Commerce agencies in the US will have to notify anyone whose personal information may have been accessed in a breach,…
Internet villains are learning from their mistakes, and now they can come back quickly even when their ISPs are shut…
McAfee has released a new version of its email and web security appliance, aimed at the cost concious SMBs
Another government agency suffers a data loss scandal, after the UK's Rural Payments Agency loses tapes containing payment and banking…
Tech companies are rushing to patch the SSL security protocol following the discovery of a potentially "devastating" flaw
M86 Security is to acquire most of the assets of Finjan, a provider of web gateway security appliances
The former CEO of YouSendIt has been charged with denial-of-service against the company, highlighting the dangers of disgruntled staff
Blogging celebrity Anil Dash examines Twitter Lists as a way to tag real-time Web feeds
TechAmerica tells President Obama his promise to appoint a cyber-security coordinator in the White House is growing more urgent by…
Researchers at Symantec find a Trojan that uses Facebook to communicate with a command and control server
Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT…
Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million…
Industry association AFCOM finds that 40 percent of all data centres are still using at least one mainframe and also…
Social networking giant Facebook has won a staggering $711 million (£429 million) in damages against so called 'spam king' Sanford…
The Conficker worm affected users nearly one year ago. But now that it has left the headlines, there might be…
As many security systems as an organisation might have, the last line of defense rests with the employees. That's precisely…
Cost concerns and a lack of security training among SMBs is being cited as reasons why the SMB sector is…
SAP reports quarterly revenues that fell by 9 percent thanks to a decrease in spending on business software, but increased…
McAfee reports on the IT security struggles of midsize businesses
AVG Technologies is looking to cost-conscious businesses with a refresh of its security and anti-virus software solutions
Researchers at several security firms have uncovered a spam campaign targeting Facebook users
Security protection firm Sophos warns that the Gizmodo gadget blog has inadvertently been distributing adverts corrupted with malware
Cloud computing "moves servers outside the security perimeter" and needs a strong security response, warns Trend Micro as it updates…
Cisco has flexed its financial muscle in a bid to acquire SaaS security vendor ScanSafe for roughly $183 million
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has thrown a lifeline for supporters of British hacker Gary McKinnon, allowing time to examine new…
Half a million users of the Guardian newspaper's recruitment site may have had their details compromised after a hack attack
The User Account Control feature in Microsoft Windows 7 is irking some in the security community who say Microsoft may…
The Dell R710 PowerEdge, is designed to optimise the data centre for virtualisation tasks, and offers an interesting alternative to…
Nick Leeson said poor IT practice helped bring down Barings Bank, and faced criticism from Microsoft security advisor and former…
A new report has accused botnets of being behind the rise in click fraud, where automated scripts or computer programs…