A banker has accidentally leaked the details of an upcoming flotation in an email, osting the Swiss bank an estimated…
Adobe patches a pair of security vulnerabilities, including one in the Acrobat Flash-rendering DLL targeted by attackers
Fifty percent of SMBs in the UK and US ban their staff from accessing social networking websites, a Webroot survey…
Symantec has revealed that the infamous Stuxnet worm was actually targeting the motors at nuclear power stations
Government cyber attacks and smartphone vulnerabilities top Imperva's list of security risks for 2011
Software companies have offered payment for bugs before. Peter Judge asks why it is any different for security vendors to…
Organised gangs are tricking security-conscious Internet users with fake anti-virus
Saudi Arabia has reportedly blocked access to Facebook, but officials called the incident an 'accidental error'
Barracuda Networks has a rewards scheme for researchers who find flaws in its security products.
The Koobface malware made more than $2m by drawing users of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks into its botnet,…
Twitter users stand up to be counted, as bomb joke becomes a free speech issue
Personal details of Afghan police and army volunteers were found on a “scrapped” laptop belonging to a British soldier
PGP customers are being warned not to apply Apple's mammoth security update for Mac OS X, after it locked users…
Widespread abuse of search engine optimisation has fostered a growth in malicious sites this year
The man who Tweeted about bombing an airport has lost his appeal against his £1,000 fine
The Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey has called for the UK to have the ability to strike back at those…
The Information Commissioner insists the Google WiSpy incident was handled correctly
Privacy is on the agenda as the UK revises its RIPA laws and the EC's data retention regulations are questioned
Microsoft follows Google's example and adds HTTPS encryption to Hotmail to protect user's entire sessions
The controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) is to face scrutiny over whether it is legal and justifiable
Members of the Information Commissioner's Office have been labelled as Keystone Kops by a Tory MP for their investigation of…
Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday update includes remedies for 11 vulnerabilities, including a critical fix for Outlook users
The Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey is to use a speech today to outline the threat being posed to the…
Security must evolve as organisations move toward the private cloud, according to Gartner
Security worries, among other concerns, are keeping employees from using mobile devices in the workplace, Cisco has found
Public sector bodies scored low on awareness of data protection principles, with the private sector coming out only a little…
Firesheep raised the profile of some attacks on websites, says Peter Judge. But Microsoft has a perfect right to help…
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy website has been suspended after it was hacked into
An exploit toolkit linked to the Zeus trojan has been used as a honeypot to attack researchers and rivals
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has recorded a large increase in the number of online compliants