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Microsoft's folding its Trustworthy Computing group into two other groups, along with related staff cuts, raise questions among security professionals.

Distributed-denial-of-service attacks that target the Bash flaws known as Shellshock have spiked in recent days.

The latest Internet security bug could allow attackers to take control of millions of computers and devices and reverberate for years.

The Bash software bug, which could affect more than half of all web servers, is being called the most serious cybersecurity threat every by some security experts.

The recently discovered Shellshock - or Bash - vulnerability is being actively targeted bymalware gangs, who appear to have already claimed more than 700 victims.

A day after the Department of Homeland Security advised Internet users and corporations about a newly discovered software bug that could affect hundreds of millions of systems, hackers had already begun exploiting the bug and companies were rushing to fix the issue for their users.

A programming flaw dubbed the “Bash Bug,” or more ominously “Shellshock,” is being described as potential threat to millions of computers, servers, medical devices, power plants and municipal water systems and even common objects such as refrigerators and cameras.

Here are some common questions and answers about the latest security scare.

CGI-based web servers are the biggest target, but other web servers, hosting services, embedded systems, Mac OSX, and IoT endpoints are all at risk

Trend Micro includes a number of suite-level extras in its entry-level antivirus, leaving me to wonder what I'd find in the full-scale security suite.