Researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have used the vulnerability to take malicious control of the iPhone from rogue websites loaded with the exploit. Once in, researchers have full administrative access over the phone allowing them to listen in on room audio or snatch the SMS log, address book, call history, email passwords and more…

Have you ever tried to log into a Windows computer for a few minutes and you finally realize that you forgot the password? The solution is called @stake LC4 (formerly L0phtCrack), however since Symantec stopped development of L0phtcrack, I’m going to let you in on a program called LC5.

Windows XP sales will, in other words, be nearly 50% higher in the next 12 months than Microsoft had estimated earlier.

The Department of Defense and other organizations were found to be connecting into Windows Vista computers without authorization.

With thousands of extensions out there, your list may vary, but here’s my own selection of half a dozen essentials.