The number of people believed to have been affected by an intrusion into an online booking system at the Best Western hotel chain is much smaller than earlier thought, according to the company.

Check Point has released the latest version of its ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, featuring a heavy emphasis on defending against new-wave security threats.

Lexar Media has 'dramatically expanded' the storage capabilities of its USB flash drives after announcing a 16GB memory stick that comes bundled with a number of security features, including encryption and a file shredder.

Carnegie-Mellon University has announced a free add-on to Mozilla Firefox 3.0 that's intended to resolve the browser's security warning when a website's SSL certificate has expired, or has not been issued by a trusted third party.

Attackers can exploit bugs in Novell's iPrint application to obtain corporate information or hijack computers, security experts have warned.

PGP is overhauling three of its products to improve the number of flexibility options for IT managers. 

Microsoft has re-released one of its own August updates, explaining that it had posted an incomplete version to its own Download Centre.

Red Hat has confirmed that hackers have compromised infrastructure servers belonging to the company and the Fedora Project, including systems used to sign Fedora packages.

Solid-state drives are fast becoming popular replacements for hard drives, especially in laptops, but experts are cautioning that SSDs aren't as secure as commonly thought.

Mozilla is being accused of creating undue fear and confusion for everyday web surfers, due to the new security feature in Firefox 3.0 that throws out a warning page when a website's SSL certificate is expired or has not been issued by a trusted third party.