Paul Roberts

Fulfilling a promise it made earlier in the year, Symantec Corp. will release next month a new line of gateway security appliances, the Symantec Gateway Security Appliance 5400 Series.

Oracle Corp. warned Thursday of two serious security vulnerabilities in its E-Business Suite product. If left unattended, the software vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to run malicious code on an E-Business Suite server or view product configuration information.

Security experts are warning that ready-made code which exploits a recently announced Cisco Systems Inc. IOS operating system vulnerability is circulating and attacks using the exploit are taking place.

Antivirus company TruSecure Corp. is warning users about a new e-mail worm that is beginning to spread on the Internet and over the Kazaa peer-to-peer network.

Microsoft Corp. warned customers about three new security flaws in its products Wednesday, including a buffer overrun in the implementation of a common protocol that could give remote attackers total control over a Windows system.

Microsoft Corp. warned of a critical security flaw Wednesday that affects all supported versions of its Windows operating system and could enable a remote attacker to run malicious code on unpatched Windows systems.

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A weekend competition to test the skills of malicious hackers fell apart after poor planning by contest organizers and infighting among different hacker groups crippled the Web site responsible for keeping score in the competition.