As the ongoing furore over the relaxation of security at UK border crossings continues with politicians name-calling the UK’s border control agency, a leading biometric and border control specialist says that more needs to be done behind the scenes to …

Sutter Health, a healthcare system in northern California, reported that an unencrypted laptop containing personal information on more than four million patients was stolen from its Sacramento offices.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon university – in partnership with Google – have developed a Windows application that can scour the internet, comparing images found online with a submitted picture, and identify you within 60 seconds.

With MastercCard having just reported a surge in mobile payments (31% of Russians have used this technology), ISACA has issued a white paper looking at the security risks involved and offering guidance for IT security professionals.

Lieberman Software says it expects to see more case of cyber espionage after French energy giant EDF was fined €1.5m for hacking into Greenpeace computers to download the environmental group’s plans to block four planned nuclear power plants in the UK.

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do not consider themselves targets of cyberattacks, and thus are not implementing safeguards to protect their information, a Symantec survey concludes.

White Hat events are pleased to announce that they have now exceeded £500k in their fundraising activities in support of ChildLine/NSPCC.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) wants to be able to prosecute international cybercriminals under a US law originally intended to take down the Mafia, a representative told a House Judiciary panel yesterday.

Video game company Valve admitted to a data breach last week that could affect the personal information of its 35 million Steam game download customers.

(ISC)², the not-for-profit IT security association, says that, against a backdrop of more and more governments recognising the need for cyber security strategies, they now need to recognize the requirement for internationally recognised skills, princip…