Ryan Naraine

Microsoft on Tuesday shipped a release candidate of its enterprise security patch-management platform and announced that the unified software updating tool will undergo yet another name change. Windows Server Update Services, formerly known as SUS (Software Update Services) and WUS (Windows Update Services), is expected to undergo a last round of testing before the final […]

Apple has rolled out a security update to correct nine potentially serious vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system. The update, which carries a “highly critical” rating from Secunia, comes with a modification to Apple Computer Inc.s Safari browser to provide protection against an IDN (International Domain Names) URL-spoofing vulnerability. The IDN bug allows […]

Barry Dillers IAC/InterActiveCorp on Monday confirmed plans to pay about $1.85 billion to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., a deal that would marry the fifth largest Web search company to an e-commerce powerhouse. Diller, the former Hollywood executive who pursued an aggressive acquisition strategy to build IAC/InterActiveCorp into an online ticketing and hospitality giant, gets an […]

Its only a matter of time before Apples newly redesigned Mac operating system becomes a happy hunting ground for malicious hackers, according to a research report from security vendor Symantec. The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, which tracked malicious hacker trends between July and December 2004, said increased sales of the low-priced Mac mini to […]

Security researchers have detected the first sign of a cat-and-mouse game between spyware writers and vendors touting new Windows rootkit detection technologies. Just weeks after Finnish anti-virus specialist F-Secure Corp. launched a free beta of its new BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology, the company admitted that spyware writers were using a known trick to successfully avoid […]

With less than a month left before Microsoft Corp. removes the block on the automatic delivery of Windows XP Service Pack 2, the software giant updated its Application Compatibility Toolkit to help smooth the migration for large enterprise customers. The Redmond, Wash., company has set April 12 as the drop dead date for the delivery […]

Microsoft will be doing a lot to make developers and customers happy with its pending Internet Explorer release, if partner sources with inside information on the IE 7.0 browser are right. But theres one area where Microsoft wont be winning a lot of applause. The company will continue to drag its feet by refusing to […]

Symantec late Tuesday issued patches for a DNS cache-poisoning and redirection vulnerability that affects multiple gateway security products. The Cupertino, Calif.-based IT security powerhouse rates the issue as “high risk” and warns that affected gateway products configured as a DNS caching server or as a primary DNS server could be exploited to redirect users to […]

America Online Inc. plans to make three small but significant modifications to the terms of service for its AIM instant messaging product to head off a firestorm of privacy-related criticisms. The tweaks to the terms of service will be made in the section titled “Content You Post” and will explicitly exclude user-to-user chat sessions from […]

America Online Inc. on Sunday moved to quell public criticism of the terms of service for its AIM service, insisting the controversial privacy clause does not pertain to user-to-user instant messaging communication. A section of the controversial clause, which was first flagged by Weblogs and discussion forums, reads: “Although you or the owner of the […]