Patch Tuesday may be dead, but Microsoft's not confessing to the crime
Microsoft is set to upend a 12-year practice of providing security patches on the same day each month to everyone. Or not.
Gregg Keizer | 08 May | Read more
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Antivirus test labs call out Chinese security company as cheat
Chinese antivirus firm, Qihoo 360 Technology, has been censured by three major testing organisations for cheating on the evaluations.
Gregg Keizer | 02 May | Read more
Sony hackers targeted employees with fake Apple ID emails
Hackers probably gained access to Sony's network last year after a series of phishing emails aimed at system engineers, network administrators and others who were asked to verify their Apple IDs, a security expert said today.
Gregg Keizer | 24 Apr | Read more
Microsoft kicks off two-month Spartan bug bounty program
Microsoft has launched a short-term bug bounty program for its new Project Spartan browser, saying entries would be accepted until June 22.
Gregg Keizer | 23 Apr | Read more
Microsoft rolls back commitment to Do Not Track
Microsoft today rolled back its commitment to the nearly-dead "Do Not Track" (DNT) standard, saying that it would no longer automatically switch on the signal in its browsers.
Gregg Keizer | 04 Apr | Read more
Joint effort guts Superfish
Microsoft earlier this week said that search-and-destroy work by it, Lenovo and other software makers has reduced the daily number of Lenovo PCs found infected with the Superfish adware to below 1,000.
Gregg Keizer | 13 Mar | Read more
Microsoft misses flaw in 2010 patch that was supposed to quash Stuxnet bug
A critical Windows vulnerability that was one of several exploited by the notorious Stuxnet worm as long ago as 2008 was not completely patched until just yesterday, a security researcher said.
Gregg Keizer | 12 Mar | Read more
Apple secures Safari against FREAK attacks
Apple on Monday patched the FREAK flaw in both OS X and iOS, issuing updates for both operating systems to protect users of its Safari browser.
Gregg Keizer | 11 Mar | Read more
Apple secures Safari against FREAK attacks
Apple on Monday patched the FREAK flaw in both OS X and iOS, issuing updates for both operating systems to protect users of its Safari browser.
Gregg Keizer | 11 Mar | Read more
Microsoft gets its FREAK on fast, patches encryption bug in Windows
Microsoft today patched Windows to prevent possible FREAK attacks against users of Internet Explorer (IE).
Gregg Keizer | 11 Mar | Read more
Apple secures Safari against FREAK attacks
Apple on Monday patched the FREAK flaw in both OS X and iOS, issuing updates for both operating systems to protect users of its Safari browser.
Gregg Keizer | 10 Mar | Read more
Time for all Windows users to FREAK out over encryption bug
Microsoft on Thursday confirmed that Windows was vulnerable to FREAK attacks, and researchers changed their tune, saying Internet Explorer (IE) users were at risk.
Gregg Keizer | 06 Mar | Read more
Time to FREAK out? How to tell if you're vulnerable
Nervous about the FREAK flaw? Freakin' out?
Gregg Keizer | 05 Mar | Read more
Conn. AG launches Lenovo-Superfish 'crapware' probe
Three days after Chinese computer maker Lenovo promised to flush "crapware" from its consumer PCs, Connecticut's state attorney general announced a probe into the company's practice of bundling adware.
Gregg Keizer | 03 Mar | Read more
Mozilla scrubs Superfish certificate from Firefox
Mozilla has released an update to Firefox that erases the self-signed digital certificate implanted by Superfish, the vulnerable adware that blew up in Lenovo's face a week and a half ago.
Gregg Keizer | 03 Mar | Read more