Vulnerability news from FierceCIO

Security researcher Kaminsky, who first discovered the DNS exploit that had organizations around the world scrambling to patch their Domain Name Servers (DNS), spoke to a packed session at the Black Read more...

A study released earlier this week was critical of open source software after evaluating 11 such projects over the course of three months. "Open Source Study--How Are Open Source Development Read more...

If you haven't heard by now, a fundamental flaw in the DNS protocol has been discovered by Kaminsky, director of penetration testing for IOActive. Specific Read more...

InformationWeek recently polled 1,100 IT and business professionals about their plans for security, and found that they do believe their data is safer even with budgets holding steady or Read more...

There's yet another potential headache for all those tethered to Microsoft, the ever-present software giant that seems to have a hard time getting things right. This time it's the Word software, Read more...

Two separate security holes were found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer this week, one in Internet Explorer 7 and another in Internet Explorer 6. The vulnerability in IE 7 was discovered Read more...

A newly disclosed vulnerability in the random number generator used by the Debian Project to produce digital keys is making its

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A quarterly review of a company's information security is essential for top IT personnel trying to ensure their systems are airtight. While it's important for the IT department not to get lost in Read more...

If you use VMWare's desktop virtualization software in your enterprise, you'll want to pay close attention: Core Security Technologies have discovered a vulnerability in VMWare's desktop software Read more...