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Universal Plug and Play recommended to be disabled January 30th, 2013 - 10:30 am ET The UPnP - Universal Plug and Play – network protocol is suffering from a vulnerability installed in thousands of devices. The US-CERT recommends disabling the protocol if ...

A large critical fault found in Skype (Update) November 14th, 2012 - 04:02 pm ET A security vulnerability has been discovered in the Skype service. All a hacker requires is an email address to be able to take control of an account. The exploitation of this ...

Windows 8: a 0-day fault announced November 02nd, 2012 - 10:20 am ET French security group VUPEN has claimed that he has discovered a vulnerability which can be immediately executed in the Windows 8 operating system and IE10.

Internet Explorer: corrected in a few days September 19th, 2012 - 09:10 am ET Affected by a 0-day fault, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will receive a corrective patch while an update is developed.

Internet Explorer: 0-day vulnerability September 18th, 2012 - 09:10 am ET From versions 6 to 9, a security vulnerability in Internet Explorer is currently being exploited by attackers.

Flash player security update denied to IE10 in Windows 8 RTM September 07th, 2012 - 04:25 pm ET Microsoft will wait for the commercial release of Windows 8 to update the Flash Player plug-in integrated into Windows Explorer 10 by default.

Hacking Google Chrome: 2 million dollars up for grabs August 17th, 2012 - 10:45 am ET For the second edition of the Pwnium hacking competition, Google is offering up to 2 million dollars in rewards.

MasterCard and Visa: 10 million cards compromised? April 03rd, 2012 - 01:30 am ET A computer attack in the United States against a third party service provider may have exposed the banking details of millions of MasterCard and Visa holders.

YouPorn chat service compromised February 23rd, 2012 - 09:55 am ET Thousands of email addresses and passwords to an instant messaging service on the YouPorn.com pornographic streaming site have been compromised.

Google, Facebook: paid security bugs February 13th, 2012 - 05:00 pm ET Google and Facebook have paid researchers who have found security bugs. Their hunt for bugs has cost the companies more than a million dollars.