Homeland Security: Sorry, Oracle, your fix isn’t good enough

The Department of Homeland Security says, despite Oracle's recent Java patch, that you should keep Java disabled to "mitigate other Java vulnerabilities that may be discovered in the future."

Protect yourself before you wreck yourself: 5 security resolutions for 2013

It's time to get your resolutions in for 2013 and while it'd be great to drink more water or get out for a run every morning, you should add getting security savvy to the list.

Report suggests malware hits Iran atomic organization, blasts AC/DC at night

A purported Iran scientist working for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran e-mailed an SOS to F-Secure Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen this weekend, saying the AEOI was under a cyber attack.

Hypponen, who is well-regarded in the security community, …

Apple updates Java again to clean up Mac Flashback Trojan

Apple released a second update to its form of Java today that will clean up “the most common variants” of the Flashback Trojan affecting Mac computers.

The Java update will not only clean up these variants, but will also disable …

F-Secure releases automated Mac tool to clean up the Flashback Trojan

Security company F-Secure released a tool today to automate the detection and clean-up of the Flashback Trojan. The virus has been infecting Mac computers, which are generally mistaken as impervious to viruses.

The tool can be downloaded from F-Secure’s website …