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Black Hat with a Vista twist

Black Hat is not just about breaking and entering this year as Windows Vista and IE7 come under the spotlight. Read more »

New hacker trick may expose Oracle databases

A new attack technique increases the risk of commonly found bugs in Oracle's database software, a security researcher has warned. Read more »

Antivirus insecurity at Black Hat confab

Experts are warning that the popularity of antivirus software could turn the defensive measure into a security risk. Read more »

Flaw finders go their own way

Despite efforts from Microsoft and other companies to direct how and when security alerts are sent out, independent researchers are sticking to their own vision of flaw disclosure. Read more »

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Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance

Although many software makers promote responsible disclosure, it isn't universally backed by the security community. Critics say it could make security companies lazy in patching. Full disclosure of flaws is better is preferred. Read more »

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  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Unlocking Android

    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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