The Canadian government is collecting more personal financial information on citizens than the law allows, according to the country’s federal Privacy Commissioner.

Mobile working and online collaboration are two of the most threatening trends when it comes to information security in the federal government, according to a report released by the Ponemon Institute.

IT security vendor Webroot says that a phishing scam purporting to come from Visa, the international card issuer, is scamming internet users as they start their online shopping for Christmas.

Fortinet, the unified threat management (UTM) specialist, has gone public with an initial public offering (IPO) projected originally at $9 to $11 a share.

Imation has announced what it says is the world’s first wireless USB external hard drive.

The Gumblar botnet has moved into overdrive, changing its operating model to dramatically increase its infection rates, according to the latest monthly threat report from ScanSafe.

The days of having your credit or debit card refused – and then the retailer having to phone for authorisation because of fraud worries – may soon be over, as Visa Europe has introduced real-time scoring to its risk detection platform.

A gang of four men have been sentenced to 13 years in prison for their role in using the PSP2-BBB trojan to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK bank accounts.

Los Alamos National Laboratory has spent $45 million on information security for its classified computer network in the past eight years, but it is still inadequate, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

Reports are coming in of an important arrest in connection with the now-infamous Zbot group of trojan malware.