Symantec Archives

Homeland Security Moves to Harden Open-Source Software

By John P. Mello Jr.
Jan 13, 2006
LinuxInsider
747 Words

The widespread adoption of open-source software by corporations and governments has raised some security concerns in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the agency is responding. It has funded a three-year grant reportedly worth US$1.24 million to -- among other things -- set up a daily au...

Firefox Fixes Flaws in 1.0.7

By Jennifer LeClaire
Sep 21, 2005
LinuxInsider
552 Words

A day after Symantec's newest Internet Security Threat Report claimed that Firefox has twice the number of vulnerabilities as Internet Explorer, Mozilla released a security update of its popular open-source Web browser. Released today, Firefox 1.0.7., is billed as a security and stability update in ...

Firefox Suffers Seven-Year Itch

By Jennifer LeClaire
Jun 7, 2005
LinuxInsider
617 Words

While Mozilla is celebrating over Firefox's growth in Europe, the open-source browser maker is simultaneously up in arms over software vulnerabilities. A security research firm is reporting Mozilla's current browsers are once again susceptible to a seven-year-old flaw that could let malicious people...