Microsoft has released the December Patch Tuesday security bulletin, with a total of six alerts. The most significant issue covered is a serious vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser software.

VB has issued a call for submissions for the next VB100 comparative, to be run next month on Microsoft’s much-anticipated new version of Windows, Windows 7, with a deadline for submissions less than a week after the scheduled public release date for the new platform.

Independent testing body AV-Comparatives have released the results of their latest round of on demand anti-malware scanning tests, produced twice a year and featuring a selection of leading products.

Microsoft’s release of its free Security Essentials product this week sparked the expected barrage of views and opinions from all angles, from those hailing the release as the end of the AV industry to those slating the free product as inadequate and pointless.

Security site Check Point has issued a set of updates which correct a compatibility issue with the latest Microsoft security update. The company has posted updated versions of its ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, Pro, Antivirus, Anti-Spyware and Basic Firewall offerings. The updates correct an error caused by the latest Microsoft security update. One of the [...]

Popularity – the elusive Holy Grail sought by many a geek during the school years. In that social setting, you paid a price for not being popular. The irony is that in today’s technology setting the reverse is true: being popular often paints a target on your back – just ask Microsoft and the thousands [...]

Global security provider Symantec has launched Norton Smartphone Security, a product that, the company states, is the first consumer mobile security offering to provide a security solution for both Windows and Symbian OS run mobile phones. The solution is intended to give users a safeguard against the raft of threats and attacks aimed at mobiles.Con [...]

IDC has noted that surfing the Web remains a very dangerous endeavor as criminal hackers and bot herders increasingly corrupt websites, planting Web browser-based attacks used to steal personal information or plant malware on an unsuspecting public.And according to Andrew McKee from security vendor Check Point, browser security should be seen as an essential and [...]

Security software giant Symantec yesterday reported year end revenue ahead of expectations. In a statement, Symantec CEO John Thompson called the company’s current offerings "the strongest product portfolio we’ve had in years."

BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender antivirus analysts have uncovered a spam-sending scheme of Byzantine complexity. The discovery came with the identification of spam e-mails which claim to contain links to videos. When users try to click and see the video, they are instead prompted [...]