Suffolk County National Bank received a nasty Christmas present on December 24th after discovering a hack that saw over 8,000 customers’ accounts compromised. The breach is estimated to have cost $351 000, it warned investors.

It seems that hackers and malware authors are using new techniques to infect your home or office PC, as veteran IT security vendor Sophos has spotted a rash of fake Amazon `shipping email updates’ over the weekend.

Thanks to the use of a wide-ranging licensing approach, deals with internet service providers and free trials on its anti-spam software plus allied technology, Cloudmark is claiming its technology now protects more than a billion users worldwide.

A team of researchers reported that they have cracked a 768-bit RSA encryption system using a clustered/distributed computer approach.

Microsoft has launched a technology policy website designed to encourage policy debates in key areas such as cloud computing, security, and privacy.

After several years of vendors offering IT security applications for so-called mobile smartphones, it seems that the market’s adoption of this technology is about to take off in the year ahead.

It’s official — Adobe is releasing an automatic silent updater for its PDF Reader product on April 13. The company confirmed the news to Infosecurity US this week.

It has been revealed that 56 police officers – including eight senior staff – were investigated in South Yorkshire over the last four years, for alleged misuse of computer systems.

A PandaLabs report claims that 2009 will go down as perhaps the most prolific in malware history. In 2009, malware creators tapped into search tools used by the majority of web surfers, and exploited current events and popular culture.

Just as the switch to the new millennium caused havoc with computer systems a decade ago, the switch to the new decade has caused technology problems once again.