Gregg Keizer

Several prominent Mac security researchers have reported that they received invitations to try out the Lion preview. But security experts who accept the challenge must keep their findings a secret

Originally slated for release on Feb. 14, the security updates for the cross-site request forgery bug was held while Mozilla developers investigated a bug that affected some, though not all, users of the betas. Find out more

The company said it hasn't found a way to hijack PCs using SMB bug. The flaw in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) network and file-sharing protocol was disclosed Monday by someone identified only as " Cupidon-3005" on the Full Disclosure security mailing list

The patches won't stymie hacks at next months' Pwn2Own contest, says expert

The big question, however, is whether new CDMA iPhones will be part of June WWDC keynote slate

The company adds prize money to this year's Pwn2Own browser hacking contest. The event will be held at next month's CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver

The company says the dramatic drop was caused by US$1.7 billion added to same quarter in 2009 for free upgrades to Windows 7. Plus, commentary from a Directions on Microsoft analyst

A Canadian expert believes a simple order to Egypt's ISPs to change their BGP router configuations was all that was needed to kill Internet access in the troubled country