After beta testing the service amongst a select number of its users since the start of the year, Paypal has rolled out a text message security check system for its electronic cash and payment service.

Printer company Canon has unveiled a printer that can automatically protect the data in copied documents. The Canon ImageRunner Advance printer, targeted at medium to large enterprises, features Scan Lock, a system which superimposes a watermark on cop…

Two experiments conducted at MIT are raising questions about the level of privacy among those who use modern tools such as mobile phones and social networks – and suggesting that there is even less of it than most of us already thought.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has lost the personal information of more than 2 000 people in the past year, according to the department’s annual financial accounts published last week.

Talk, Tools, Techniques, Trials, and Traps – get the lowdown on the week’s security news in our weekly brief.

Yahoo has warned users of its Yahoo Mail service about a two-year-old security flaw that appears to allow hackers to gain access to their accounts via a back door.

An informative webinar – in which BigFix, Trend Micro and one of their joint customers in the healthcare sector looked at some of the problems in the mobile workforce and allied IT security sectors – was a great success this Thursday.

Eight months into its first year, the Obama administration could still try harder when it comes to electronic privacy and digital rights, according to a report card issued by an advocacy group.

US government officials are reported to be watching India with interest, where the government has taken the major national security step of recommending a ban on international internet telephony until a system to trace the calls is in place.

The Websense Security Labs report on the state of internet security for the first half of 2009, has found that the number of malicious websites has increased 233% over the last six months, and 671% over the last year.