An identity thief who used victims’ credentials to register credit cards fraudulently was sentenced to more than nine years in prison wihout parole late last week.

In its year-end report on the state of IT security, Computer Associates (CA) has noted that fake security software (fakeware), poisoned search engine results and social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Myspace, were the major information sec…

Many small businesses in the UK are not ready for the current snow fall, according to remote access provider LogMeIn of Massachusetts, USA.

A hacker group called ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ hacked Twitter for an hour early on 18 December, redirecting users to a website containing a green flag and Arabic writing.

A study from IDC Research shows that virtualised security appliances (VSAs) are becoming more and more popular amongst a growing number of companies.

Adobe has announced its latest zero-day security vulnerability in what has become a litany of such flaws this year – and this one won’t be patched until halfway through January.

The US military is reported to be in quiet uproar after it emerged that Iraqi terrorists have hacked and monitored the video feeds from Predators, pilotless aircraft used for unmanned surveillance.

AppGate and Signify have announced they are able to offer clients unified secure access to protected information with strong, cloud-based, two-factor authentication.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, whose hospital was one of the first to develop cancer treatments back in the 1850s, is using secure USB sticks as part of a managed security solution to protect patient records.

The zero-day malware exploit against Adobe Acrobat and Reader reported earlier this week appears to have escalated, with Webroot Software noting that the payload from the exploit is generating a cluster of files designed to look like Windows system fil…