Software flaws

Student files are exposed on Web site

The Princeton Review, the test-preparatory firm, accidentally publishes the personal data and standardized test scores of tens of thousands of Florida students on its Web site, where they were available for seven weeks.
The New York Times

August 18, 2008, 8:40 PM PDT

Black Hat a sure bet to be big, bold in Vegas

From a mock trial in "Hacker Court" to presentations titled "Bad Sushi" and "Satan is on My Friends List," security conference promises to be provocative.

August 7, 2008, 6:30 PM PDT

Microsoft: Vista SP1 will break these programs

List of applications affected by service pack installation include Trend Micro's Internet Security 2008 and the Times Reader.

February 21, 2008, 6:19 AM PST

Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

An ethical hacking contest will pit the three operating systems against each other next month at CanSecWest conference.

February 7, 2008, 7:34 AM PST

Secunia: CA backup product 'inherently insecure'

In annual report on security flaws, vulnerability-testing company strongly criticizes CA's ARCserve Backup product, as well as Symantec Mail Security.

January 16, 2008, 10:19 AM PST

Open-source security moves to next step

Eleven projects are certified as secure in government-backed initiative led by source code analysis specialist Coverity.

January 11, 2008, 9:23 AM PST

Intuit bug resurfaces at public Wi-Fi hot spots

A bug in a flawed QuickBooks update that deleted users' files could strike again if the software is used at public Wi-Fi hot spots.

January 3, 2008, 1:35 PM PST

Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer

A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe.

December 21, 2007, 6:04 AM PST

When more bugs can mean tighter security

Q&A Mozilla Europe president explains why having fewer disclosed vulnerabilities doesn't mean Internet Explorer is safer than the open-source Web browser.

December 7, 2007, 11:35 AM PST