Can you afford to wait for hackers to find flaws in your security defences, asks Idappcom's Anthony Haywood
US embassy documents say a Chinese Politburo member ordered attacks on Google
The three founders of the file sharing website Pirate Bay have lost their appeal and face an increased fine
A proposal to give the police power to close down websites could put legitimate businesses at risk
The Virus Alerts service will log all websites visited, but won't infringe users' privacy, says TalkTalk
A security vendor is warning that Facebook users are still being exposed to malicious posts and threats
Google is working on a fix to a zero-day flaw that could see Android users' data being accessed by hackers
Consumers would be in favour of stronger regulations for organisations that lose their personal data, according to a new survey
MEPs have voted in favour of the controversial ACTA agreement, paving the way to its final adoption
Researchers discovered several webOS security flaws, including a bug that could help attackers create botnets
Facebook and Google know about what illnesses you looked up on your visit to the NHS Choices site
Panda Security has found that more than 20 million new malware strains have already been created this year
Acquisition by Thoma Bravo has focused LANDesk on its expansion into providing mobile device management services
Seventy percent of employees plan to steal secret information when leaving their job, according to security firm Imperva
How do we avoid the collapse of the Internet under the strain of more malware attacks at higher speeds, asks…
Exploit code for one of the zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by Stuxnet has been posted online
A county council and an employment agency are first to feel the wrath of the Information Commissioner
European countries are to form their own Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to fight Internet threats
The Scottish spammer who pleaded guilty last month to charges of distributing malware has been jailed
Google has quickly fixed a vulnerability that could allow someone to send spam to Gmail users after they visited a…
A government-backed vaccination scheme is needed to tackle the huge number of infected PCs, say researchers
Paul Chambers' appeal against conviction goes to the High Court, while Britain's senior Judge warns Twitter could disrupt jury trials
Malware exists that infects other malware on a system making detection more complicated for antivirus software
Invincea moves Adobe PDF files into a sacrificial virtual environment to prevent infection from Reader malware
The number of infected web sites doubled during the last quarter, according to Dasient's latest quarterly malware report
Facebook Messages is the end of email, according to Mark Zuckerberg. Peter Judge thinks it's going to have privacy issues
Network downtime concerns most IT, security and operations professionals but only two-thirds have a planned response
Data analysis of the China Telecom Internet traffic hijack show claims are incorrect and overhyped, experts say
Most businesses are failing to 'retire' their sensitive data, according to a new survey from Kroll Ontrack
Google has signed a commitment to improve data handling following the infamous 'WiSpy' incident, says the ICO