August 19, 2010 5:18 PM PDT
by Seth Rosenblatt

In the wake of Intel’s announcement on Thursday that it intends to purchase software security vendor McAfee, some industry experts are predicting the slow death of McAfee’s consumer security products. While that’s not likely to happen in the near future, just what does the [...]

July 22, 2010 12:29 PM PDT
by Seth Rosenblatt

(Credit:
Apple)

The autofill option in Apple’s
Safari browser can expose personal data without the user’s consent, a security researcher reported on Wednesday. It remains unclear as to whether the problem affects Safari specifically or all WebKit-based browsers, which include Google Chrome. It’s recommended that Safari and [...]

July 1, 2010 12:00 AM PDT
by Seth Rosenblatt

The first beta of Opera 10.60 was released only two weeks ago, and on Thursday it graduates to a wide release and sheds its beta tag. Opera 10.60 for Windows, Mac, and Linux incorporates security enhancements provided by popular freeware antivirus vendor AVG, improves [...]