Open Source

I first heard of this in the latest issue (Vol. 7, #39 - Sep 25, 2007 - Issue #296) of WXP News.
“A security flaw has been discovered in Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, which is installed on a huge number of PCs. The vulnerability allows attackers to compromise Windows computers…. This problems affects Acrobat Reader versions 7, 8.0 [...]

Depending on which vendor you use, may not be as protected as you think. According to this article on the ClamAV website, only three vendors prevailed:
On August 8th at LinuxWorld, network gateway vendor Untangle performed an all-out public test of different anti-virus vendors to see how they really compare.
In an antivirus “fight club” conducted in front [...]

This program is awesome! I’ve been looking for something like this for quite a while. I use Dia, the Open Source diagramming program, but I think ConceptDraw VI may be better.
ConceptDraw VI is designed for professional flowcharting, diagramming and illustrating. Its flexible, handy drawing tools help business and technical users quickly document complex structures, systems [...]

After downloading and installing Firefox 2.0 last week, I noticed that the option to disable third party cookies was no longer available under Options–>Privacy. I didn’t think much about it until Steve Gibson addressed the issue in Security Now! Episode 64. And I have to agree with his asking “why?”
Firefox has not only become my [...]