In the last seven days: Ubuntu 11.10, CyanogenMod 7.1, the passing of Dennis Ritchie, German Federal Trojan cracked, Linux 3.1 approaches, Adobe contributes to WebKit, updates for Mac OS X and iOS, plus Patch Tuesday and more

McAfee has announced that it has acquired NitroSecurity, a privately held Security Information and Event Management provider, for an undisclosed sum

Some of HTC's Android phones include software that tears a hole in the operating system's security and enables other applications to spy on users' data

An update to Google's Chrome browser (stable and beta versions) should repair the damage caused by a false alarm from Microsoft Security Essentials virus scanner

In the last seven days: Firefox 7, GTK+ 3.2, Tiny Core 4.0, Tizen announced, more on the SSL/TLS vulnerability, a Kernel.org status update, and

The newly released IPCop 2.0 Linux firewall includes kernel and software updates, runs on Cobalt, Sparc and PPC systems and brings a revised user interface and OpenVPN VPN software

In the last seven days: Linux 3.1 approaches slowly, spying on TV viewing habits, Android for the HP TouchPad, Flash updates, and more

In the last seven days: GNOME 3.2's second beta, the return of the BIOS trojans, Facebook stalkers, security breaches at the Linux Foundation and utorrent, and more

The government and private companies involved in the UK's critical infrastructure both come under fire for neither understanding nor being properly prepared for the threats posed by cyber-crime. A national cyber-security culture needs to be developed

In response to criticism from several European data protection authorities, Google is to provide owners of Wi-Fi systems an opt-out that will prevent their system's information being used for location-based services