Apple yesterday released a huge Safari update that fixes 16 vulnerabilities – six for Windows versions and ten for Mac OS X and Windows. The update, Safari 4.0.5, makes fixes in Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and Windows versions. This is …

The FBI has said it will be checking to see if any federal wiretapping or computer-related laws were broken by a Pennsylvania school district in connection with an incident in which someone turned on the webcam in a school-issued computer …

It’s the time of year to make predictions. I only have one: in 2010, governments around the world will BEGIN to increase their efforts to do something about the massive malware threat that every Internet user on the planet faces. …

I’m happy to say that in the latest comparatives testing by Virus Bulletin (this time, on Windows 7), VIPRE received the VB100 award in its first time entering  the test.    More from our propoganda department here. Alex Eckelberry

It’s become a sort of intermittent tradition here to upload buckets of screen shots of rogue antivirus programs. So here’s a perspective for 2009, loaded on my Flickr account. Acknowldgement to Patrick Jordan, in our malware research team. Alex Eckelberry

Let’s see, have we heard this point-counterpoint before? Statement: “64-bit Windows has some of the lowest reported malware infection rates in the first half of 2009,”(Joe Faulhaber of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center). Counter statement: yes, but pretty soon that’s …

Red phish, blue phish, this is a new phish: From: Mobile IDisk [noreply01@me.com] [mailto:noreply01@me.com]Date: November 8, 2009 5:25:10 PM CSTTo: [*****]Subject: **Your subscription expires tomorrow…* Welcome, Just a reminder to renew your MobileMe subscription by November 08,2009 PDT to avoid …

Not everyone may realize this, but it’s worth noting that all Microsoft Signature PCs (name-brand computers sold at their online and retail stores) include Microsoft Security Essentials pre-installed. Microsoft isn’t making the mistake of competing with their own OEM customers …

We are pleased to announce the acquisition of Los Angeles-based hosted email filtering company Katharion. Through this acquisition, we will be able to offer a hosted email filtering, anti-spam and anti-virus service later this quarter. “This is the next step …

I’ve hemmed and hawed about saying anything about Microsoft Security Essentials. However, I’m getting requests as to my position on the issue. Generally, my feelings on MSE are as follows: It is not a Microsoft conspiracy to take over the …