Security

Elite hacker gang has unlimited supply of zero-day bugs

Group dubbed 'Elderwood' has exploited eight unpatched IE and Flash flaws in the last 20+ months

Firefox 15.0.1 fixes bug that exposed websites visited in private browsing mode

Firefox 15.0 bug caused temporary Internet files to be saved on the disk for websites visited in 'Private Browsing' mode

Tool allows Mac OS X hackers with root access to easily extract keychain data

Developer creates tool to easily decrypt the keychain data of local Mac OS X users from the root account

Secure data in any cloud application using a single encryption system

Microsoft: Avoid a (bad) October surprise, lengthen RSA certificates now

Microsoft urges a long-overdue security upgrade

Vendor cybercrime report in the hot seat again

One expert called the loss figure in Norton report 'preposterous,' noting the number might 50 times too high

Apple plugs Java hole, shifts away from plug-in

By turning off Java by default, Apple is making customers choose whether to take the risk in using the troubled browser software

Insider security threat gets a serious look by US security agencies

Homeland Security, Secret Service, CERT study takes an in-depth look at 80 insider security cases, looking for patterns, behaviors

Virus infects a banking Trojan, leaving both operative

SpiderLabs discovers banking malware that became infected by a well-known virus

Windows 8 ‘doesn’t move the needle’ on security, says Symantec

Plans to issue several 'Modern' apps in October