Red Hat admits to getting hacked 

Red Hat admits to getting hacked

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 26 August 2008 11:37 AM
Linux distributor Red Hat has issued a critical security update after its servers were hacked last week..
Red Hat warns of Fedora, OpenSSH compromises 

Red Hat warns of Fedora, OpenSSH compromises

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 25 August 2008 9:59 AM
Hackers compromised Red Hat's Fedora servers, which prompted the open source software company to issue a critical update Friday for its OpenSSH packages.
Chinese Red Cross hacker gets two years in jail 

Chinese Red Cross hacker gets two years in jail

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 15 July 2008 10:05 AM
A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking a Red Cross web site launched for the victims of China's recent earthquake.
Red faces at Daily Mail after data loss 

Red faces at Daily Mail after data loss

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 9 July 2008 9:37 AM
Daily Mail, which has spent months lambasting the UK government on data security, has itself lost a laptop containing the personal information of staff.
Red Hat releases free security code 

Red Hat releases free security code

In Applications - By Guy Dixon, 22 March 2008 4:46 PM
Red Hat is freeing up the source code behind its identity management and security system in a bid to show that open source software is more secure than rival technologies..
Red Hat patches multiple ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in Linux 

Red Hat patches multiple ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in Linux

In Applications - By Negar Salek, 23 October 2007 2:21 PM
Red Hat has patched nine vulnerabilities in its Enterprise Linux 5 kernel that could cause denial of service and unauthorised system access if exploited by a malicious attacker ...
Red Hat patch numerous OpenOffice flaws 

Red Hat patch numerous OpenOffice flaws

In Applications - By Ericka Chickowski, 23 March 2007 12:52 AM
Debian released a patch to fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice that open up the users' systems to compromise, Secunia reported on Wednesday.
Media blitz, notifications follow Red Cross breach 

Media blitz, notifications follow Red Cross breach

By Frank Washkuch, 25 May 2006 8:26 PM
The Red Cross has notified 8,000 blood donors that their personal information was allegedly compromised by a former employee.
Report: Former Red Cross worker with access to 1M SSNs charged with ID theft 

Report: Former Red Cross worker with access to 1M SSNs charged with ID theft

By Frank Washkuch, 24 May 2006 8:40 PM
A former employee with the American Red Cross’ St. Louis chapter – who had access to the Social Security numbers of 1 million people – has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Red Hat buys JBoss for 350M 

Red Hat buys JBoss for 350M

By Frank Washkuch, 10 April 2006 5:17 PM
Raleigh, N.C.,-based open source solution provider Red Hat announced today that it will buy open source middleware provider JBoss for at least $350 million.
Security blunder leaves Cahoot red faced 

Security blunder leaves Cahoot red faced

By David Quainton, 5 November 2004 2:40 PM
The discovery of a serious security flaw caused online bank Cahoot to shut down its website yesterday (Thursday) for 10 hours while the fault was fixed.
Red faces for Sybari AV 

Red faces for Sybari AV

By Dan Ilett, 1 July 2004 5:07 PM
An SC Magazine journalist embarrassed security firm Sybari by sending a worm through its anti-virus product at a press demonstration in Amsterdam this week.
Kargo.F causes red alert 

Kargo.F causes red alert

By Dan Ilett, 3 June 2004 5:23 PM
Anti-virus firms are stepping up warnings about a worm that affects Microsoft applications.
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