Second of a two-part post. My last article about why patching is hard explained some of the technical challenges related to patching software in large organizations. That people don't patch software ...

Early one Saturday morning last January, from a computer located somewhere within the seven continents, or possibly on the four oceans, someone sent 376 bytes of code inside a single data packet to a ...

Organizations that use the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to prioritize the patching of software security vulnerabilities reduce their potential exploitability compared with randomly ...

A few years back, business came to a grinding halt for a European supermarket chain when it was infected with the Conficker virus. The virus caused the system to slowly use up all the system resources ...

Federal regulators are reminding organizations about the importance of identifying and patching software vulnerabilities. But why are these seemingly basic security steps so challenging for so many, ...

Patching-the only way to prevent poorly designed software from breaking everything-no longer works. And there's nothing you can do about it. Except maybe patch less. Or possibly patch more. Early one ...

Mississippi State University Information Technology Services will continue deploying a third-party software-patching application to Windows-based desktop computer next week. The rollout of KACE, an ...

Almost two-thirds of vulnerabilities on enterprise networks involve flaws that are over two years old that have not been patched, despite fixes being available. This lack of patching is putting ...

Front Lines is a guest viewpoint section offering perspectives on current issues and events from people working on the front lines of Canada's technology industry. Mary Ann Davidson is the chief ...

The mad scientist wing of the Pentagon known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced Tuesday that it's planning to hold a new "Grand Challenge" competition with a $2 million prize.

Software development has been able to maintain its old-school, insecure approach because the technology industry adopted a less-than-ideal fix for the problem: security applications, a ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XENOptics, a leading enabler of zero touch fiber networks, is showcasing its software-defined patching solution at OFC 2017. The XENOptics solution includes an automated ...