Research just released from Arbor Networks makes the interesting assertion that a new family of distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets has arrived on the hacker scene.

Seventy people were arrested in Romania this week as part of an investigation of three organised criminal groups connected with cybercrime.

Kaspersky has successfully patented technology that enables analysts to trace the activity of software code without infringing upon intellectual property.

Content watermarking firm Civolution has signed an expanded long-term agreement with online music database firm Gracenote to jointly market an audio and video content identification platform that lets content owners and service providers filter and mon…

McAfee has signed a deal with IT performance optimisation company Riverbed Technology to embed its firewall technology in the Riverbed Steelhead WAN optimisation appliance.

This week sees the introduction of new penalties for breaches of the Data Protection Act. Regulated and enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the maximum fine for an organisation found to be in breach of the act rises from just £5000…

Research just released in the US claims to show that three quarters of workers are now saving corporate data on unencrypted USB sticks and, says Origin Storage, if this data is extrapolated to the UK, it suggests there is a high risk of data leaks occu…

Visa International has taken the unusual step on advising its member financial institutions – who process card transactions for their retailer customers – that the incidence of trojans carrying keylogger malware is rising, and that retailers need to ta…

The US has lost its place atop the leader board as the chief source of malware in March, as research from Network Box indicates Korea – mainly South Korea – can now claim the top spot when phishing attempts are included in the statistics.

Infosecurity rounds up the week’s news