New Apple flaw lets hackers change your Apple ID and iCloud passwords (updated)

After announcing two-factor authentication to protect your accounts yesterday, a new vulnerability that allows hackers to change your password without answering security questions surfaced today.

Microsoft reveals hole in IE, urges people to update their browsers (updated)

Update your browsers if you're running Internet Explorer 8, 7, or 6. Microsoft admitted that it is fixing a hole in those browser versions that may let attackers take over your computer.

Samsung, Dell printers contain admin backdoor hard coded in firmware

The backdoor operates over SNMP, the simple network management protocol, and remains active even when SNMP is disabled.

Apple subsidiary AuthenTec actually DID patch its Windows security software (in September!)

This is a I-screwed-up post. And it's a clear-the-air post.

New hole in Java opens doors to more Mac malware

A new vulnerability in Java 7 may let hackers attack Apple computers, bringing back memories of the recent Flashback trojan that may have been stealing up to $10,000 a day in ad revenue.

HTC Android phones may have “massive security vulnerability”

If you’ve got one of HTC’s popular Android phones, such as the Evo 4G, Evo 3D or Thunderbolt, your phone may be giving apps you’ve installed a huge amount of personal data — information that you didn’t authorize those apps …