Google to alert admins of phishing attempts and malware

October 17th, 2010

Google will provide network admins with phishing and malware alerts, allowing ISPs and operators of large networks to gain an impression of potentially dubious activities within their infrastructures
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Red Hat Enterprise MRG version 1.3 released

October 15th, 2010

The new version promises improved performance, extended management functions and support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 and 5.5
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Mozilla appoints Gary Kovacs as new CEO

October 15th, 2010

Mozilla has announced that it has appointed Gary Kovacs as its new Chief Executive Officer, replacing former CEO John Lilly who will be joining Greylock Partners as a venture partner
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Facebook introduces one time passwords for insecure computers

October 15th, 2010

In future Facebook users will be able to have one time login passwords sent as texts to their mobile phone. This new service is intended to enable users to log in securely from public computers
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Oracle continues to support OpenOffice

October 14th, 2010

With its presence at the ODF Plugfest in Brussels on the 14th and 15th of October, Oracle wants to emphasise its continuing support of OpenOffice
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Microsoft says botnets widely distributed

October 14th, 2010

Compared to other European countries, the UK ranks third for the number of malware infections observed by Microsoft
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Wireshark updates patch vulnerability

October 14th, 2010

The Wireshark Project has released version 1.2.12 and 1.4.1 of its open source, cross-platform network protocol analyser to close a vulnerability in the ASN.1 BER dissector and announced that version 1.0.x has reached its end-of-life
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Parted Magic 5.6 adds System Stability Tester

October 13th, 2010

The latest version of Parted Magic, the open source, multi-platform partitioning tool, features the addition of the System Stability Tester (systester), the Nouveau Xorg driver and a number of package updates
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: One Stuxnet hole remains open

October 13th, 2010

Despite leaving one Stuxnet hole open, this months Patch Tuesday is a record: 16 updates close a total of 49 security holes in Microsoft products. Microsoft fixed 10 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer alone
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Nokia introduces the Qt roadmap

October 13th, 2010

Nokia outline a Symbian / MeeGo future for the Qt UI toolkit, with GPU acceleration offering improved performance, Qt Quick providing easier ways to create user interfaces and a more modular Qt
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