Apple released a security update for its Safari Web browser on Wednesday. Available for Windows and Mac, Safari 4.0.4 plugs what sound like moderate to severe security holes. Unlike competitors Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, Apple doesn’t rate the severity of its security fixes.
The security fixes address a wide range of problem points. On [...]

Microsoft on Tuesday issued six security bulletins fixing 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical patch for holes in the Windows kernel and other Windows and Office components that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer.
The critical bulletin affecting the Kernel-Mode Drivers was publicly disclosed and could be used to create a Web [...]

A story recently surfaced saying malware could plant child porn on innocent people’s computers without their knowledge. Just how real is this threat? And how can you keep it from happening to you?
Being accused of possessing child pornography can ruin people’s reputations, confront them with overwhelming legal bills and, if convicted, and deprive them [...]

In a move that’s sure to please a few million Windows users and break the hearts of a handful of anti-virus companies, Microsoft has now finally made the non-beta version of its Security Essentials software available to the general public, and it’s not even asking that you throw a launch party to get it [...]

We’ve had no shortage of reports about worms lately, with the Conficker virus making its way into the core of computers around the world, spreading fear and hate, and even grounding a few planes along its way. Today, though, we present a story about a very different type of worm: a real, live, earthworm. [...]