A number of BitDefender users, whose 64-bit Windows systems stopped working or were unable to be rebooted after updating their security programs, vented their frustration by flooding the antivirus (AV) vendor's forum pages over the weekend.

The UK arm of the Pirate Party has posted its 2010 manifesto, saying that it will focus efforts on copyright reform, privacy protection and freedom of speech.

Russian authorities have nabbed the man accused of masterminding a coordinated global ATM heist of $9.5 million from Atlanta-based card processing company RBS WorldPay.

It was supposed to display how the modern Conservative Party could harness the power of the internet. Instead, the Tories’ latest attempt to engage the web backfired spectacularly.

The German government has issued an official statement advising people not to use Firefox pending the release of a patch to defend against a critical unpatched vulnerability.

Прошлой осенью мы уже составляли для тебя календарь интересных хакерских мероприятий на осень-зиму 2009 – в него вошли самые заметные форумы, конференции, lan-пати и прочие ивенты.

Мы все используем смайлики в Твиттере или в чатах. Но часто мы не можем написать ничего сложнее :) или ;). А теперь посмотрите, что понапридумывали японцы! И все это в юникоде и можно юзать в Твиттере!

Fiesta, Fire-Pack, IcePack, Tornado и множество других связок сплоитов знает мир хакеров, но ни одна из них не написана на Python'е. В одноименной статье мы показали, как этот пробел может быть устранен. А теперь посмотрим на получившийся сплоит-пак в действии.

The maker of Energizer brand batteries is continuing to serve its customers a file laced with a data-stealing trojan more than 24 hours after the company was notified of the threat and almost two weeks after it promised to fix the problem.

Google has released a new development tool aimed at uncovering security holes in web applications.

Mozilla is preparing to release Firefox 3.6.2, which will address a critical security vulnerability present in Firefox 3.6. The vulnerability in question, was reported by security researcher Evgeny Legerov last month. However, his initial reluctance to directly communicate with Mozilla prolonged the development time for the patch.

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series emulator has been cracked.

Computer hacker Albert Gonzalez deserves a quarter-century behind bars for leading a gang of cyberthieves who stole tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from a transaction processor and several giant retail chains, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing Thursday night.

Microsoft is continuing to look into ways to make social computing services part of business users’ lives with a new pilot program for something called “OfficeTalk”.

The annual Pwn2Own contest starts today at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada.

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices.