Secunia Security Advisory – SUSE has issued an update for polkit. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

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Secunia Security Advisory – SUSE has issued an update for libtiff. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise an application using the library.

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Secunia Security Advisory – SUSE has issued an update for libtiff. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise an application using the library.

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Secunia Security Advisory – VMware has acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server and ESXi, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and gain escalated privileges, malicious users and malicious…

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Secunia Security Advisory – SUSE has issued an update for udisks. This fixes a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

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Secunia Security Advisory – Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IBM Rational System Architect, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.

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Secunia Security Advisory – A vulnerability has been reported in Likewise Open and Likewise Enterprise, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

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Secunia Security Advisory – Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in HP OpenView Storage Data Protector, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

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Secunia Security Advisory – Red Hat has issued an update for thunderbird. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.

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WARNING: mixed sports metaphors ahead.

How many do-overs does a startup get before users give up on it for good? As far as I can remember, the answer is zero. I can’t think of an example where a startup launched into the wild, flailed badly, and recovered (without completely abandoning the first product). There are lots of examples of flailing and relaunching (see Cuil, see Joost), but I can’t think of anyone that managed to pull out a win.

By my count Color, the $41 million startup that promises to “transform the way people communicate with each other,” has already struck out.

The first strike was a launch that left users confused, sharing photos with themselves and trying to figure out a user interface that seemed purposely designed to frustrate. We gave them another chance.

Strike two: pulling the Android version of the app from the market.

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If you’re new to Linux and free/Open Source software, or even if you’re a more seasoned user, then you’re often looking for more information. Not just documentation, but also useful tips and tricks. The team here at Make Tech Easier works hard to…

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Names matter in free software. Just think of the number of electrons that have been spilt arguing over whether it’s “Linux” or “GNU/Linux”. But is “Linux” catchy? The fact that few people have heard of it outside the rather specialised worl…

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ZDI-11-152: HP Data Protector Backup Client Service GET_FILE Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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ZDI-11-153: Embarcadero Interbase connect Request Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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[USN-1126-1] PHP vulnerabilities

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Or perhaps I should call this “Do you remember I was upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04 ?”. Well something has gone bad and when I rebooted to start my new Xubuntu 11.04 I got:error: cannot read the Linux header.error: you need to load the kernel first.

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I have to admit that it has been more years than I care to remember since I last installed Slackware on my desktop. The slackware 13.37 release came out this week and due to its excellent timing, it’s now on my (multi-boot, thank GRUB!) desktop. You se…

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Kevin Poulsen has worked tirelessly to become a respected expert in the information security field and is a senior editor for Wired Magazine. Kevin edits the Threat Level Blog (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/) cov…

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When you’re ready to move up from simple audio recording applications like GNOME’s Sound Recorder, take a look at the excellent Ardour digital audio workstation. Ardour is one of the shining jewels of FOSS, a robust professional-level multi-channel rec…

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Ubuntu 11.04 has been released and many of you may have already upgraded or installed the latest version. While trying the new Unity interface, you may be wondering how to customize and optimize it to suit your needs. So here is our Ubuntu 11.04 Custom…

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The latest version of Slackware has been released.

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UK-based OpenGamma has been developing a unified platform for financial analytics which will allow financial services firms to combine their data management, calculation engines and analysis into a single framework. The platform, which is still in development, has now been released as a open source developer preview, dual-licensed under an Apache 2.0 licence or a commercial licence. The preview is described as a "beta-quality release" that has been through OpenGamma’s testing and QA processes.

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Right after the announcement for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), Mario Behling proudly announced last night (April 28th) that Julien Lavergne has released the lightweight Lubuntu 11.04 operating system.

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Ubuntu Security Notice 1126-1 – Stephane Chazelas discovered that the /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP 5.3.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/. Raphael Geisert and Dan Rosenberg disco…

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Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-153 – This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Borland Interbase. Authentication is not required to exploit these vulnerabilities. The specific flaws exists with…

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The CERT Societe Generale (site is in French and English) has published a 6 Steps IRM Worm Infection …(more)…

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