Symantec MessageLabs has warned that the proportion of spam containing shortened hyperlinks has increased significantly over the last year
One in twelve people on the planet is now a member of social network giant Facebook, according to Mark Zuckerberg
LaCie's shockproof Rugged Safe data storage drive with built-in 128-bit AES encryption and easy-to-use fingerprint reader connects to your PC…
Thirty-eight US states are investigating Google's WiFi data collection which was done with Street View cars
Service providers will split up to make smaller 'pirate' ISPs, in response to Ofcom's draconian file-sharing proposals, says the Pirate…
RSA has discovered that attackers using social networking can slip through the net by incorporating illegal activities with legitimate ones
President Obama will "follow the law" despite pleas from David Cameron over the extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon
In an effort to beef up the security of its PDF Reader, Adobe is adding new sandboxing technology to protect…
Police have closed down an operation that uses cold-calls to trick users into paying £185 for "support" they don't need
Microsoft has issued an advisory about a security vulnerability being used by a Trojan to infect computers
A talk on Chinese cybercrime has been pulled form the Black Hat security conference after pressure from Taiwan
Mozilla pulled a malicious add-on for Firefox that it says was found to be stealing password information
Microsoft plugs five security holes with four bulletins for July's Patch Tuesday
A magician and a scam expert join the technical security pros in October's RSA Conference in London
RIM will soon offer consumer owners of BlackBerry smartphones many new security features
Child protection agency Ceop argued over how much presence it should have on Facebook. It should be making its message…
Oracle is readying a massive security update that will contain 59 security patches, including 13 for its database products.
A company has developed special toner that will activate a hidden red dye if fraudsters try to tamper with a…
The FSF is calling on opponents of the law to use the government's online feedback service to call for it…
Facebook has given in to pressure and added the Ceop child protection button - as part of an optional app
China has renewed Google's content provider licence, after the search giant bowed to pressure and stopped providing a route round…
Hackers took four million passwords from the controversial media-sharing BitTorrent site Pirate Bay - as a demonstration
The Street View cars are back - without any Wi-Fi equipment, says Google
On Patch Tuesday Microsoft will fix a bug which a Google engineer controversially revealed
As the ICO publishes a code of practise for the storing of personal data, three local councils are rapped for…
The companies want the coalition to overturn the rules but the new government is sticking by the controversial act
A German data protection official is accusing Facebook of violating the country's strict privacy laws
Apple says it has removed more than 40 applications by developer Thuat Nguyen from its App Store
A YouTube vulnerability has been exploited by hackers who used it to target fans of Canadian singer Justin Bieber