Apple on Wednesday issued much-anticipated updates for its Mac OS X and iOS mobile operating system, adding support for its new iCloud service and fixing a bevy of security flaws in the process. The new mobile operating system, iOS 5, contains approximately 98 security fixes, according to the company's  release notes. ...

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

The New York Stock Exchange's website experienced slowness for a brief period of time Monday afternoon, on the same day that the hacker group "Anonymous" called for an attack against the Big Board operator's site. There was some intermittent bandwidth saturation that prompted slowness on the site, according to a person ...

L33tdawg: Online registration is now closed but walk in registrations are still accepted (USD505 / MYR1599) - See you guys on the 12th @ InterContinental Kuala Lumpur! Security conference Hack In The Box returns to Kuala Lumpur this October 10-13. Besides the usual state-of-security talks, there will also be discussions ...

HackWEEKDAY, a 24-hour code off that will run alongside the 9th annual Hack In The Box Security Conference 2011 Kuala Lumpur (HITBSecConf2011KUL) will be offering a cash prize of US$1337 and recruitment opportunities for winning developers. This is the first weekday hackthon in Malaysia. Kicking off at 13:37 (GMT+8) on 12 ...

Steven P. Jobs, the Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder who pioneered the personal computer industry and changed the way people think about technology, died Wednesday. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives," Apple said in a statement. "The world ...

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

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.

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