Ryan Naraine

Merrill Lynch’s technology research analyst Steven Milunovich is urging Hewlett-Packard to split into two divisions, arguing that separation makes sense — whether computer margins recover or not. In a research report distributed ahead of Tuesday’s HP analyst meeting, Milunovich recommended the company be split by product segments into printers and computers or by market into […]

NEW YORK — When Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid looks into his crystal ball, he sees a world where technological advancements in data storage and networked communication will let humans keep track of every aspect of their daily lives. During a keynote presentation at the WWW Conference here, Rashid outlined the dramatic changes over the […]

Cisco’s big push into the corporate security space took a big hit over the weekend when hackers broke into its corporate network and stole chunks of the source code for the popular IOS operating system. Cisco spokesman Jim Brady confirmed the launch of an investigation into the network breach but declined details on what was […]

What a noisy last few weeks in the public instant messaging space. Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo all rolled out new product upgrades, all of them promising to reinvent the popular text-chat application. Of the three, AOL’s ICQ and Yahoo’s YIM platforms continue to push the innovation envelope with nifty features that turn instant messaging into […]

New York-based online bookseller Barnes & Noble.com has been slapped with a $60,000 fine after a flaw exposed sensitive customer data on its Web site. As part of a settlement with New York State attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Barnes & Noble.com will pay the fine and establish an information security program to protect personal information […]

Security experts have spotted the first signs of a Blaster-like worm circulating underground, prompting fears that major Internet disruptions could be less than a week away. Anti-virus firms on Wednesday warned of abnormal port-scanning activity and evidence of a backdoor Trojan infecting machines through a known vulnerability in Microsoft IIS servers. And, as was the […]

Security researchers have discovered a serious boundary error vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft’s Windows platform and warned that attackers could hijack systems via Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer (IE). Rodrigo Gutierrez, a researcher with Trustix AS, notified Microsoft of the flaw with a warning that it could be exploited by malicious attackers to cause […]

Security researchers are warning of a buffer overflow security flaw in the Linux kernel that can be exploited to lead to privilege escalation attacks. According to an advisory issued by iDEFENSE, the vulnerabilities affect Linux Kernel 2.6.x; Linux Kernel 2.5.x and Linux Kernel 2.4.x. “Successful exploitation may allow arbitrary code execution with root or kernel […]

Microsoft boss Bill Gates on Wednesday issued a software security progress report, highlighting “significant investments” in four key areas. In an executive e-mail to customers, Gates promised the software giant would continue to spend heavily on isolation and resiliency, software updating, software quality and authentication and access control. “Malicious software code has been around for […]

The release of a hacking toolkit to exploit security holes in several Cisco products has sent the networking giant scrambling to announce patches and workarounds. The San Jose, Calif., company confirmed malicious hackers were circulating code that could be used to run denial-of-service attacks against multiple products in an advisory. “Customers should take steps to […]