The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is investigating a major hack of the government’s email systems down under.

The Briar Group, a Boston-based operator of restaurants and bars, has agreed to pay a $110,000 fine for failing to protect credit card information, the first penalty levied under Massachusetts’ new data privacy law.

The Briar Group, a Boston-based operator of restaurants and bars, has agreed to pay a $110,000 fine for failing to protect credit card information, the first penalty levied under Massachusetts’ new data privacy law.

Oil giant BP has caused a stir by revealing it has lost a laptop containing the personal details of 13,000 victims of last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Research published today claims to show that 39% of mobile phone owners in the UK would not spot their handset missing within an hour.

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) – the equivalent of the UK’s MI5 operation – is investigating a major hack of the government’s email systems down under.

It looks as though Microsoft is quietly tracking down the cybercriminals behind the infamous Rustock spam botnet, following the software giant’s court-approved seizure of several command-and-control servers.

Scammers are increasingly using current events, such as the Japan earthquake and tsunami, to trick people into donating money to bogus organizations or clicking on bogus news reports that contain embedded malware.

American Express has neatly leapfrogged Visa’s P2P micropayment gameplan by announcing plans to launch its own service, months ahead of Visa, and offering the service on the web, as well as on Apple iPhone, Android and BlackBerry handsets.

How robust is an Apple iPhone? Very, judging from a report from US Air Force combat controller Ron Walker, whose iPhone fell out of his jumpsuit pocket – from 1,000 feet in the air.