Ryan Naraine

Microsoft’s long awaited Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) now includes some significant tweaks and a change in policy, the company said late Wednesday. The Redmond, Wash.-based software vendor said it is adding a new Windows Security Center to the control panel and switching the default setting for pop-up blocking in Internet Explorer. Microsoft said […]

The OpenSSL Project on Wednesday warned of multiple security holes in its implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. The project, which provides an open source toolkit for the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, said the vulnerabilities could be exploited by malicious hackers to trigger denial-of-service attacks. Independent security […]

Microsoft has released a technical case study of its internal security procedures, in which it spells out a three-pronged approach to thwarting malicious hacker attacks and urges enterprise admins to spend more time anticipating and preventing attacks. The release of the case study comes on the same day the company unveiled a new patch management […]

Macromedia has released a series of patches to plug security holes in its flagship Macromedia MX 2004 products. The San Francisco-based software and platform provider, which also markets products for content building and graphics design, said vulnerabilities were found in products for the Mac OS X platform and could be exploited by malicious users to […]

As software security holds its place as a top priority among enterprise networks, engineers at Microsoft are building proactive PC monitoring capabilities into its next generation Longhorn operating system, a move that’s being widely embraced. According to those in the know, Longhorn engineers are packing new technologies into the OS to check against a central […]

Software giant Microsoft on Thursday announced it would partner with TWI Interactive (TWIi) and Vadiator Technology to roll out a video streaming delivery platform for cell phone operators. The launch of Microsoft’s MobileVision platform is seen as Redmond’s answer to rival RealNetworks , which has racked up significant client wins throughout Europe for its Helix […]

Peer-to-peer collaboration pioneer Groove Networks is set to take the wraps off a public beta of Groove 3.0, a product upgrade that adds a new forms tool that help non-technical users create project applications. Groove Networks, which is co-owned by Microsoft , said the addition of the forms-based application environment is a significant addition that […]

Online music service Napster has unwrapped its latest offering, an IBM-powered “Super Peer” cache-management system for ISPs, universities and businesses looking to cut costs while distributing digital music files. The “Super Peer” application, announced Wednesday, uses Big Blue’s eServer BladeCenter systems running Linux and is used to cache Napster content in on-site servers to reduce […]

Which content syndication camp are you in? RSS or Atom? Actually, if a new proposal by the co-author of the popular RSS format catches on, it won’t matter; both would merge into one protocol under a new proposal, a move that could nip the argument over the competing formats in the bud. Dave Winer, a […]

Microsoft has issued software patches for three security vulnerabilities, including a flaw in Microsoft Outlook that could lead to the execution of harmful code. The security fix for the widely deployed Outlook e-mail client, affects Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Outlook 2002 Service Pack 2. Microsoft has tagged the vulnerability with an […]

New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer has slapped a $150,000 fine on eBay-owned PayPal for misrepresenting the rights of account holders when an affiliated merchant fails to deliver merchandise. Following an investigation, Spitzer’s office found that PayPal’s user agreement misrepresented the protections consumers enjoyed while using the Web-based payments platform. PayPal’s user agreement included a […]

For the second time in as many months, security researchers have uncovered a privilege escalation security flaw in the Linux kernel. According to an advisory from computer security consultants iSEC Security Research, the flaw was found in the Linux kernel memory management code and is completely unrelated to a similar vulnerability reported in February. The […]