The top G-man is warning Congress that hackers will pose a greater danger to US national security than terrorists in the not-too-distant future.

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has today published its Malware and Cybercrime report – a recommendation to the UK government on how to tackle online threats.

Prison inmates in Maryland had access to social security numbers of patients who received treatment under the state’s Medicaid program, according to a recent state audit.

The XXX domain suffix was launched last September to provide a voluntary ‘responsible’ home for adult sites; but daily.co.uk has noted that 90% of the UK’s fastest growing companies have not yet protected their brands.

New research from M86 Labs adds further insight on the MIDI exploit first highlighted by Trend Micro last week.

More than half of policy makers and global cybersecurity experts believe that an arms race is taking place in cyberspace, according to a new report by McAfee and the Security and Defence Agenda think tank.

The FBI likely employed its CIPAV spyware to eavesdrop on Kim Dotcom and other managers of MegaUpload, according to a report by CNET.

Trymedia’s ActiveStore web-based storefront application, which processes digital game purchases made by customers on its partners’ websites, was recently breached, exposing credit card numbers and other personal information of more than 12,000 customer…

A talk at the Information Exploitation Conference at the Home Office’s Security and Policing Exhibition 2012 today addresses the disconnect between user and professional, and calls for a new standard that focuses on training and awareness.

As Microsoft seeks to wean users away from the aging and insecure Internet Explorer 6, companies with IE6 legacy applications are stuck – they can’t upgrade to a newer OS because IE6 is no longer supported; and they still need IE6.