The House Energy and Commerce Committee has identified improving cybersecurity of US critical infrastructure and online privacy as priorities for the fall.

Panda Security says it has spotted a new type of ransomware that tells users that their copy of Windows is pirated, and asks for a hefty fee to ‘licence’ the computer concerned.

No, you’re not alone in seeing more than a few smutty and pharma-promoting spam messages in your mailbox this week. Peter Cochrane. BT’s former chief technology officer and head of research is getting them too – and he’s less than amused.

Cyber attacks from nation-states can be divided into three categories – political activism and espionage, industrial espionage, and cyberwarfare – observed Kurt Bertone, vice president and security strategist at Fidelis Security Systems.

The botnet problem is getting worse, says Arbor Networks and, perhaps more interestingly, many of the botnet-based DDoS attacks that the internet security analysis firm says it is seeing, are politically motivated.

Fear causes a lot of problems in the corporate environment and it seems that fear of data breaches – which are being reported constantly in the media – is causing many company IT managers to go into data clampdown mode, if the conclusions of the latest…

Sony has appointed its first chief information security officer.

The virus WildList – an open source list of viruses and associated malware that have been reported as seen in the wild and therefore posing a real threat to what internet users face – is being extended.

The Dutch government has announced it is investigating whether Iran may have been involved in hacking state websites after DigiNotar digital certificates were stolen.

The Department of Homeland Security is warning computers users to be cautious about phishing scams and cyberattacks related to Hurricane Irene and the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.