The Federal Trade Commission announced a wide-ranging attack on cyber-vultures looking to feast on the current moribund economic situation. Dubbed …
Michael Jackson spam spreads, malware attacks likely
Within hours of the death of pop star Michael Jackson, spam trading on his demise hit in-boxes, a security firm …
Antivirus testing outfit: Microsoft Security Essentials makes the grade
Microsoft's free security software passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, an independent testing company said. AV-Test GmbH tested …
Google fixes 'critical' security hole in Chrome
Google has plugged a security vulnerability in its Chrome browser that the company considers critical. The latest Chrome release — …
Apple delivers prodigious patch batch for iPhone
Apple yesterday patched 46 security vulnerabilities, half of them in the Safari browser and its WebKit rendering engine, for the …
Apple finally patches six-month-old Java bugs
Apple patched 32 vulnerabilities in its implementation of Java, more than six months after Sun fixed the same flaws for …
Mozilla patches 11 Firefox bugs, six critical
Mozilla on Thursday patched 11 vulnerabilities in Firefox, more than half of them labeled “critical.” The update was the first …
Microsoft sets record with monster Windows, IE, Office update
Microsoft issued 10 security updates that patched a record 31 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Excel, Word, Windows Search …
Adobe patches 13 critical PDF bugs in first quarterly update
Adobe issued its first regularly-scheduled security updates on Tuesday, fixing at least 13 critical flaws reported by outside researchers and …
Microsoft plans jumbo patch day
Microsoft said it will deliver 10 security updates next week to patch serious bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Word …
Oracle CEO, set to buy Sun, hails Java at conference
Reassuring the Java community, Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison pledged a commitment to Java technologies, including the budding JavaFX rich …
A new vision
What are your short-term goals for the company? Number one: the transition. I had time to work with [interim CEO …
FBI e-mail clobbered after virus
The FBI confirmed that it had been forced to shut down its Internet-facing unclassified network, but disputed a report that …
Pluto partners with AVG
Furthering its commitment to the region and in line with its expansion strategy, Pluto today announced its new brand identity …
IIS 6 attack could let hackers snoop on servers
Security vendors are warning users of Microsoft's Internet Information Services 6 Web-server software that a new online attack could put …
Google’s Chrome was ‘hackable’ at Pwn2Own contest
Although Google's Chrome was the only browser left standing after March's Pwn2Own hacking contest, it was vulnerable to the same …
Cloud WiFi: 2-3 times less expensive than Cisco, Aruba
Cloud-based Wi-Fi is now available for small and medium businesses, based on new gear from Meraki. The company is best …
Microsoft delivers mega PowerPoint patch
Microsoft Corp. patched a six-week-old critical vulnerability in PowerPoint using a single security update. That one update patched 14 separate …
Apple delivers jumbo security update for Mac OS X
Apple Inc. patched 67 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including two bugs that researchers used in March to walk off …
160,000 accounts breached at UC Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has begun notifying more than 160,000 students, alumni and others about the potential …