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The new iPhone operating system update addresses five bugs, one of which was a memory corruption problem that would have let hackers with physical access get at user's data. This is not the first time Apple Inc. had a problem with its password locking features.

Each of the vulnerabilities have been given a rating of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System scale, the most severe rating possible

Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, two of the most widely used desktop applications, contain serious security flaws that could be used to take over a system, according to Adobe. The company urged users to update the software immediately.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Opteron and Athlon 64 processors can detect a commonly used attack against PCs connected to the Internet and render it harmless by blocking malicious code from executing, AMD said this week.

The CERT Coordination Center is warning users about a serious security vulnerability in the OpenSSH (Secure Shell) that could enable a remote attacker to run malicious code or launch a denial of service attack against machines running the popular suite of secure network connectivity tools.

Oracle Corp. warned Thursday of two serious security vulnerabilities in its E-Business Suite product. If left unattended, the software vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to run malicious code on an E-Business Suite server or view product configuration information.

Oracle Corp. released patches for two security holes in its 9i database last week that could have allowed an attacker to take over or run code on affected systems.

America Online Inc. today said it patched a buffer overflow vulnerability in its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) software.