Executives involved in running critical infrastructure said they feel government has a 'critical' role in cyber-security
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Extramarital Affairs Site Ashley Madison Hacked
The attacker has threatened to release a 'complete' customer database unless the site is shut down
Microsoft Prepares Israeli Security Base With Adallom Acquisition
Microsoft moves to buy Israeli cloud security firm for £205m
Email Spam Levels Fall To 12-Year Low
For the first time since September 2003, less than half of all emails sent are spam, Symantec report reveals
Darkode Hacking Forum Goes Dark
Notorious hacking forum used by Lizard Squad and other cybercriminals taken offline by the FBI
How To Explain Social Engineering To A Five-Year-Old
The definitive definition of social engineering from the experts for the kids (and grown ups, too)
United Airlines Rewards Hackers With Million Airmiles
Two hackers awarded one million free airmiles each as part of innovative bug bounty scheme
Government Voucher Scheme To Help SMEs Defeat Cyber Attacks
Small and medium-sized businesses to get government help to bolster their cyber defences
Apple Fans Beware – Hackers Want To Hold Your iPhone To Ransom
iPhone and iPad users hit by trick that freezes Safari until a ransom is paid
Malwarebytes Rolls Out Anti-Malware Tool For Macs
New product will help combat Mac malware as part of growing Apple security concerns
Barclays Compensates Customers Over Latest Data Breach
Data on thousands of customers stolen in 2008 has been recovered by police from a flat on the south coast of England
Firefox Blocks Flash By Default To Protect Against Fresh ‘Critical’ Vulnerabilities
Mozilla disables Flash by default in Firefox after Hacking Team documents reveal the 37th and 38th flaws in plug-in this month
Google Evaluates 1m ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Links
Google said it has received more than 280,000 'right to be forgotten' requests since last year
Hacking Team: Galileo Surveillance Tool Now ‘Obsolete’
The Milan surveillance tools maker said the surveillance source code released last week is now effectively useless
McAfee: NYSE Outage Shows Need For Technical Leadership
Hackers are a positive force helping to locate technical problems before they occur, McAfee said
Hacking Team Blames Government For Breach
The surveillance technology maker said the complex attack required months of planning
New ‘Wild Neutron’ Hacker Group Targets Bitcoin Firms
Wild Neutron is uncovered by security researchers Symantec and Kaspersky
UK Companies Failing To Educate Their Non-Technical Staff In IT Security
Receptionists and sales staff need training and protecting too, Intel Security report notes
OpenSSL Delivers Patch To Fix Critical Vulnerability
New version of OpenSSL arrives to address a single ‘high severity’ vulnerability
Dyre Returns As Malicious Spam Targets UK Bank Customers
Return of Dyre malware. Malicious emails targetting UK banking customers contain the nasty trojan
Dell Opens ‘State-Of-The-Art’ Scottish Security Facility
Skyfall this is not, but Edinburgh's Secure Operations Centre will be European Dell SecureWorks HQ
Incoming OpenSSL Patch Draws Heartbleed Comparisons
OpenSSL patch will fix 'high severity' vulnerability, but no other details are known
Google Removes Malicious App From Play Store
Google purges "evil" Malapp from Play Store that disguised itself as genuine program and sent premium SMS messages
Nearly 5,000 New Types Of Android Malware Created Every Day
Report from G DATA shows huge expansion in Android malware this year
Brits Still Don’t Trust Internet Banking
Almost half of Internet users believe traditional banking is safer going online, Kaspersky Lab survey reveals
DDoS Wars: The Network Strikes Back
It's time your IT department rebelled against the cybercrime empire, says Srinivasan CR, VP of global product management, data centre services at Tata Communications
Trend Micro Signs National Crime Agency Partnership Deal
The two organisations are to work more closely together on tackling specific cyber-threats
Mozilla Fixes Flaws With Firefox 39, Previews Firefox 40
Logjam SSL/TLS vulnerability is among the 13 security advisories in latest stable release of the open-source Firefox Web browser
Fujitsu: IT Security ‘Needs To Be For Everyone’
Rob Norris tells TechWeekEurope why education could play a major role in providing the security specialists of the future
Hacking Team Hit By Data Breach
The controversial surveillance tools maker has been hit by attackers, who have published a cache of its internal documents