Self-confessed UFO hacker Gary McKinnon has been denied the chance to appeal to the Supreme Court against his extradition to the US.

Comcast is piloting a service that will notify customers that have been infected with malware, the company said this week.

Smart cards can result in a 644% return on investment in an enterprise with 2000 employees, Philip Hoyer, senior architect at UK-based ActivIdentity, said at ISSE 2009 in The Hague.

Symantec has taken the wraps off its first graduate recruitment and internship programme for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

ISC2, the not-for-profit security professionals organisation, has announced its school internet safety volunteer programme has reached 20,000 students worldwide, and has now been expanded to the US.

Infosecurity is pleased to announce its first webinar on the topic of Web 2.0 branding and reputational risks, which will be held at 3pm (UK time) this Thursday.

PCI DSS compliance is fast becoming a hot topic in boardrooms and at Reading football club – one of the Championship’s largest clubs – as Reading FC has successfully migrated to a virtualised IT infrastructure.

Hard on the heels of widespread reports about smart energy meters and their grids being vulnerable to hacker attacks, HP has launched a security audit for smart grid services.

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Users of the US global positioning system (GPS) in Europe now have access to an enhanced-accuracy service provided by the European Union.