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Curse of the HP Software Updater

Hewlett-Packard's ongoing struggle to keep its software updater free of serious ActiveX control vulnerabilities is showing no signs of letting up.According to a "highly...

Fraud Protection Comes to Opera Browser

The latest refresh of Opera's flagship Web browser comes with several crucial security features.With Opera 9.5 Beta 2 (code-named Kestrel), the Norwegian company has...

Blue Hat: Token Kidnapping, Browser Security on Front Burner

Software engineers at Microsoft will get a front-row seat to hear about an unpatched Windows security hole that was once pooh-poohed as a "design...

McNulty Out as Secure Computing CEO

Network security vendor Secure Computing has announced a major leadership shake-up that sees CEO John McNulty (left) leaving the company.No reasons were provided for...

LendingTree Warns of Insider Password Heist

LendingTree, an IAC subsidiary that connects online borrowers with mortgage, credit card and auto loans, has suffered a major insider breach that exposed sensitive...

Another Batch of Safari Vulnerabilities Exposed

Apple's Safari browser is beginning to look like a bullet-ridden car in Iraq.According to a warning posted to security mailing lists, there are multiple...

JavaScript Injection Attacks Hit .Gov Targets

Malware researchers have flagged a massive outbreak of JavaScript injection attacks that have compromised thousands of Web sites, including .gov sites in the United...

High-Profile OLPC Defections Bad for Security

There's a serious brain drain affecting the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative and it's not a good sign for security.The latest high-profile defector...

QuickTime Zero-Day Hits Windows XP, Vista

Security researcher Petko D. Petkov (aka pdp) has discovered a gaping hole in fully patched versions of Apple's QuickTime for Windows Media Player.The zero-day...

Adobe Issues Warning for Unpatched Photoshop Flaw

Adobe has issued a prepatch advisory for a critical vulnerability in Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, its free image-manipulation software product.The flaw, which affects...