free at 21 and kill again!• U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel• British Muslims Genocide•...

Tags: aircraft, av, bugs, Chinese missile, dawgit, missile, norton, old dogs, Russian missile, Russian Satellite, security, symantec, things that go bump in, virus

Discussion threads 2007-01-24

The good, the bad of bug campaigns

Bug campaigns are a double-edged swordResearchers have launched the third month-long parade of flaws, this time in Apple software. McAfee’s Dave Marcus believes that these efforts, such as the Month of Apple Bugs, are a double-edged sword. While the hackers behind the bug releases may have good intentions, it still...

Tags: apple, bugs, feedback, flaw, flaws, macintosh, mcafee, news, security, software, Sonja Thompson

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

site bug

the old site problem when posting is still with us.at 00:05 Monday October 9 2006 [ Pacific time so server time ]I got the same old error message posting a reply to this question:http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6239-0.html?forumID=51&threadID=202010Thanks for posting the time and URLWe will investigate.

Tags: Jaqui

Discussion threads 2006-10-09

Flaw finders to software makers: It's payback time

Flaw finders to software makers: It's payback timearticle rootCompanies are urged to communicate about flawsSecurity researchers are putting pressure on software makers to tell them more about what they intend to do about the flaws the researchers report to them. If companies don't communicate better with flaw finders, they could...

Tags: flaw, software company, software, flaws, vulnerabilities, bugs, news, disclosure, Sonja Thompson, security, finder

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Hmm..this made me think of something..

Hmm..this made me think of something..Oh yeah..remember this?http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=196516&messageID=2043635major site problem and odd bugIt took an hour for me to be able to post anything.or get anywhere but the front page of each area of the site.Then, with it saying across the top of the screen Welcome Jaqui, showing I had...

Tags: Log-in, crash and burn, bugs, madatory tagging sucks, Jaqui, feedback, TR PTB

Discussion threads 2006-07-01

Windows Quirks

As I mentioned in my blog, if you open Notepad type the string 'this app can break', save it, and double click to reopen it, you get a set of boxes.Know of any other Windows quirks or bugs like that? Let's see how many we can find.better check your system...

Tags: Win, Windows Quirks, Notepad, windows, bugs, TechRepublic Pro, John Sheesley - TPG, John Sheesley - TechRepublic Pro, techproguild, DOS, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-06-15

history / discussions bug

Why, oh why, is looking at a discussion now included in the "My Dicussions I have posted" in listing?If I read a discussion and don't post to it, then It's not something I am interested in following.It's also happening with the site history listing since the rollout a couple of...

Tags: Jaqui

Discussion threads 2006-04-26

Firefox update kills security bugs, adds Mac support

Security bugs scorched by Firefox updateMozilla’s recent update to Firefox fixes several security flaws, plus it adds support for Macs with Intel processors. Mozilla recommends that Firefox 1.0 users upgrade to Firefox 1.5, released in November, which includes an automated update mechanism to help people keep their systems up-to-date.Have you...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, security, firefox, bugs, mac, news, update, Sonja Thompson, Apple Macintosh, security bug

Discussion threads 2006-04-14

'Critical' megapatch sews up 10 holes in IE

Microsoft recently released a "critical" Internet Explorer update that fixes 10 vulnerabilities in the Web browser. One of these vulnerabilities is a high-profile "CreateTextRange" bug, which is already being used in cyberattacks by malicious Web sites that try to drop code, such as spyware, on vulnerable PCs.Have you megaprotected your...

Tags: megapatch, patch, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, microsoft, security, vulnerabilities, bugs, ie, patches, news, Sonja Thompson, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, computer

Discussion threads 2006-04-12

This explains

why a lot of businesses operate like they do..they are run be people dumber than cockroaches. ]:)http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060327/cockroach_ani.html

Tags: Jaqui

Discussion threads 2006-04-04

Microsoft creates public bug database for IE

Microsoft creates public bug database for IEarticle rootMicrosoft creates public bug database for IEFor the first time ever, Microsoft is encouraging people to give public feedback on Internet Explorer with the creation of a bug database for the next version of its browser, the IE 7 beta. The bug database...

Tags: bug database, bugs, database, ie, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, news, public bug database, software, Sonja Thompson

Discussion threads 2006-03-28

Microsoft investing in..

writing bugs?http://www.hexview.com/msva.htmlfound this when looking at the latest high rated vulnerability, seems MS office is a big security hole, buffer / stack overflow errors allowing for remote execution of arbitrary code.and the excell spreadsheet / office document can be served from a website to trigger the exploit.MS' own security bulliten...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-03-20

Oracle fixes pile of bugs

As part of its quarterly patch cycle, Oracle recently released fixes for a long list of security vulnerabilities in many of its products: 37 flaws related to Oracle's Database products, 17 related to Application Server, 20 to the Collaboration Suite, 27 to E-Business Suite and Applications, one to PeopleSoft's Enterprise...

Tags: Web technology, SECURITY, Groupware, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-19

The registry Flaw

When I started to investigate the registry vulnerability posted on August on Secunia, I didn't suspect how dangerous this flaw is.I posted my experiments on my blog: The Registry Flaw and discussed it on CodeProjectand thanks to the discussion thread we found the problem is more serious.With this flaw, is...

Tags: SECURITY, Cyberthreats, registry

Discussion threads 2005-10-12

Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape exploit code

posted."Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape Browsers IDN URI Buffer OverflowDescription: Exploit code has been publicly posted for the IDN URIbuffer overflow in Mozilla, Firefox and Netscape browsers"Exploit Codehttp://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050922.PwnZilla.phpThis exploit was reported last week, the code was released this week.but not to worry:"FireFox, Mozilla and Thunderbird Remote Command InjectionAffected:On UNIX platforms:Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and priorMozilla...

Tags: Web browsers, E-mail clients, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2005-09-23

Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance

Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliancearticle rootBug hunters, software firms in uneasy allianceAccording to Microsoft's "responsible disclosure" guidelines, bug hunters should delay the announcement of security holes until the company has provided a fix. However, independent security researcher Tom Ferris says that Microsoft takes way too long to fix...

Tags: alliance, bugs, flaws, full disclosure, hunter, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Response, responsible disclosure, security, software, Sonja Thompson

Discussion threads 2005-09-06