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Microsoft patches critical Office vulnerability amid 'limited, targeted' attacks

By Jeff Blagdon on April 11, 2012 06:50 am + 9 comments

Microsoft is releasing a security update to patch a critical vulnerability in the ActiveX controls Continue reading…
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Apple developing Flashback removal tool, working with ISPs to shut down bot network

By Sean Hollister on April 10, 2012 09:24 pm + 60 comments

Apple's already patched the Java vulnerability that turned an estimated 600,000 Mac OS X computers Continue reading…
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PSA: Apple patches Flashback trojan affecting 600,000 Macs globally

By Thomas Ricker on April 5, 2012 03:47 am + 72 comments

Apple released a Java 1.6.0_31 update for OS X on Tuesday that claims to deliver "improved Continue reading…
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Microsoft patches critical Remote Desktop hole, warns of attacks within 30 days

By Tom Warren on March 14, 2012 04:31 am + 5 comments

Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday round of updates sees the company address a critical flaw in its Continue reading…
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Google patches Chrome vulnerability less than a day after Pwn2Own hack

By T.C. Sottek on March 8, 2012 09:05 pm + 31 comments

Google Chrome was the first browser to fall at this year's Pwn2Own hacking competition, but Google Continue reading…
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Beer-powered bending robot elected to DC school board by hackers

By T.C. Sottek on March 2, 2012 04:49 pm + 27 comments

In 2010 the DC school board challenged hackers to infiltrate its new web-based absentee voting Continue reading…
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iOS 5.0.1 bug bypasses security passcode to provide access to contacts and phone app

By Tom Warren on February 22, 2012 07:13 am + 7 comments

A new bug in Apple's iOS 5.0.1 software could allow unauthorized access to contacts and the calling Continue reading…
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Apple reportedly compensates victim of iMessage bug with an iPod touch

By Nathan Ingraham on February 6, 2012 07:43 pm + 18 comments

While Apple has yet to publicly acknowledge the iMessage exploit that has gotten increased attention Continue reading…
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Accidental espionage: how iMessage conversations end up in the wrong handsets

By T.C. Sottek on February 3, 2012 12:44 pm + 85 comments

Terrifying tales have surfaced recently of unsuspecting iPhone users that have had their private Continue reading…
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HTC supplies fix for 'small' Android Wi-Fi password leak

By Tom Warren on February 2, 2012 04:49 am + 1 comments

HTC is addressing an issue on some of its Android devices that exposes Wi-Fi security credentials to Continue reading…