While java hacks are an almost weekly occurrence,a zero-day exploit discovered yesterday looks set to become unusually disruptive,as Oracle has so far offered no solution,and experts are recommending users turn off Java off unless ...
Tags: Java exploit, attacks escalate, Oracle, Java 7
Security firm Entrust has announced that it is withdrawing from a voluntary online security standards organisation that it co-founded and co-chaired for six years. The move follows the introduction of a mandatory Intellectual Property ...
Tags: SSL, CA/Browser Forum, Security firm, the IPR policy
Google engineers have volunteered the company's VP8 video codec for an emerging standards project,called WebRTC,that could provide a real time communications protocol for the Web. "We believe that the WebRTC effort represents an ...
Tags: Google, VP8 video codec, WebRTC, a real-time communications protocol
Facebook is to expand its reward scheme for hackers who uncover vulnerabilities in its products to include network vulnerabilities. Details of the expanded scheme are to be announced this week at the DefCon Hacking Conference in Las ...
Tags: Facebook, network vulnerabilities, hackers, DefCon Hacking Conference
When a former Mozilla employee knocked the company's accelerated release schedule as having "killed Firefox's reputation," he got more than he bargained for. Comments by Jono Xia in a July 5 post to his personal blog ...
Tags: Desktop Apps, USA, Mozilla, Firefox
Microsoft today patched 16 vulnerabilities, including one in Windows that's been exploited for weeks and two in Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in the first-in-years back-to-back browser update. Of Tuesday's nine security updates, three were ...
Tags: Microsoft, USA, Windows, Internet Explorer
Mozilla rebranded its mobile operating system -- which it's been working on for more than a year -- as Firefox OS to tie it with its best-known product, the Firefox browser. Smartphones powered by the new Firefox OS will be manufactured ...
Tags: Mozilla, Firefox OS Phones, Smartphones, mobile operating system
Computerworld-European Union(EU)antitrust regulators today threatened Microsoft with more fines,potentially massive ones in the billions of dollars,after the company failed to make good on its promise to offer consumers there a choice of ...
Tags: European Union, Microsoft, Browser Choice
A US hi-tech investment bank with$20bn in assets has opened its first UK branch offering banking and loan services to the technology industry. Silicon Valley Bank(SVB),a subsidiary of SVB Financial Group,is looking for UK customers in the ...
Tags: Financial Support, SVB, Life Science, Hi-Tech Investment Bank