Staying on top of the latest in software/hardware security research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks.
Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues.
Dancho Danchev is an independent security consultant and cyber threats analyst, with extensive experience in open source intelligence gathering, malware and cybercrime incident response.
Jeff Jones has expanded his project to count security flaws (publicly reported and fixed) in the major workstation operating systems and his latest numbers show Windows Vista has by far the best security profile when compared to the major Linux distributions.
Researchers at eEye Digital Security has found several high-risk code execution holes in the Yahoo Messenger instant messaging program.
Research from Google's new anti-malware team suggests that Microsoft's IIS server features "twice as often" as a server firing drive-by malware downloads.
Mozilla security chief Window Snyder is pouring cold water on a claim by an independent researcher that there's a major security hole in the Firefox browser.
This morning on the Howard Stern radio show, 'Baba Booey' came into the studio to help with a live commercial for Lifelock, an identity theft anti-fraud service that makes an eye-opening guarantee to its customers.After hearing the ad, I scribbled a note to check it out for a possible story down the road when I saw Wired's Kim Zetter pointing to an investigative piece by the Phoenix New Times on the troubling background of Robert J.
Microsoft security whiz Michael Howard is urging developers in the Windows ecosystem to adopt fuzz testing as a critical part of the software creation process, stressing that the use of fuzzers can dramatically reduce the number of potential security vulnerabilities.
Polish hacker Michal Zalewski's has ratcheted up his ongoing assault on Web browser security models, releasing details on serious flaws in fully patched versions of IE 6, IE 7 and Firefox 2.0.
A Web application security specialist has figured out a way to launch sophisticated man-in-the-middle attacks against a computer with a fully patched Google Desktop installed.
Google has hurriedly fixed a gaping hole in its Web page removal request tool after outsiders discovered they could traverse up the directory root, browse folders and find weak database passwords.
Mozilla has released a new version of its flagship Firefox browser with fixes for five security vulnerabilities, one carrying a "critical" rating.