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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Mozilla confirms 0-day Firefox flaw

The Mozilla Foundation has confirmed the presence of a zero-day vulnerability in its Firefox browser, but says a patch has already been made for release later this month.

March 22, 2010 | 13:49

Energizer charger spreads Trojan

The Windows software which was bundled with a model of USB-powered battery charger from Energizer has been found to install a Trojan horse program on host systems.

March 9, 2010 | 10:02

Activision explains Infinity Ward reshuffle

Activision has outlined the future of the Call of Duty series and explained the departure of IW studio heads.

March 3, 2010 | 11:01

Infinity Ward boss fired by Activision?

Reports are creeping out which suggest that Infinity Ward heads Vince Zampella and Jason West have been fired by Activision.

March 2, 2010 | 11:24

Pwn2Own 2010 aims at smartphones

Pwn2Own - long a staple of the CanSecWest security conference - is putting more than half of its prize fund towards exploits in popular smartphone platforms.

February 17, 2010 | 11:14

TPM security cracked wide open

California-based security consultant Christopher Tarnovsky wowed audiences at the Black Hat 2010 conference with a presentation on how he broke the Trusted Platform Module.

February 10, 2010 | 13:59

iPhone patch fixes security holes

All iPhone and iPod Touch users are advised to apply Apple's latest update - 3.1.3 - as soon as possible, as it addresses three remotely-exploitable security flaws.

February 4, 2010 | 15:13

Google to pay for Chrome bugs

Google has announced that it is to pay security researchers $500 per bug found in the Chrome or Chromium codebase - rising to $1,337 if the bug is particularly vexing.

February 1, 2010 | 10:16

RockYou passwords stolen

Social networking gadget site RockYou has admitted that 32 million passwords - in plaintext - have been stolen in an SQL injection attack, including third-party site credentials.

December 16, 2009 | 13:28

Windows 7 security courtesy of the NSA

The secretive National Security Agency has described its part in helping Microsoft improve security in its latest version of Windows - which should worry conspiracy theorists.

November 19, 2009 | 10:12

ICO reveals 356 breaches last year

The Information Commissioner's Office has revealed that over 350 individual reports of data loss or theft from private and public sector companies were made last year.

October 27, 2009 | 14:43

Mozilla launches plugin security check

The Mozilla Foundation has launched a page which allows users to check their installed plugins to find vulnerable or outdated versions.

October 15, 2009 | 14:25

Thousands of Hotmail accounts leaked

The details of around ten thousand Hotmail accounts - including passwords - have been leaked to pastebin.com, possibly as the result of a phishing attack.

October 6, 2009 | 10:18

Pretec creates self-destructing SSD

Memory maker Pretec has announced a new SSD line which features a self-destruct feature capable of completely wiping the device in around 0.1 seconds.

September 9, 2009 | 10:07

Security breach downs Mozilla Store

The Mozilla Foundation's online store - where fans can buy Firefox-branded goodies - has been taken offline by a security breach at the ecommerce provider.

August 7, 2009 | 17:04

iPhone SMS hijacking flaw fixed

A bug in the way the iPhone handles SMS messages which can lead to remote code execution - first spotted by security pro Charlie Miller - has been patched by Apple.

August 3, 2009 | 13:12

Adobe flaw leads to Trojan attack

A pair of flaws in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader are being exploited by ne'er-do-wells to drop a Trojan horse onto Windows boxes.

July 26, 2009 | 10:34

T-Mobile denies database crack

T-Mobile has issued a denial that it has suffered any breach of its data security after claims of illegitimate access were posted to the Full Disclosure mailing list.

June 11, 2009 | 09:46

DirectX suffers zero-day vuln

An unpatched vulnerability in the way DirectX handles QuickTime-format media files can lead to remote code execution, according to a security alert from Microsoft.

June 1, 2009 | 09:38

Breach at Berkeley hits 160,000

A security breach on a healthcare system at the University of California at Berkeley which went unnoticed for months has leaked the data on 160,000 individuals.

May 11, 2009 | 10:32

Adobe Reader suffers zero-day vuln

Adobe's popular Reader PDF viewer package is currently under attack by a zero-day vulnerability in its JavaScript implementation - again.

April 29, 2009 | 09:56

Adobe Acrobat suffers JavaScript flaw

Adobe's Acrobat and Acrobat Reader packages are currently under attack from a JavaScript-based exploit, similar to one which afflicted the software back in June.

February 23, 2009 | 12:37

Android browser vulnerability published

Security researcher Charlie Miller has unveiled a rather worrying security hole in Google's Android platform - one which allows for arbitrary code execution.

February 13, 2009 | 15:03