Research just released claims to show that a growing number of small to mid-sized businesses are starting to embrace the benefits of cloud computing technology, with 14% having adopted the platform by the end of June of this year.

Today sees anti-spam specialist Cloudmark launching its free standalone spam filter – Cloudmark DesktopOne. The software, which has been on beta test since April of this year, is unusual in its ability to filter webmail services, as well as POP3 and IM…

The world’s largest dedicated IT security firm became just a little bit bigger today, as McAfee announced plans to purchase tenCube, the privately owned provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service.

In his keynote at Black Hat, 29th July 2010, retired General Michael Hayden, who served as director of the CIA and deputy director of National Intelligence, says cyber warfare was inevitable considering the internet has not been built with defense in m…

Rather than consulting a crystal ball, the Information Security Forum (ISF) looked to experts in the field – including those from its member organizations – to develop a set of security risk predictions for 2012 and beyond.

Jailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws.

Qualys has taken the wraps off BlindElephant, an application security utility that analyses web applications running on company systems and is billed as allowing security professionals and systems administrators to identify everything running on their …

A privacy storm is brewing following the collation and publication on filesharing services of the details of around 100 million Facebook users by a security researcher.

At Black Hat Las Vegas, 28th July 2010, Microsoft announced that it will extend its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to include vulnerability information sharing from Adobe Systems.

A 23-year-old Slovenian man – thought to be the author and creator of the infamous Mariposa (butterfly) botnet – has been arrested by Slovenian police, working in concert with their colleagues from Spain and a team from the FBI.