A Computer Associates researcher has spotted a trojan for the Google Android platform that quietly records user's phone calls for later possible cybercriminal usage.
F-Secure's research team claim to have spotted a fake FlashPlayer.pkg installer for the Apple Mac. When executed, the 'installer' reveals itself to be a Bash/QHOst.WB trojan.
Late last week Facebook unveiled its new security bug bounty program whereby the social network will offer security researchers payment for reporting certain vulnerabilities.
A 19-year-old sales clerk in Australia has successfully retrieved her iPhone 4 after it was stolen from a cash register at work. What makes the case unusual is that the handset was sold on by the original thief, yet it was still traceable using the onboard GPS-driven software.
Although it may be two steps behind in terms of Windows releases, a study by AVAST Software indicates that Windows XP is still the main vector for rootkit infections.
Belmont Savings Bank has agreed to pay a fine of $7,500 for losing personal information of more than 13,000 customers, according to a settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office.
The creative industries have welcomed the UK High Court ruling that BT must block access to pirated content aggregator site Newzbin2, but why is the ruling seen as such a game changer?
A majority of organizations are not applying information security best practices, according to a survey by Venafi, an enterprise key and certificate management firm, and research firm Echelon One.
The Apple Safari 5, Mozilla Firefox 4, and Google Chrome 10 browsers each caught only 15% of live socially engineered malware samples, according to NSS Labs’ tests of web browser protection for European users.
Hackers have stolen personal data from 35 million accounts at a South Korean social networking site and a web services portal, in the latest of a series of cyber attacks on government and financial firms.
Carlsbad, Calif.-based BeyondTrust announced its latest in a string of deals – this time acquiring DLP specialists GentleSecurity of Luxembourg.
The resurrected Newzbin website that aggregates links to pirated films has threatened to break BT's internet filtering system if any attempts are made to block the site.
Thousands of Twitter accounts compromised to promote Acai Berry diet supplement
Metropolitan Police CIO Ailsa Beaton has a lot to keep her busy. Between security preparations for the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations next year, leading technology counter-terrorism operations, and being on the board responsible for creating an IT body to replace the Na...
Almost half of UK employees who have access to their employer’s or client’s private data admitted they would feel comfortable doing something with that data without the employer’s or client’s permission, regardless if that access was intentional or accidental, according to a survey by identity manag...
Randy Vickers has abruptly resigned as director of the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) following high-profile attacks on US government sites over the last several months.
The newest addition to the family of Microsoft Malware Protection Centers (MMPC) is operational, as the company announced the opening of its latest malware research facility in Munich.
Apple has released a security update for its iOS mobile operating system that address problems with certificate validation on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
The Obama adminstration has unveiled plans to tackle various forms of transnational organized crime, including cybercrime and the theft of intellectual property.
Companies need to go beyond compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) to ensure credit card safety, according to Phil Walston, vice president of development and product management at Layer 7 Technologies.