The recent launch of nine high-specification mobile phones that use the Mobile Linux operating system (Limo) will add fuel to an already overheated market.

Reports in Computer Weekly that a number of local authorities are sacking or disciplining staff for viewing personal data on the Department for Work and Pension’s Customer Information System (CIS) comes as no surprise, says Cyber-Ark, but merely serves…

In its second quarterly report on IT security threats of 2008, software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist ScanSafe reported that web-based malware had surged by over a third when compared to the first quarter of the year.

Campaign Monitor, the Australia-based email marketing software developer, has warned users of compromise to its servers that took place over last weekend.

The problem of religiously-motivated hacker attacks raised its ugly head again this month with an attack on the Express newspaper in Kosovo. Newswire reports suggest that Islamist hackers attacked the paper’s website using a combination of simple malwa…

Microsoft has issued a security note about a flaw in Windows ASP.NET that it says could allow a DDOS security situation.

Applications on the Apple iTunes website are arguably what makes the iPhone so popular in mobile phone circles, but a growing number of users are unlocking (jailbreaking) their iPhones, for the simple reason that it opens up the mobile to third-party a…

Regulation could protect businesses and governments from poor IT implementations that have cost billions of dollars. But at present, software is generally shipped with a disclaimer which states that the manufacturer does not guarantee it will work, unl…

The Conservative party is to reveal plans to cut NHS IT spending by scrapping the government’s planned central database for medical records.

Fibre optic networks are not secure enough to transmit information that has not been encrypted, according to a recent report from IDC Research.