The kiosk mode for Windows will only remain available for downloading until the end of this year. In June 2011, Microsoft will largely discontinue support

Source code which can be used on programmable developer boards to circumvent the Playstation 3's security systems, analogous to a PS3 Jailbreak, has been released under the name PSGroove

An ancient vulnerability in Internet Explorer allows attackers to access confidential data by importing web pages as style sheets

The TrueCrypt release team has released the first update to version 7.0 of its open source, cross platform, disk encryption tool, addressing a bug that caused some systems to crash when using custom storage device controller drivers

Zeven pretends to be the browsers malware blocker to encourage the user to install a "recommended" update, which turns out to be a rogue antivirus application

Adobe's Flash Player potentially allows web pages to access a computer's web cam and microphone. Using a remote man-in-the-middle attack, the player's settings can be modified so they allow arbitrary web pages to access these components

The free HAVP proxy, combined with free virus scanners for Linux, reduces the risk of falling prey to attacks when browsing the internet on a Windows PC. Its installation is anything but rocket science