Angela Moscoritolo

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox web browser, version 4, was released this week with a number of new security features, including a mechanism for preventing web-based attacks.