Trillian, a popular all-in-one instant messaging suite that handles AOL IM, Yahoo, MSN and even Internet relay chat (IRC) communications, has issued an update that corrects at least three very serious security flaws in the program. The vulnerabilities, found in both the Pro and Basic (free) versions of Trillian, earned a “highly critical” rating from [...]
Time shift dances the light fantastic Boffins at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are trialling advanced optical techniques aimed at reducing the price of quantum cryptography systems.… Read more…
Apple on Wednesday released an update to fix at least 40 different security holes in computers powered by its Mac OS X operating system and other software, including a just-in-time update to fix a dangerous vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player that is being rather heavily exploited at the moment in Microsoft Windows versions of [...]
Every other week, when I host a Security Fix Live chat with our readers, I almost always hear gripes from Symantec users complaining about how various Norton software titles are causing their PCs to operate sluggishly. Well, the folks at Symantec want you to know they are working to improve speed and efficiency in next [...]
At least 20,000 pawns recruited Updated Security researchers from Symantec have clarified an earlier report of attack code in the wild that targets a previously unknown vulnerability in the latest version of Adobe Flash. They now say current versions of Adobe’s stand-alone Flash application are vulnerable, but that updated browser plug-ins are not.… Read more…