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Apple reports that the upcoming Apple iPhone 2.1 firmware update in September will include a fix that could allow for disclosure of personal information when the device is locked. “The minor iPhone security issue which surfaced this week is fixed in a software update which will be released in September,” Apple spokesperson Jennifer Bowcock said in a statement.

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A key concern in software security is avoiding security flaws in a program’s source code. Employing a functional programming style can help. If you’re an experienced programmer, you probably know that learning new languages can teach you new things about programming.

Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency.

As a flurry of emails (about an as of yet not officially released control system vulnerability) show this morning, once a document goes online the damage is done. It is eternal, and it is virtually impossible to stop the dissemination of the document, or put the genie back into the bottle.

Yet again, it seems that the Keystone Kops are running the show in Washington. A little bit of wandering about the tubes leads to the Water-ISAC site exposing FOUO government files… Hrm… wonder what’s in that PDF. Looks juicy… Hrm.

Ryan Naraine reported over at ZDNet Zero Day on a new iPhone vulnerability which lets anyone have full access to the majority of iPhone functionality despite your clever 4-digit passcode lock. As mentioned by “greenmymac” and covered by The Register, full access to contacts (and, hence, browser,

Like IT in general, the security arena is in a constant flux. New esoteric hacks can appear overnight, leaving the onus on managers and security folks to scramble to patch or mitigate the new threat. Today, I’ll highlight a few of these potential attack vectors.

Today is fast turning into an ugly one for Apple (AAPL). In the past 24 hours the company has been beset by bad news. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that one of the company’s iPhone ads is misleading.

This week’s security events include news of a moderately critical flaw discovered in some Trend Micro products, a free add-on for Mozilla Firefox 3.0 that helps give it a security boost, and news of a major security fix for popular Linux distribution Ubuntu.