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HP seems to be taking on the world of late. It acquired EDS to compete in IT services, and Mercury for middleware, but the acquisition of networking player 3Com also gives it a boatload of security products
Companies in the UK that suffer a data breach may run the risk of being fined up to £500,000, according to government plans announced this week.
There is something fishy about the website of Harry Ramsden, the famous fish and chip shop, which has been haked (er hacked) by a malicious script
Microsoft has launched a dedicated Twitter feed for its anti-piracy enforcement team in an attempt to curb unauthorised file-sharing
Seagate has teamed up with Carbonite to offer customers backup for their desktop or laptop systems, together with an attached external hard drive
Nearly two thirds of Websites have at least one serious vulnerability, according to new research from WhiteHat Security.
A security researcher discovers a bug that could be used to trigger a crash in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2
A security flaw discovered in Microsoft Bing's Cashback service has prompted a panicked reaction from the computer giant
Federal prosecutors announced indictments against eight people in connection with the theft of more than $9 million from ATMs around the world
Apple has released a massive security update, many of which centre around vulnerabilities with Snow Leopard
In a move sure to incense privacy campaigners, the Home Office has pledged to push ahead with controversial plans to monitor all internet use
A Microsoft executive accuses security company Sophos of sensationalising claims that Windows 7's User Account Control is ineffective at fighting malware
An Australian student has created the first ever iPhone worm - a "rickroller" that puts an image of singer Rick Astley on jailbroken phones
Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday will include six security bulletins, three of which are rated 'critical'
The majority of large UK corporates still believe that outsourced systems are less secure than in-house alternatives
Commerce agencies in the US will have to notify anyone whose personal information may have been accessed in a breach, when two bills become law
Internet villains are learning from their mistakes, and now they can come back quickly even when their ISPs are shut down, security researchers say
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 details of every farmer in England
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 the day
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 developer Mark Shavlik
Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million computers
Industry association AFCOM finds that 40 percent of all data centres are still using at least one mainframe and also raises security concerns
Social networking giant Facebook has won a staggering $711 million (£429 million) in damages against so called 'spam king' Sanford Wallace
The Conficker worm affected users nearly one year ago. But now that it has left the headlines, there might be a false sense of security in the Windows ecosystem