In what prosecutors are claiming is a precedent-setting case, a pair of pay-TV pirates have been given lengthy prison sentences and ordered to pay approaching two million euro to Sky TV’s German operation.

The Mozilla Foundation has made much in recent months about its Firefox bug-spotting programme, which rewards spotters with cash when they report security flaws on the popular web browser software. But now it appears that a 12-year-old has scooped an a…

Unconfirmed reports that the hacker coding gang behind the ZeuS trojan are now working with their SpyEye counterparts gained credence last night when security researcher Brian Krebs reported on the move.

Wikileaks has released over 350 000 documents relating to the Iraq war, claiming 60% of deaths were of civilians.

Adobe Systems has issued a security advisory that a critical vulnerability exists in Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 and earlier versions for Windows and Mac.

State chief information officers (CIOs) are appealing to the federal government for aid in implementing information security initiatives, according to Charles Robb, senior policy analyst with the National Association of State Chief Information Officers…

Thirteen of the world’s most promising security start-ups will go head-to-head in a Dragons’ Den-style pitch for funding in London next month.

External IT security auditors are a rare breed in our industry, but Infosecurity was fortunate enough to be able to talk to Matthijs van der Wel, a manager of investigative responses with Verizon Business recently.

External IT security auditors are a rare breed in our industry, but Infosecurity was fortunate enough to be able to talk to Matthijs van der Wel, a manager of investigative responses with Verizon Business recently.

It appears that the evercookie – a zombie cookie that can remain after the deletion of cookies from a web browser – can be disabled after all, despite earlier claims by researchers.