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 …
Adobe promises patch for zero-day PDF bug by next Tuesday
Adobe has promised to patch the newest zero-day vulnerability in its popular Adobe Reader software no later than next Tuesday, …
Mobile-phone vendors focus on software as sales drop
Mobile-phone sales continue to be hurt by the faltering economy, so vendors are increasingly looking to software and services to …
Microsoft doctors AutoRun in Windows 7 to stymie Conficker
Prompted by the spread of the Conficker worm through infected USB drives, Microsoft Corp. will unveil changes in next week's …
How Bluetooth got as fast as Wi-Fi
Bluetooth last week stopped being chained to the low-power, low-throughput radio that has been both its strength and its weakness. …
Windows bugs never really die
Hackers can successfully attack Windows PCs months — even years — after Microsoft Corp. fixes a flaw, a security expert …
Mozilla patches 12 Firefox bugs, a third of them critical
Mozilla Corp. patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3, just days before it hopes to roll out the newest beta …
Microsoft, Oracle issue patches for slew of holes
Microsoft Corp. last week released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software …
Palm’s webOS lives up to hype, developers say
Underneath the sleek exterior, the multi-touch display and the sliding keyboard of the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone is the real …
VMware bug allows Windows hack to attack Macs
A bug in VMware's Fusion virtualization software could be used to run malicious code on a Mac by exploiting Windows …
HP Software bolsters application-scanning products
HP Software Wednesday updated its security products to help customers scan Web-based applications for vulnerabilities. On display at HP's booth …
Microsoft patches ‘insane’ number of bugs
Microsoft released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software in the company's …
Users warned of virtualization’s ‘dark side’
Users are paying little attention to some of the downsides of virtualization in their haste to reap the benefits that …