Microsoft dangles USD$300k in updated Azure cloud bug bounty
Microsoft touts huge cash rewards for its most valuable asset: Azure.
Microsoft touts huge cash rewards for its most valuable asset: Azure.
Cisco security appliances need to be patched now.
Now Linux distributions can't reboot after Meltdown patch.
Android 7.1.1 is ready to install for Nexus and Pixel devices, bringing with it features previously available only to Pixel devices and the December patch, which fixes 40 issues covering 74 vulnerabilities.
Amid calls to accelerate the death of Adobe Flash Player, at least once PC vendor is taking matters into its own hands.
Jared Newman | 17 Jul | Read more
System76, a PC maker that ships systems with Linux distribution Ubuntu, has abandoned pre-installed Flash Player because of security concerns.
A security flaw in a common Unix software component remains unpatched in one of the most popular Linux distributions, more than a year after an official fix was published.
Security researchers are urging users to install new Samba security updates in order to address a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Lucian Constantin | 25 Feb | Read more
Researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability affecting multiple distributions of the Linux OS. While there are patches available the clean up effort is likely to going be a major task for Linux admins.
Open-source legend TrueCrypt may be gone, but the usefulness of full disk encryption carries on. So what's a crypto fan to do now for their encryption needs?
The estimated 860,000 users of the popular MacRumors web forum have been told to change their passwords immediately after hackers successfully compromised an admin account in order to steal personal and login data.
John E Dunn | 14 Nov | Read more
CESG, the information security arm of GCHQ, has advised government that although Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategies are possible for public sector organisations, it is not recommended.
Derek du Preez | 27 Sep | Read more
The ‘Hand of Thief' (HoT) Linux banking Trojan that was offered for sale on the criminal underground this summer is a primitive "prototype" that poses little real threat to users of the OS, a new analysis by RSA has reported.
John E Dunn | 05 Sep | Read more
Canonical's ambitious attempt to crowdfund $32 million (£21 million) for the Ubuntu Edge might be falling short but the concept has at least found a symbolic business backer with the news that Information firm Bloomberg has pledged $80,000 to the cause.
John E Dunn | 09 Aug | Read more
Researchers have discovered a Trojan capable of attacking multiple Linux distros being offered for sale by enterprising Russian criminals for $2,000 (£1,300) a time. Time for Linux users to worry or is this another speculative attack?
John E Dunn | 09 Aug | Read more