The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found the Scottish Court Service in breach of the Data Protection Act for failing to prevent court documents containing personal data being accidentally disposed of at a local recycling bank in Glasgow.

Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.

The Australian Crime Commission (ACC), a government security agency, is reporting on a new fraud trend that the country’s national criminal intelligence agency calls ‘virtual crime’.

Panda Security’s research arm, Panda Labs, claims that 34% of all malware ever created was coded/created during 2010.

Federal workers were sent fake White House Christmas e-cards containing Zeus malware designed to gain access to computer systems and steal sensitive documents.

Joona Airamo, the CISO at Stonesoft, a Scandinavian IT security vendor, is predicting that the coming year will see a malware infection that targets the Apple operating system.

Virgin Media says that its research suggests that consumer gadgets topped the Christmas stocking gift list with millions shifting from the shelves before the VAT increase.

American Honda Motor Co. is warning around 2.2 million customers that an email database containing personal information was hacked, according to reports.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has offered lawful interception in its security architecture through cloud computing from Indian operators, according to the India Times.

A US security researcher has revealed a number of new security flaws in the Adobe PDF file format. The flaws, says Julia Wolf, a researcher with California’s FireEye, have been around for some time, but have not been reported on.