Bluetooth has been a big success in the mobile world, but primarily for just one application: wireless headsets. These are extremely popular and with good reason: You can’t beat the convenience, and they are have become quite inexpensive.
A new type of Bluetooth security
March 26th, 2008 · Comments Off
Tags: · Application Security, Bluetooth security, Wireless Security
Oracle Applications Not Secure
January 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
Four times a year Oracle issues its Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address security vulnerabilities in its technologies. According to database-security firm Sentrigo, Oracle’s efforts may well be underutilized by its users. Sentrigo found that only 10 percent of respondents in a study of Oracle User Group attendees reported they were up to date and [...]
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Hackers Attack Apps While Still in Development
October 15th, 2007 · Comments Off
Everybody’s talking about the need to write more secure applications. But what if the bad guys sabotage the code during the development process? Researchers long have known about the potential for infection or a breach during the software-build process using open-source tools — there were cases in 2002 of hackers infecting OpenSSH, Sendmail, and IRC [...]
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Critical Oracle patches coming next week
October 15th, 2007 · Comments Off
Oracle Corp. will release security updates for its products next week fixing 51 vulnerabilities in its products. Included in the Critical Patch Update, set to be released Tuesday, will be critical updates for the company’s flagship Oracle Database. Twenty-seven database bugs will be fixed, but five of the bugs can be "exploited over a network [...]
Tags: · Application Security, oracle patches