Security

Your cell phone number: To give or not to give

More and more companies assume your phone is your second-factor authentication, raising potential for abuse

Microsoft on KB 3004394 patch: Uninstall it … pretty please

It's official: If you installed KB 3004394, you need to uninstall the patch manually

KB 2553154, 2726958 clobber Excel ActiveX; KB 3011970 Silverlight, KB 3004394 Root Cert pulled

KB 3008923 crashes IE, KB 3002339 still hanging on install, KB 2986475 still pulled -- but there's a small silver lining

Today’s multiheaded malware needs a multipronged solution

By analyzing and predicting process behavior, a new approach to endpoint protection overcomes the limitations of traditional AV detection and sandboxing

In threat assessment, the ‘who’ matters

Knowing who could come after you helps you prepare the appropriate defenses and response

Microsoft pulls Exchange Server 2010 SP3 update rollup 8, KB 2986475

The company says that if you started deploying update rollup 8, you need to roll it back

CNTL + ALT + Defeat?!? The anatomy of government hacking

A comprehensive look at the scope and rationale behind the surge in hacking afflicting government IT services

Botched KB 3004394 triggers error messages, but no response from Microsoft

That's not the only bad patch in yesterday's release: There's also an easily fixed error that prevents KB 3002339 from installing

Over 30 vulnerabilities found in Google App Engine

Over 30 vulnerabilities found in Google App Engine

Security researchers escaped the Java sandbox on the cloud platform and executed code on the underlying system