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• New zero-day exploit targets Adobe Reader

  Adobe Systems Inc. Tuesday confirmed that it's investigating reports that its popular PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader, contains a critical vulnerability.

• Microsoft patches 'insane' number of bugs

  Microsoft Corp. Tuesday issued eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Excel and other parts of its software portfolio, a collection of fixes one researcher called "insane."<br/>

• Firefox patches zero-day, hacking contest bugs

  Just days after a hacker released code that could be used to attack the Firefox browser, Mozilla developers have a fix.

• Hackers exploit unpatched Adobe Reader bug

  Hackers have been exploiting a critical bug in Adobe Reader, the popular PDF-viewing software, for at least nine days, researchers said Friday, but a patch may not be ready for another three weeks.

• BlackBerry bug threatens Windows users

  Research In Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, Tuesday warned users of a critical bug that can expose Windows users to attack.

• Removing admin rights stymies 92% of Microsoft's bugs

  Nine of out 10 critical bugs reported by Microsoft last year could have been made moot, or at least made less dangerous, if people ran Windows without administrative rights, a developer of enterprise rights management software claimed Tuesday.

• Microsoft confirms newest IE bug went unpatched yesterday

  Microsoft today said it's investigating reports of a new unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that did not get patched in yesterday's massive update.

• ActiveX bugs pose threat to Vista, Microsoft reports

  Although computers running Windows Vista are significantly less likely to be infected with attack code than machines running Windows XP, the newer operating system continues to be threatened by Microsoft's own ActiveX browser plug-in technology, according to a report issued Monday by the company.