The Seti@home project has released a new version of its software in order to close up a security hole that could let invaders into participants' PCs. The project, which allows desktop and workstation ...

The project, which allows desktop and workstation users to contribute processing time to the search for extraterrestrials, issued the new distributed client on Friday. It fixes a buffer overflow ...

Providing further proof of the adage that “No good deed goes unpunished,” the SETI@home screen saver contains software vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on machines ...