Codenomicon has taken the wraps off a completely reworked version of Defensics X, its security and robustness testing application. The new version is billed as using fuzzing techniques to enhance its capabilities.

An in-depth report from AV-Test.org claims that the raft of Android anti-malware apps that have arrived in the last 12 months or so are all virtually useless.

The latest issue of Which? Computing – the magazine of the UK Consumer’s Association – has published a special report on privacy on the Facebook social network services.

Computershare, the international share dealing company – which claims to be the largest in its market – has been hit by a data theft incident from a former employee. What perhaps makes matters worse is that the staffer was an audit risk professional.

The saga of Russia’s ChronoPay electronic money operation – which has been hit by arrests and dark accusations over the last 12 months – continued this week with the revelation that an Estonian company is a key investor in the firm.

A poorly contained data breach and mishandled response could cost companies millions of dollars in lost business and damaged reputation, warns Forrester analysts.

Apple has fixed 17 vulnerabilities in Java for OS X Snow Leopard and Lion, a move that brings the Mac operating systems up to date with Oracle’s Java SE 6 update 29.

The newest version of Firefox plugs eight security holes, including five that are rated as critical and three as high.

An intermediate web certificate authority has had its trust revoked by Mozilla after it was found to issue weak and potentially compromisable certificates.

Adobe has perhaps bowed to the inevitable and, in a notice to developers, advised them that it is ceasing development of the Adobe Flash environment for smartphones and tablets, although critical security and bug fixes will be available.