An attacker within range of the wireless access point may be able to brute force the WPS PIN and retrieve the password for the wireless network, change the configuration of the access point, or cause a denial of service.

Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, posted a bulletin on Steam letting users know that hackers gained access to a database containing sensitive information. Read his announcement here.

The Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS) in Hungary has released an open-source toolkit that can find traces of Duqu infections on computer networks.

Researchers from CSIS have monitored 50 different exploit kits, and found out that 31.3 % of users were infected with the virus/malware due to missing security updates.

Adobe’s new Flash Player 11 will include support for 64-bit exploit migitation and support for SSL socket connections.

Another in-the-wild zero-day attack prompts an urgent Flash Player patch from Adobe.

Lockheed Martin and PBS confirmed that they were hacked as the high-profile security breaches are beginning to pile up. Is it time for CEOs to put security on the front burner?

Less that 24 hours after a team of researchers exploited a WebKit security hole to hack into RIM’s BlackBerry smart phone, Google has issued a Chrome browser update to address the vulnerability.

Less that 24 hours after a team of researchers exploited a WebKit security hole to hack into RIM’s BlackBerry smart phone, Google has issued a Chrome browser update to address the vulnerability.

The 600 million user social networking behemoth made a small change to its ‘Relationship Status’ drop down box, and in doing so recognized ‘In a civil union’ and ‘In a domestic partnership’ as valid choices in the way one can report their personal situation on the site.