Apple patches critical 'drive-by' Safari bugs
Apple today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Safari for Mac OS X and Windows, 85 per cent of them critical bugs that could be exploited to hijack Macs or PCs.
Gregg Keizer | 19 Nov | Read more
Apple today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Safari for Mac OS X and Windows, 85 per cent of them critical bugs that could be exploited to hijack Macs or PCs.
Gregg Keizer | 19 Nov | Read more
Apple on Wednesday patched more than 130 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, smashing a record the company set last March when it fixed over 90 flaws.
Gregg Keizer | 11 Nov | Read more
Microsoft today explained why it has not patched older versions of its Office for Mac, but would not disclose a release schedule for doing so.
Gregg Keizer | 11 Nov | Read more
Microsoft today said it will ship three security updates next week to patch 11 vulnerabilities, including the first in Office 2010 pegged "critical."
Gregg Keizer | 05 Nov | Read more
Microsoft today warned that attackers are targeting Internet Explorer (IE) with an exploit of a critical unpatched vulnerability in all current versions of the browser.
Gregg Keizer | 04 Nov | Read more
The security researcher who created the Firesheep snooping tool defended his work today, saying it's no one's business what software people run on their computers.
Gregg Keizer | 03 Nov | Read more
A new variant of the Koobface worm that targets Mac OS X and Linux as well as Windows is spreading through Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, security researchers warned today.
Gregg Keizer | 29 Oct | Read more
Oracle should piggyback on Microsoft's update service to boost users' chances of running a patched version of Java, a security expert said today.
Gregg Keizer | 21 Oct | Read more
Microsoft said its free malware cleaning tool had scrubbed the money-stealing Zeus bot from nearly 275,000 Windows computers in under a week.
Gregg Keizer | 19 Oct | Read more
Adobe patched 23 security vulnerabilities in its Reader PDF viewer on Tuesday, most of them critical, including one that has been exploited by hackers for at least a month or possibly much longer.
Gregg Keizer | 07 Oct | Read more
Stuxnet's inability to stay stealthy may be fall-out from a failure to hit its intended targets last year, security researchers said today.
Gregg Keizer | 02 Oct | Read more
Contrary to reports, a bug that Microsoft patched last week had been publicly discussed a year and a half ago, security researchers said this week.
Gregg Keizer | 23 Sep | Read more
Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week.
Gregg Keizer | 15 Sep | Read more
Microsoft may have a tough time fixing the Windows shortcut vulnerability, a security researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 21 Jul | Read more