The new government says scrapping British identity cards will save £86m - even after paying off the suppliers' cancellation fees
Europe and the US are wrangling over the transfer of data relating to terrorism or criminal activities
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said it may be beyond the power of the new UK government to prevent…
Claims that implanted identity chips can pick up computer viruses have got the bad science police up in arms
In the face of a user backlash, Facebook has announced plans to update its privacy settings
A new attack technique takes advantage of open browser tabs to launch phishing sites without the user's knowledge
The government has announced the end of ID cards in the Queen's speech, but those who have bought a card…
If the software industry can't make applications secure, should governments wade in with regulations? Peter Judge thinks not
Researchers have created proof-of-concept adware that uses unencrypted wireless connections to spread ads.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes in changing the social network’s privacy controls and repeats a pledge to simplify them in…
Symantec's purchase of VeriSign's SSL business unit signifes its transformation into an identity-based security vendor
Sixty percent of respondents to a Sophos poll say they are considering quitting Facebook due to privacy fears
A Facebook group showing images of the Prophet Muhammad led the Pakistani government to block the site
A new “dynamic security model” for data centre networks from Juniper and IBM has the potential to hit Cisco where…
Oracle is buying database security vendor Secerno in a bid to grab its database firewall technology
Barely a day after the rumours started to fly, Symantec confirms plans to buy VeriSign's identity and authentication security business
NASA hacker Gary McKinnon may benefit from the new government: Home Secretary Theresa May has reopened his case
Digital manifesto for the region faces criticism on open source and copyright expectations
Two US politicians have called for an investigation of Google, while in Europe the probes into its Wi-Fi snooping get…
Symantec is reportedly on the acquisition hunt again, after rumours suggested it may be close to a deal with VeriSign…
Ofcom plans to exempt small ISPs from the Digital Economy Act's anti file-sharing measures
Microsoft says disabling Aero will keep Windows 7 users safe from unlikely attacks on this flaw
Google flouted EU rules in its Wi-Fi data harvest, says Commissioner Reding. There will be a reckoning
Facebook's director of public policy promises changes in radio interview
After a German court recently introduced fines for users with unsecured Wi-Fi networks, there are fears that UK users could…
The UK Electoral Commission admits that it has no system in place to monitor the activities of users who are…
Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?
McAfee's latest quarterly threat analysis found fewer exploits than last year - but evildoers are just as inventive as ever
Rapid roll out of smart grids in the US is jeopardising security, but deployments in Europe and elsewhere have been…