LinuxSecurity.com: Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report

LinuxSecurity.com: Updated kernel packages that resolve several security issues and fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

LinuxSecurity.com: A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in how Net-SNMP processed GETBULK requests. A remote attacker with read access to the SNMP server could issue a specially-crafted request which would cause snmpd to crash (CVE-2008-4309).

LinuxSecurity.com: Updated openoffice.org packages that correct security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. SureRun Security Team discovered an integer overflow flaw leading to a heap buffer overflow in the Windows Metafile (WMF) image

LinuxSecurity.com: Today we're going to take a look at a topic that most people are probably familiar with to one degree or another. To use the dictionary definition, steganography is the art of "hiding a secret message within a larger

Fujitsu buys out German partner.Fujitsu has agreed to acquire Siemens' stake in their European computer joint-venture, Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, the two have announced.

The browser that forgets.Developers working on Mozilla's next browser have added a privacy mode to the still-under-construction Firefox 3.1, a major milestone in the development of the upgrade.

Can pricier chips compete?The use of Intel's Atom chip in netbooks could undercut sales of its higher-end chips, analysts have suggested.

What's worse than an Icelandic bank?Customers trying to claim deposits from a collapsed Icelandic bank could be at a higher risk over the next few weeks of falling victim to phishing scams, according to security analysts.

Tucks into rival browsers.Mozilla's Firefox climbed above 20 percent market share for two weeks last month, but ended October just under the milestone, a web metrics has said.

Gimmiv intrigues and baffles.The Trojan horse which convinced Microsoft to issue an emergency patch for Windows had infected only about 200 computers prior to the fix's October 23 release, a security researcher has claimed.

Buy none, get several free.Microsoft is giving away free software to early-stage web start-up companies as part of a worldwide program called BizSpark.

Stuck in the middleware with you.UK systems integrator, Centrix Software, has taken the unusual step of developing its own software package to resolve the fragmented user experience of staff having to deal with multiple applications and services.

State of independence.Sun and IBM are expected to announce the Open Document Format Toolkit Union, an open-source project aimed at making it easier for developers to use ODF.

Kerching!During his presentation at a Goldman Sachs event, SAP co-CEO Henning Kagermann faced a series of questions about a topic SAP is eager to forget: its decision in July to move all customers to a more expensive Enterprise Support package.