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Recent high-profile vulnerabilities have put the lie to the 'many eyes' theory -- but also driven real progress in securing the open source ecosystem
The good news: More than 83 percent of vulnerabilities had patches ready when the flaws became public
Flaw could make nearly half of Android devices vulnerable to an attack that modifies or replaces apps with malware that collects data
Weak authentication in Dell's System Detect utility could have enabled drive-by malware attacks
The future of travel, mobile payments, system authentication, and even safe driving may rely on biometric technology
A large number of developers have failed to patch their Flash apps against a vulnerability that can be exploited to target Web users
Lightweight sensors from ProtectWise record network data so security professionals can go back and analyze it
An Egyptian company issued unauthorized digital certificates for Google's services, a major no-no
An authentication flaw allows attackers to listed to audio streams and make calls from Cisco SPA 300 and 500 IP phones
Even tech savants like Elon Musk could take a lesson from the Chinese government on how to cover up your bald-faced fibs and outright confabulations