A presentation demonstrating major security weaknesses in the MiFare Classic-based CharlieCard RFID system has been gagged via court order this weekend.

The US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it has indicted eleven individuals believed to have been involved in the penetration of networks owned by TJX.

A flaw in the popular Photobucket photo-sharing site opened up private albums to anyone capable of guessing a filename has been patched, according to a security researcher.

A flaw in the Javascript engine in Adobe's popular Acrobat series of programs has left users vulnerable to cracker attack - but the company has issued a patch to block the hole.

A zero-day security flaw shared with its previous generation brother, and discovered just five hours after the download was made available, mars the launch of Firefox 3.0.

CardSpace, the authentication system provided with .NET Framework 3.0, suffers from the same security shortcomings as its predecessor according to a German research team.

A flaw in versions of Adobe Flash Player prior to the latest release allows for remote code execution on affected systems, and is being actively exploited by crackers.

Newspapers have revealed a device given to law enforcement agencies by Microsoft which allows users to bypass security features built into Windows.

Microsoft has released a security advisory alerting customers to the possibility for a privilege escalation attack against all current Windows releases - including Vista.

A cracker has downloaded a series of databases containing personal information on Harvard University applicants and made the files available to all via BitTorrent.