Mozilla Pulls Firefox 16, Ships Emergency Update After Critical Bug Discovered
Today Mozilla began pushing Firefox 16.0.1 as an emergency update for Mac and other operating systems that fixes four...
Security & Privacy
Firefox Celebrates Its Sweet 16
The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 16, the newest version of their free web browser. Fixed in Firefox 16...
Google Releases New Chrome Security Update, Fixes Flash (And Other) Bugs
The Google team has updated its Chrome web browser to version 22.0.1229.92 for Mac OS X and other operating...
Adobe Updates Flash Player to Address Exploitable Vulnerabilities
Adobe has released security updates for its Flash Player program, addressing vulnerabilities in the software. Most of the vulnerabilities...
What is Encryption and Why is It Helpful?
Someone recently asked me whether encryption could be used as a replacement for more traditional security tools like Anti-Malware...
Security Updates Aplenty for iOS and OS X
It’s kind of a miracle that the Internets didn’t choke to death last week, given the incredible number of...
Virgin Mobile Vulnerability Leaves 6 Million Subscribers Exposed
What companies consider “standard industry practices” for web security never fail to amaze. This time it’s Virgin Mobile US...
Apple’s iOS 6 Release a Mixed Bag for Security and Privacy
With Apple’s big reveal this previous Wednesday, we now have the release date for the next version of iOS...
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University Students Offer a New Hope for Cyber Security
The other day, we discussed how difficult it is for universities to protect themselves against information security breaches. But...
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Recent In-App Purchase Hacks and What They Mean for You
Recently, there’s been a lot of buzz about some security breaches affecting the iTunes App Stores on both iOS...