Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update
Google on Tuesday updated Chrome, patching a flaw in the browser's copy of Flash Player.
Gregg Keizer | 17 Mar | Read more
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Apple patches 62 bugs in massive Safari update
Apple today patched a record 62 vulnerabilities in Safari 5, updating the Mac and Windows browser to version 5.0.4.
Gregg Keizer | 10 Mar | Read more
Microsoft patches critical Windows drive-by bug
Microsoft today shipped three security updates that patched four vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.
Gregg Keizer | 09 Mar | Read more
Google throws 'kill switch' on Android phones
For only the second time, Google last weekend remotely deleted Android apps from users' phones.
Gregg Keizer | 08 Mar | Read more
Google yanks over 50 infected apps from Android Market
Google has pulled more than 50 malware-infected apps from its Android Market, but hasn't yet triggered automatic uninstalls of those programs from users' phones, security experts said today.
Gregg Keizer | 03 Mar | Read more
Google patches 19 Chrome bugs week before Pwn2Own hacking contest
Google on Monday patched 19 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying nine researchers $14,000 in bug bounties for reporting the flaws.
Gregg Keizer | 01 Mar | Read more
Infected Android app runs up big texting bills
A rogue Android app that's been tweaked by hackers can hijack a smartphone and run up big texting bills before the owner knows it, Symantec said today.
Gregg Keizer | 01 Mar | Read more
Apple invites bug researchers to scrutinize Lion OS
Apple is offering security experts a copy of the developer preview of Mac OS X 10.7, aka Lion, and asking them for feedback.
Gregg Keizer | 26 Feb | Read more
Mozilla to skip CSRF bug patch in next Firefox update
Mozilla today said that it will ship security updates to Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3.6 next Tuesday, ending a debate about whether to wait for a patch that affects Adobe's software.
Gregg Keizer | 24 Feb | Read more
Microsoft downplays threat of new Windows zero-day
Microsoft yesterday downplayed the threat posed to Windows users by a recently-revealed vulnerability, saying that it was unlikely the bug could be exploited to compromise a computer.
Gregg Keizer | 18 Feb | Read more
New Windows zero-day surfaces as researcher releases attack code
A security researcher yesterday disclosed a new unpatched bug in Windows that some experts believe could be used to remotely hijack a PC.
Gregg Keizer | 16 Feb | Read more
Stuxnet scored quick hit on first target, says researcher
Stuxnet infected its first target just 12 hours after hackers finished the worm, an indication that the malware scored an almost instant bulls-eye, a researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 15 Feb | Read more
Microsoft accuses former manager of stealing 600MB of confidential docs
Microsoft yesterday accused a former manager of taking hundreds of megabytes of confidential company material when he left the firm for a new position at CRM rival Salesforce.com.
Gregg Keizer | 12 Feb | Read more
Stuxnet struck five targets in Iran, say researchers
Researchers at Symantec today said that the notorious Stuxnet worm targeted five separate organizations, and that attacks against those objectives -- all with a presence in Iran -- started in June 2009, more than a year before independent experts raised the alarm.
Gregg Keizer | 12 Feb | Read more
Bug bounty program reveals 22 unpatched flaws, 5 in Office
As it promised last year, on Monday the world's biggest bug bounty program released information about nearly two dozen unpatched vulnerabilities, including five in Microsoft Office, after deadlines expired.
Gregg Keizer | 09 Feb | Read more