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Autorun Malware Declined Since Update: Microsoft

There appears to be a significant drop in the number of computers that have been infected by malware exploiting the Windows autorun feature, according...

Browsing World IPv6 Day Without Security

On World IPv6 Day, I am doing something that makes my security-obsessed self cringe: I am surfing the Web without any kind of security...

Facebook Enables Facial Recognition for Everyone

Hey, Facebook, remember that privacy by default thing that we asked for a few months ago? Well, the facial recognition feature would have been...

LulzSec Arrest Rumor Debunked

The hacker group LulzSec denied that one of its members was in FBI custody hours before it released more information illegally obtained from Sony's...

Apple Hires Jailbreak Developer

Who says jailbreaking doesn't pay? Apparently it paid off big-time for a software programmer who built a notification app for the iPhone that's better...

Apple’s MacDefender Removal Tool Bypassed By New Variant

It's a game of whack-a-mole. Apple pushed out a security update that could detect and remove known MacDefender variants from Mac OS X (Snow...

PBS.org Hacked With Fake Tupac News Story

A group of hackers angered by PBS Frontline's WikiLeaks documentary posted a fake news story onto the TV station's Website and compromised servers and...

LinkedIn Cookie Flaw Lets Attackers Login

LinkedIn joins the ranks of major Websites with serious security vulnerabilities that would allow attackers to access user accounts without needing passwords, a researcher...

Sony Ericsson Latest Victim of SQL Injection Attack

In what is becoming a regular occurrence, Sony has shut down another service after another attack. This time, the vulnerability was in the Canadian...

Microsoft Patches XSS Flaw in Hotmail

Microsoft patched a cross-site scripting flaw on its Hotmail service that was being exploited by cyber-criminals to read and steal e-mail messages.The flaw allowed...