Despite Android security patches being released monthly, OEMs may not update their devices at the same rate. Now, Google is baking security patching into agreements with OEMs to improve the situation.
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Google has introduced a new compression technique, named "File-by-File patching", which reduces the size of app updates by 65% on average, and up to 90% in some cases.
Apple's teasing commercials that imply its software is safer than Microsoft's may not quite match the facts, according to new research revealed at the Black Hat conference on Thursday. Researchers from the Swiss Federal...
A Microsoft security executive released data Thursday showing that, six months after shipping Windows Vista, his company has left more publicly disclosed Vista bugs unpatched than it did with Windows XP. In total, Microsoft has...
After several delays, Microsoft is set to deliver in June the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) patching tool and the Microsoft Update (MU) software patching service, a company executive says. Both MU and WSUS were...
Microsoft will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced today. Starting this month, Microsoft will publish on its...
It sounded like a good idea: Instead of dribbling out a fix here and a patch there, release all your security fixes once a month, in a few, fairly easily digestible bundles. But with more...
Part 1 of this two-part series addresses the special challenges inherent in fixing problems as they arise in open-source software. Part 2 takes a look at some potential solutions. Companies that provide third-party support for...
The third-party 'open source' patch for Internet Explorer that we told you about earlier today, contains more than a few potentially nasty surprises. As we noted, German tech site Heise had already warned of dangerous...
Symantec is releasing a new version of its Ghost software for managing PCs that's designed to let information technology administrators apply patches en masse. Ghost 8.0, officially coming out Monday, tries to eliminate much of...
