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The bug hunt

January 02, 2012

Big companies are controversially rewarding the research community to find code flaws. By Angela Moscaritolo.
 

Mozilla fixes crash issue in new version of Firefox

December 23, 2011

Mozilla has been compelled to issue an update for the new version of Firefox after a bug caused version 9 of the browser to crash.
 

Google removes malicious applications after 14,000 downloads

December 13, 2011

Malicious apps were uploaded to Google's Android Market at the weekend.
 

Bug may enable remote code execution in #Chrome

October 26, 2011

Google Chrome contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to silently execute remote code on a victim's machine outside of the browser's built-in sandbox protections, according to researchers at Slovenia-based Acros Security.
 

Duqu highlights AV industry's shortcomings

October 24, 2011

As security researchers continue their analysis of Duqu, experts say the Stuxnet-like malware was likely used in targeted attacks for several months before being discovered by anti-virus (AV) companies, highlighting the shortcomings of an industry that many say is failing to keep up with sophisticated threats.
 

US government moves to prevent 'another WikiLeaks'

October 10, 2011

The US government has issued an executive order to implement structural changes within government in order to avoid further WikiLeaks-style releases.
 

MySQL hack leads to BlackHole exploit

September 27, 2011

The MySQL website was hacked last night with a redirect to a malicious domain added.
 

Windows 8 to feature anti-virus software

September 15, 2011

The next version of Windows will come with Microsoft Security Essentials built in.
 

Apple responds to data collection concerns

April 28, 2011

After remaining silent for a week following criticism that its iPad and iPhone devices are collecting and storing information about users' locations, Apple has opened up about its procedures.
 

Lawmakers to probe smartphone data collection

April 27, 2011

Google and Apple are facing heat from U.S. and foreign lawmakers over the discovery that their smartphone and tablet devices are collecting and storing information about users' locations.
 

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