The mantra has always been "build it and they will come."  But too often it's translated to "build it with vulnerabilities and hope they won't notice." When it comes to TrendNet's web-capable cameras, unfortunately, the world has noticed.  

In April this year, a vulnerability was discovered in a commonly used critical infrastructure Web Access product.  Exploitable code was also made available.  The manufacturer has announced that no patch will be released.

Late this afternoon First State Super made its first public statement on the so-called hacking scandal.  With zero contrition.

When a kindly soul discovers a trivially simple security bug and then posts it to the organization concerned, the last thing he expects is a warning letter from the lawyers and a visit from the police.

With Australia’s multicultural “Special Broadcasting Service” or SBS TV network the latest major company to see its site attacked by hackers and modified to deliver malware, the loudly ringing security wake-up call ratchets up a few decibles more.

Apple has released iOS security updates that plug a vulnerability that's been used to jailbreak devices. Before the howls of protest start, remember that such vulnerabilities can also be used for evil.

Now that a patch is available, the organisation that found the Mac Skype vulnerability is openly discussing the issue.  We recommend users get the update quickly.

If you’re running Skype on a Mac, the word has come that you need to apply a free update to whack a worm and make it squirm and scoot off into oblivion.

The first Patch Tuesday for 2011 has proved a quiet affair with just two bulletins from Microsoft, only one of which is rated critical.

Microsoft has warned its customers of a vulnerability in Windows' graphics rendering engine. No patch is available yet, but the company is unaware of any attacks using the vulnerability.