LinuxSecurity.com: Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches from multiple vendors soon after their release. PSI 2.0 is now available in an open beta test,

LinuxSecurity.com: When you open up a browser session and visit Web sites and click on hyperlinks, do you feel a little apprehensive about the possibility of drive-by malware getting installed on your PC? I sure do, even though I keep my antivirus/antimalware software and other security measures active and up to date. I might be a little paranoid, but for good reason.

LinuxSecurity.com: Twitter officially disabled Basic authentication this week, the final step in the company's transition to mandatory OAuth authentication. Sadly, Twitter's extremely poor implementation of the OAuth standard offers a textbook example of how to do it wrong.

LinuxSecurity.com: Late in July 2010, we assessed over 21 solutions that were submitted to the Forensic Challenge on VOIP. The solutions were exceptionally high quality. It is fair to say that we all learnt a lot about this emerging threat in the process of preparing this challenge.

LinuxSecurity.com: It happens every day -- a sensitive document lies in the copier room, forgotten by the person who left it on the scanner. No big deal, right? Nobody else was able to read it.

LinuxSecurity.com: Malicious hackers are using the Google Code repository to host Trojans horses, backdoors and password stealing keyloggers, according to researchers at Zscaler.

LinuxSecurity.com: A quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team "Tomorrow's WikiLeakers may have to be sneakier than just dumping military docs onto a Lady Gaga disc. The futurists at Darpa are working on a project that would make it harder for troops to funnel classified material to WikiLeaks - or to foreign governments.

LinuxSecurity.com: IBM's security researchers seem to have located the problem. And it is IBM. Last Wednesday, IBM's X-Force security research team published its twice-annual study tracking the latest vulnerabilities and new attacks online.

LinuxSecurity.com: In an attempt to help secure the world from hackers while using a public hotspot, Private WiFi has officially launched its WiFi Encryption Software. Until Sept., users can qualify for a month free of the hacker proof service.

LinuxSecurity.com: Tomorrow's WikiLeakers may have to be sneakier than just dumping military docs onto a Lady Gaga disc. The futurists at Darpa are working on a project that would make it harder for troops to funnel classified material to WikiLeaks - or to foreign governments. And that means if you work for the military, get ready to have your web, email and other network usage monitored even more than it is now.

LinuxSecurity.com: That nice, new computerized car you just bought could be hackable. Of course, your car is probably not a high-priority target for most malicious hackers. But security experts tell CNET that car hacking is starting to move from the realm of the theoretical to reality, thanks to new wireless technologies and evermore dependence on computers to make cars safer, more energy efficient, and modern.

LinuxSecurity.com: Comodo, a leading Internet security organization, announced today that it is offering a FREE annual subscription to BuyerTrust, a trustmark that is displayed on websites to build trust and confidence, with the purchase of any Comodo SSL Certificate.