Security

Web hosting firms at risk from critical vulnerability in WHMCS billing and support system

WHMCS developers released security updates to close publicly disclosed SQL injection vulnerability

With IPO looming, Twitter takes on losses, wary investors

In wake of Facebook's tumultuous IPO, Twitter needs to come out strong

Microsoft dings Ballmer’s bonus over Windows 8, Surface RT struggles

The penalty is equivalent to half the cost of a cup of coffee at McDonalds to the average American

US indicts 13 Anonymous members for DDoS attacks

The 13 persons were alleged to have been involved in DDoS attacks as a part of Anonymous' Operation Payback campaign

Hackers steal information on 2.9 million Adobe customers

Source code for some Adobe products also was stolen

NSA Leaker Snowden May Have Had Help

Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack

Eight updates will plug holes in IE, Windows, Office, SharePoint and Silverlight

Google adds pix search to Chrome, squashes 50 bugs

Pays $27,000 in bug bounties to a baker's dozen of outside researchers

Mozilla unmasks security flaw in Persona, warns other OpenID implementers

OpenID-related vulnerability could have allowed attackers to impersonate users on websites using Mozilla Persona authentication

EU government telco provider was subjected to major attack

Malware was so sophisticated it could only have come from a nation state