The UK government plans to spend £650m over four years on a National Cyber Security Programme to beef up the nation’s defenses against cyber attack.

Local media reports in the Lake District have revealed that an unencrypted USB stick – apparently containing details on the Sellafield nuclear site’s operations – have been found by a coach driver in a Cumbria hotel room.

Google’s contracts with large Chinese advertising resellers will end on 27 October, the company has announced.

A recent attack by the Zeus trojan virus used an email and a legitimate Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website to trick users into providing sensitive tax information to cybercriminals.

Cyber attacks on UK government and business computers and networks pose a top threat to the United Kingdom, according to the new National Security Strategy.

Symantec’s ‘State of Spam and Phishing’ report this month has highlighted an overall decrease in spam, but an increase in phishing attacks.

In a disturbing echo of Google’s mapping of home Wi-Fi networks as part of its Streetview project, an ethical hacker has found nearly half of home Wi-Fi networks can be hacked in less than five seconds, according to a study.

UK-based NCC Group, provider of risk management solutions, has acquired iSEC Partners for $22.8m in cash.

Microsoft has activated an optional feature that provides download protection for beta users of the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser.

McAfee has unveiled its Security Connected initiative that will enable organizations to integrate various information security technologies both within the organization and with partners, developers, and customers.