Samba urges users to upgrade after flaw revealed
The developers of the open-source Samba file server product are urging users to upgrade to the latest 2.2.8 stable version of Samba after discovering a potentially critical flaw in earlier versions.
Stories by David Legard
Security firm finds a hole in Sun One
Security specialist @Stake Inc. has said that a module that ships with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s One Application Server has a flaw which could be exploited by outside attackers and which could give them control of the running Web server.
Windows broadband users targeted by attackers
The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) security organization based at Carnegie Mellon University in the U.S. has seen an increase in exploitation of weak administrator passwords on systems running Microsoft's Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems, the organization said Tuesday.
Sun: Overturning Java order will damage us
Sun Microsystems faces "irreparable harm" if an injunction ordering Microsoft to include Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with its products is overturned, Sun said in a legal brief filed last Friday.
IDC: Internet traffic to keep doubling each year
The amount of information transmitted globally over the Internet will continue to double each year over the next five years, according to research released Wednesday by IDC.
Dataquest: A-P server shipments up 4 percent in 2002
Server shipments in the Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) region during 2002 reached US$4.6 billion, 3.4 percent higher than in 2001, according to research released Thursday by Gartner Inc. unit Dataquest.
Overseas ventures boost SingTel figures
Strong performances by its overseas ventures enabled Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) to lift revenue by 9.5 percent and net profit by 2 percent in its latest financial quarter, the company said in a statement last Friday.
Intergraph sues TI over alleged patent breach
Chip designer Intergraph Corp. has sued Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) alleging that TI has infringed three patents which define key aspects of parallel instruction computing (PIC), the company said in a statement Thursday.
OASIS releases draft of free e-commerce data standard
The industry-wide consortium Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) has released the first draft of a royalty-free data representation standard for electronic commerce, the group said in a statement Monday.
CVS flaw could give hackers access to servers
The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) security organization has warned of a critical vulnerability in the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS) software which could enable an unauthenticated remote attacker with read-only access to execute arbitrary code, alter program operation, read sensitive information, or cause a denial of service to servers.
Blended threats need an intelligent response, exec says
IT security threats will become more widespread and sophisticated in 2003, and end users will have to lift their game in order to contain those threats, according to Piti Pramotedham, managing director, Asia South, for Computer Associates International Inc.
IDC: CIOs must encourage corporate IT culture
Chief information officers (CIOs) who want to succeed at their jobs must see that an IT culture permeates their companies, according to Dane Anderson, vice president of consulting and research at IDC Asia-Pacific.
Dataquest: WLAN poised for takeoff in Asia-Pacific
Wireless LAN (WLAN) services are beginning to achieve growth in the Asia-Pacific region after two years of struggling to be accepted, according to research firm Gartner Inc.'s Dataquest unit.
Vietnam opens up to open source
Greater use of open source software will help Vietnam build its own software industry more rapidly and promote creativity among local developers, delegates to a software seminar in Vietnam have concluded.
Study: Worldwide IT spending to grow 4 percent in 2003
Worldwide IT spending will grow 4 percent in 2003, rebounding from growth of just 1 percent in 2002, according to research recently released by market analysis company Aberdeen Group.