Security researcher Brian Krebs is reporting that malware-installed remote administration tools (RATs) are starting to arrive in the cybercriminal threats arena.

The average cost of a data breach for Australian companies was $2 million in 2010, according to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Symantec’s Australia unit.

Context Information Security, which identified a flaw in the new WebGL 3D graphics standards that exposes Firefox and Chrome browsers to hackers, said that a fix proposed by vendor Khronos Group does not address the wider security issue.

It looks as though the FBI is quietly canning its long-standing Carnivore methodology of scanning internet users’ sessions, and, where it is difficult to isolate a users’ actual IP session, simply replicating and recording the entire IP data pipe.

A German security researcher has warned on a new hacker methodology of infecting users by presenting poisoned web search results as a primary hit after they click on a Google Doodle.

Security experts have warned that Facebook’s latest security innovations against spam e-mail and online fraud may have mixed results in effectiveness and user experience.

US authorities are still insisting that self-confessed UK hacker, Gary McKinnon, face a US court, despite ongoing efforts to have the trial in the UK.

Whilst UK and US security agencies keep their IT/communications surveillance systems and plans under carefully guarded wraps, the Indian government has taken the approach of being quite open. According to a report in the Economic Times, the Indian Cent…

It seems that the loose organisation of the Anonymous hacktivist group is causing problems, as reports are coming in that the web portal of Eidos International, a major gaming firm, was hacked and defaced on Wednesday night (US time) of this week.

For more than a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has failed to fix information security problems identified by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), as well as the VA’s Office of the Inspector General, the VA’s independent auditor,…