Word is out that Apple will ship all new Mac OS X machines without Adobe Flash Player pre-installed.

In this guest editorial, security research professional Michal Zalewski argues that the government should stay away from compulsory certification and licensing in the security industry.

The Google Chrome 6.0, available in stable and beta channels for Windows, Mac, and Linux, patches a total of 15 documented security vunerabilities.

The vulnerabilities expose Windows users to remote code execution attacks via maliciously crafted Web sites.

Malicious hackers are using the Google Code repository to host Trojans horses, backdoors and password stealing keyloggers

Microsoft has released a Fix-It tool to help mitigate the latest DLL load hijacking issue that exposes Windows users to remote code execution attacks.

RealNetworks has shipped a critical update to address multiple vulnerabilities, some serious enough to allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information.

Hopefully, this should be the last clue: “If you’ve found the p(f+) in a fingerprint, you should be able to find the key.”

The vulnerabilities, rated “critical,” affect Shockwave Player 11.5.7.609 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh.

The patch includes fixes for security holes in several open-source components, including ClamAV and PHP.