Microsoft kicks off third-party bug warnings with two for Chrome
Microsoft today released a pair of security advisories for Chrome, the browser built by rival Google.
Gregg Keizer | 20 Apr | Read more
Microsoft today released a pair of security advisories for Chrome, the browser built by rival Google.
Gregg Keizer | 20 Apr | Read more
Adobe today patched a critical vulnerability in Flash Player that the company said criminals were already exploiting with malicious Microsoft Word and Excel documents.
Gregg Keizer | 16 Apr | Read more
Apple today patched bugs in iOS and Safari used at last month's Pwn2Own hacking contest by three teams of researchers who collectively earned $45,000 for their work.
Gregg Keizer | 15 Apr | Read more
For the second time in the last four weeks, Adobe has told users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, again by embedding malicious code inside a Microsoft Office document.
Gregg Keizer | 12 Apr | Read more
An email server breach at Epsilon Interactive exposed the names and email addresses of millions of people. The breach is being described as the worst of its kind.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 06 Apr | Read more
Security experts today warned users to be on the watch for targeted email attacks after a breach at a major marketing firm that may have put millions of addresses in the hands of hackers and scammers.
Gregg Keizer | 05 Apr | Read more
Google on Thursday patched six vulnerabilities in Chrome, and as usual, silently updated users' copies of the browser.
Gregg Keizer | 26 Mar | Read more
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
For only the second time, Google last weekend remotely deleted Android apps from users' phones.
Gregg Keizer | 08 Mar | Read more
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 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
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
The Anonymous hacking collective this morning defaced the Web site of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in the middle of a live radio show that included a church spokeswoman and a member of Anonymous.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 25 Feb | Read more
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
The main Web site of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) in Topeka was unavailable this morning, just days the Anonymous hacking collective had denied reports that its members were seeking to attack the site over disagreements with the church's practices.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 24 Feb | Read more