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Hot or not: ActiveX vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Amol Sarwate,, 18 September 2009 12:37 PM

ActiveX vulnerabilities have posed a security challenge for some time, and they're likely to be a challenge for quite some time to come.

Hot or not: Software update vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Amol Sarwate,, 20 November 2008 1:56 PM

The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too.

What you need to know to keep Mac OS X secure

In Applications - By Amol Sarwate,, 22 September 2008 4:12 PM

Just a few years ago, Apple commanded only a small fraction of the computer market.

Winning against the phishing assault

In Messaging - By Amol Sarwate,, 2 May 2008 1:53 PM

A look at two of the signing technologies PayPal plans to use to improve sent email authentication, which would allow ISPs to drop each email that isn't properly verified.

Hot or Not: Virtualisation Security

In Web/client - By Amol Sarwate,, 8 April 2008 3:21 AM

What are the potential security implications of virtualisation? The answer is: they are considerable.

Hot or Not: Vista SP1 Scheduled For Widespread Release

In Applications - By Amol Sarwate,, 12 March 2008 3:48 PM

It's been some time in the making, but Microsoft soon will make its first service pack for Vista widely available. While the final version started shipping to manufacturers ...

Hot or not: The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) unveils updated common vulnerability scoring system

In Web/client - By Amol Sarwate,, 11 September 2007 3:03 PM

The new scoring system promises to make it easier for security managers and the IT industry to better measure the real-world risks associated with software flaws.