Apple has released its sixth security update for its Mac operating systems this year, with a huge 32 out of 58 accompanied by the phrase “may lead to arbitrary code execution”, which in the vendor’s jargon means critical..

An annual hacking conference in Canada is offering enterprising hackers $10,000 in cash and phone prizes for finding vulnerabilities in smartphones such as the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile smartphones could be vulnerable to attack warn security experts at a US held BlackHat conference..

Google has been forced to release new security fixes for multiple high severity vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser which could lead to an attacker taking over a victim's PC remotely.

Criminals are continuing to extort money from vulnerable users, through 'scareware' practices that trick users with bogus security threats.

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Apple has released a massive security update containing 47 fixes for a host of platforms..

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The 3.0.7 update for the browser promises multiple security patches as well as stability fixes.

MacOS, Safari get updates.

The head of the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has told delegates at the ITU Telecom World 2009 conference that the next big war will most likely be fought online..

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Firefox and Opera appear to be the browsers of choice for hackers running web sites that launch drive-by malware attacks, according to new research..

The perceived security of optical networking systems has been thrown into doubt by a new report from analyst firm IDC..

Over half a million credit card holders may have had their account details captured by hackers, after web hosting firm Network Solutionsrevealed that more than 4,000 of the e-commerce sites it hosts could have been breached..

Using popular jailbreaking tools freely available online, an iPhone developer and hacker has demonstrated the lack of security on the Apple iPhone 3GS - and posing potential worries if you're using the iPhone for business.

PC Authority's Daniel Long interviews Eugene Kaspersky of Kaspersky Lab against a medieval fort in the old town of Dubrovnik, Croatia, at the 10th annual Virus Analyst summit

Apple has officially released the new iPhone 3.0 software update for download, including voice memo recording, multimedia messaging and the addition of Apple's Spotlight search software

Essential criteria: Must think like the enemy, know the enemy and report to the American Government. Previous hacking experience considered.