One respected security researcher wants to legalize the hacking of federal government and military websites -- and he wants everyone to hear him out.

A new threat dubbed "Nine-Ball" has compromised up to 40,000 legitimate websites that are now infecting users with an information-stealing trojan, according to security vendor Websense.

A security researcher plans to raise awareness about how third-party developer sites can be exploited to abuse social networking sites, namely Twitter.

Apple on Monday shipped fixes for multiple vulnerabilities in Java for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. Included was a patch for a gaping hole for which security researcher Landon Fuller recently published a proof-of-concept. Fuller was trying to push Apple to release the updates after Sun, the maker of Java, already plugged the holes months ago. The most serious of the vulnerabilities patched Monday could enable an attacker to infect users who simply visit a website hosting a malicious Java applet. — DK

The Firefox web browser has been patched for security flaws, four of which were identified as "critical" by Mozilla.

The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too.

Apple is the third largest PC maker with about an eight percent market share. This hasn't gone unnoticed by hackers.

Modern security and policy compliance assessment solutions coalesce IT security and regulatory management efforts more effectively.

It seems information security is getting to the front line of business imperatives. More than ever before, executives are giving IT security and data protection initiatives the attention they've required for some time