Former HP chief executive Mark Hurd is to replace Charles Phillips as co-president of Oracle alongside Safra Catz a month after the HP board forced him to quit.

Network security, accuracy and reliability, and first-time connectivity have emerged as energy utility executives’ key concerns for the proposed £10bn national smart meter project.

Reports are coming in that a Greater Manchester Police branded USB stick has been found by a member of the public outside a city police station.

Visa, the international payment card group, has taken the unprecedented step of suspending the Visa transaction processing facilities of one of its prepaid debit card members, ePassporte.

A US Department of Defense (DoD) agency is to develop a system that can identify and stop insiders from stealing information from its networks.

Microsoft’s free tool to bring newer security protections to older platforms and applications is now available for download.

Infosecurity will be hosting a free webinar on the topical issue of cloud computing security next Tuesday afternoon, offering attendees the chance to download a valuable white paper free of charge.

Monthly malware statistics released by Kaspersky Labs shows that malicious programs targeting the recently patched Windows shortcut vulnerability were among the most popular during August.

Although facial biometrics is in widespread use in airports, railway stations, and other transport hubs across the UK, the system generally only works in real time when the person is either facing the camera or at a slight angle.

Sophos warns computer users not to complete the survey offered in a phishing email disguised as a McDonald’s survey