China on Monday dismissed accusations of any official involvement in hacking attacks on Google and other U.S. companies, adding to tension between the two countries over the issue.

Vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to infect victims with malware and take control of an infected machine.

Eight critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer were repaired in Microsoft's rushed security update. All supported versions of IE are affected.

The telephone-based out-of-band authentication vendor adds voice recognition technology for banks and government agencies.

Managed SIM services started to gain momentum over the past two years, largely due to compliance mandates such as the Payment Card Industry data security requirements.

As Microsoft patched the Internet Explorer zero-day used to break into Google's network, it acknowledged that it had known of the bug since August 2009, when an Israeli security company reported the flaw.

In a report likely to make IT administrators tear out their hair, most users still rely on easy passwords, some as simple as "123456," to access their accounts.

Patch being released Thursday repairs multiple flaws in Internet Explorer, including a zero-day vulnerability being exploited in ongoing attacks against corporate users.

Patch will block ongoing attacks targeting Internet Explorer 6. Exploit code is available targeting all versions of IE.

Arbor Networks Inc. survey finds angst over botnet attacks targeting underlying systems, including DNS, load balancers and other back-end infrastructure.