vulnerabilities

Making a case for password reuse, Google hiring hackers to fix the Internet, Apple bolsters security across its services with strong Crypto, plus various fixes and more.

This week: the first mobile malware turns 10; we check in on Android security news and recent data breaches; and we fill you in on the week’s patches.

Many Internet-connected smart home systems contain vulnerabilities that could expose the owners of those systems to physical and digital theft.

On Friday, Apple released an urgent update to iOS 6 and 7. The only fix in the update is well worth bothering yourself with the update process, and doing it

About 39% of commercial companies in the past two years have experienced information security incidents generated by vulnerabilities in legitimate software. This data is presented in the survey “Global Corporate

Kaspersky Lab expert Denis Maslennikov explains the vulnerabilities and possible threats of mobile banking apps.

David Lenoe, Adobe PSIRT group manage, discusses the Sandbox bypass press release which offered only partial disclosure, leaving much to be left unaddressed in terms of potential vulnerabilities. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMnF3xDnAQg&feature=youtu.be?rel=0]

Software vulnerabilities are published every day, by the hundreds, and most users don’t think much about them, aside from them time it takes them to update their software. But when