Ryan Naraine

Security researchers have found multiple security vulnerabilities in the open-source Snort network intrusion detection system, warning that older versions are wide open to code execution and denial-of-service attacks. Snort, which is used primarily to perform real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks, has been upgraded to version 2.0 to fix the holes. (Download […]

Tom Rogers, the man who orchestrated Primedia’s heavy spending on several failed Internet initiatives, has quit the $1.2 million-a-year CEO gig, citing “differences regarding the future direction of the company.” The departure of Rogers comes at a time when the online/offline publishing giant has been busy selling off many unprofitable units and mulling the sale […]

Microsoft on Thursday warned of a buffer overrun vulnerability in the way the Windows kernel passes error messages to a debugger and issued a security patch to plug the holes on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems. The vulnerability alert included a warning that an intruder could use the flaw to elevate […]

With network security high atop every IT department’s checklist, Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems plans to roll out a multi-purpose security appliance that promises to untangle the mess of securing all layers of an enterprise network. The ISS plan for a series of security appliances, codenamed ‘Proventia’, is aimed at eliminating the need for standalone firewalls […]

Just weeks after proposing a major shift towards the lightweight Phoenix its standalone default browser, the AOL-backed Mozilla organization has announced new names for the Phoenix and Minotaur projects. The Phoenix browser, launched last September to strip away browser bloat will now be known as ‘Firebird’ and the Minotaur mail client will adopt the ‘Thunderbird’ […]

Taking a note from Opera’s power-browsing capabilities, Apple Computer on Monday released a new beta of the Safari browser, adding tabbed page-switching and an AutoFill feature aimed at speeding up Web browsing. The new Safari beta, an OS X browser first released in January and based on the KDE Project’s KHTML code, will now allow […]

Video compression software specialists On2 Technologies on Monday announced a licensing deal with America Online to put its flagship VP5 and VP6 codecs on services offered by AOL’s content partners. The New York-based On2, which has embraced the open-source community with previous versions of its technology, said the deal with AOL would allow the distribution […]

Norway’s alternative browser firm Opera Software on Friday released two new upgrade versions — Opera 7.10 for Windows and Opera 7.10 for Linux Beta — that promise navigation via new “FastForward” and “Rewind” buttons on the toolbar. The Opera 7 browser, which has been dogged by security issues in recent months, has also been fitted […]

Apple Computer has released an update of its flagship Mac OS X operating system to fix seven serious security holes that could leak sensitive information and lead to DoS and system access attacks. Apple pushed out the new version — Mac OS X 10.2.5 — after security research firm @Stake warned warned of known holes […]

Shrugging off questions about the future of 3G technology, Sprint and Novatel Wireless unveiled a wireless 3G payment processing system for the enterprise market. In a three-way deal with Commerciant, the wireless carriers are rolling out a new payment system called MobileScape. They are positioning it with vertical markets such as commercial and residential contractors, […]

The first draft of an international standard that defines the use of PDF for archiving and preserving documents on the Internet has been submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for review. The push for a PDF archiving standard, commonly known as PDF/A, is aimed at creating a uniform way to electronically archive documents […]

Microsoft on Wednesday warned of another critical security hole in Microsoft virtual machine (VM) that could allow an intruder to take control of vulnerable Windows systems. The latest alert comes on the heels of another Microsoft VM vulnerability which was detected and patched last December. The software giant slapped its maximum security rating on the […]