Gregg Keizer

Articles by Gregg Keizer

Firm points finger at Iran for SSL certificate theft

Bogus certificates obtained for Google, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo sites. Comodo's security blog offered more details of the Iranian connection and claimed that at least two Iranian IP addresses and one ISP were involved

Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update

Takes advantage of deal with Adobe to push zero-day fix a week before others get protection. Adobe said it would patch Flash Player for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux sometime next week, but did not put a date on the calendar

iPad 2 shortages continue, relief months away

'Apple misread demand,' says one analyst. In 2008, iPhone 3G shipping delays extended for more than a month at Apple's U.S. carrier partner AT&T, although Apple had sufficient supplies to meet demand within three weeks

Microsoft: IE9’s better because rivals ‘dilute’ their efforts

The software giant said that because it only develops for Windows, its newest browser is the best for the operating system. But according to a Mozilla developer, Microsoft's claim of full hardware acceleration is 'a myth'

Microsoft puts hand on Office XP plug, ready to pull

The company is reminding everyone that the 10-year-old suite will exit support in July. Microsoft urged users to upgrade to a newer edition

Google’s Chrome untouched at Pwn2Own hack match

Scheduled attackers don't show, or pass on exploiting sandboxed browser. The search giant had promised to pay $20,000 to the first researcher who broke into Chrome on the hacking contest's opening day

Mozilla patches Firefox to prep for Pwn2Own

The open source browser maker is following Google, quashing 11 bugs, including a CSRF flaw that worried Adobe. The updates were the first for Firefox since December

Apple’s new MacBook Pros reveal quality concerns

Excess thermal paste shows 'shoddy assembly work,' says expert. The refreshed MacBook Pro models launched last Thursday in what one analyst called a "ho-hum" upgrade

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