Engineers claim to have invented an algorithm that will give system administrators vital breathing space during a cyber attack
Flashback made cyber crooks a tonne of money in a Google-tracking, ad-clicking scheme
Vulnerabilities fall but cybercriminals take advantage of simple hacking tools and poor company security practices
Four years of hurt for one researcher may finally be at an end as Oracle patches a flaw affecting its…
The Pirate Bay is set to be inaccessible for most internet users in the UK within the next month
A British web hosting firm has been forced to warn its customers about a hacking intrusion into its billing system
Players of Star Trek Online warned after personal details and payment information stolen in December 2010
you need to test your organisation's security. But social engineering tests aer an ethical minefield, says Eric Doyle
An NHS body in Wales gets hit with a £70,000 fine after sensitive data is sent to the wrong patient
Vulnerability allowed hackers to reset account passwords and lock the owner out using a Firefox add-on
Controversial measures will face scrutiny at the US Senate after House votes 248 to 168 in favour
Council IT boss declares BYOD more expensive than using inhouse kit
A number of AV vendors tell TechWeekEurope that a more closed approach from Microsoft makes their lives trickier
SOCA helps stop data-selling fraudsters spread in a major global operation
Thales' Ross Parsell, who has been advising on the UK's Cyber Security Strategy, says the government must be clearer on…
Anonymous hacker takes VMware virtualisation code from Chinese military and posts it online
Facebook has teamed up with security players to offer its users free downloads of anti-malware software and blacklists
Microsoft has blamed weak passwords and unpatched systems for the ongoing Conficker infections
The commissioner tells TechWeekEurope there is no bias towards the private sector, despite figures that would suggest otherwise
Homekey's USB computer is supposed to get the older generation online, but Peter Judge thinks it could also reduce e-junk
Taher Elgamal, one of SSL's creators, says he fought with Netscape lawyers to have browser makers be SSL certification authorities
A nonprofit movement wants to expose those sites that have weak HTTPS connections
Rackspace and VPS.NET have resolved the issue, but shared storage in OnApp-based clouds could leak data
New South Wales Police allegedly broke licensing agreement and shared software with other law enforcement agencies
ICO research confirms the fact that valuable data is still on many hard drives even after they are supposedly wiped
Google will pay out up to a maximum of $20,000 (£12,394) per flaw as part of its bug bounty raise
The UK is afraid of BYOD, whilst others plough ahead. But it needn't be this way, says Tom Brewster
Marathon organisers posted runners' details on official website