McAfee's open source security audit plug-in for MySQL s aimed at cloud deployments and businesses
Cross-party committee tells government to consider legislation if Google does not develop filtering technology to preserve privacy
The US' Federal Trade Commission is putting pressure on Congress and IT companies to better protect user privacy
The race to cut costs and streamline data centres is leaving security issues behind as the challenges outstrip the native…
Italian researchers have uncovered an Android vulnerability which could render a device unusable through a DoS attack
Operation b71 has brought down two major Zeus botnets but Microsoft warns that the Trojan is not dead
Live Messenger links to Pirate Bay blacked out by Microsoft
Investigation reveals that 13 million Barclays contactless card users may be at risk of fraud
Facebook is officially pushing back against employers who want job applicants to disclose their Facebook passwords
The US Army has launched a marketplace prototype for approved apps while the Air Force has bought into the iPad…
The US Justice Department is suing AT&T fo failing to act against Nigerian crooks abusing a programme for hearing-impaired users
European attitudes to the trade-off between privacy and security are to be examined by a group of researchers
Security vendor Symantec is warning that it has discovered a new version of the Duqu worm in the wild
Security experts warn Senate to assume that federal networks have been compromised by spies
Encrypted calls have a possible 10 to the power of 77 possible authentication codes on feature-frugal phone
Storage company Carpathia Hosting claims that storing 25 petabytes of Megaupload data costs it $9000 a day
Site users got access to real Kenneth's financial details in one of the weirdest data breaches ever
ZTE reportedly signed a deal in 2010 to provide broad monitoring equipment to Iran
Privacy is a business opportunity, given the right technology foundations, says science fiction writer and activist Cory Doctorow
Anonymous, LulzSec and the AntiSec crew stole more data than money-hungry cyber criminals in 2011
Google's Vint Cerf defends the new privacy policy, but admits it wasn't presented well
Cisco Systems is virtualising its Video Surveillance software, integrating it into the UCS converged platform
A fake German law firm is demanding compensation from former Megaupload users for alleged copyright infringement
The SLC sends out thousands of email addresses to the wrong people
The clever Russian malware hides in RAM and spreads trough banners on news websites
To capture the gang, Russian special forces had to come in through a window on the 16th floor
Ponemon research shows businesses are getting better at preparing for breaches
Symantec to expand mobile security platform with takeover of Nukona
French regulator CNIL reveals the 69 questions it asked on Google's privacy policy