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Malware -tainted memory cards may have ended up on as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones, a greater number than first suspected, Vodafone said Friday. The problem came to light earlier this month after an employee of Panda Security plugged a newly ordered phone into a Windows computer, where it triggered an alert from the antivirus software.

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Malware infected memory cards of 3,000 Vodafone mobile phones

Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and mobile devices at the forthcoming CanSecWest security conference.

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TippingPoint offers hackers $100,000 for browser and phone exploits

Cisco Wednesday is unveiling new Ethernet access switches and enhanced routers designed to take on more of the jobs frequently handled by separate devices, such as those dedicated to handling video traffic or ensuring network security. Cisco’s latest offerings fit into its Borderless Networks strategy, a concept it introduced with its ISR branch routers last fall . Those routers, dubbed ISR G2, are optimized for video and virtual services, Cisco said at the time

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New Cisco Ethernet switches to play broader video, security roles

Microsoft said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) , but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday, which is April 13, more than four weeks away.

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Microsoft testing fix for critical IE bug

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today’s most pernicious threats.

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The ugly truth: Security vendors can’t solve many threats

The Public Interest Registry will add an extra layer of security known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to the .org domain in June — a move that will protect millions of non-profit organizations and their donors from hacking attacks known as cache poisoning.

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Tighter security coming for .org names

Exploit code for the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer was published on the Web yesterday, a step security pros said earlier would be the precursor to widespread attacks.

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IE zero-day exploit code goes public

The Chinese government is likely behind recent cyberattacks on U.S. government Web sites and on U.S

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Expert says Chinese government likely behind massive cyberattacks

Users of Adobe PDF Reader should check they are running the latest version of the software after the discovery of an exploit that takes advantage of a serious flaw patched only three weeks ago .

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Reader exploit prompts Adobe update alert