A security researcher claims to have discovered a potentially major security loophole in the way Google Android stores WiFi passwords.

Many US small businesses do not regularly review information security processes, conduct security audits, or train employees on information security practices, according to a survey sponsored by document destruction services company Shred-it.

Microsoft is warning users that WebGL graphics technology poses security risks, based on work by Context Information Security and its own security research team.

The LulzSec hacktivist group continued its trail of e-destruction late yesterday, posting a large file of electronic trophies – the email ID/password combos of 62,000 user credentials – the web and linking the list via Twitter.

A group of students at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London are developing designs for safer and more secure ATMs.

A landmark digital and security piracy case in Duisburg, Germany, has resulted in the conviction of two men – aged 18 and 23 – in connection with the trojan-assisted piracy of unpublished songs of Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and other musicians.

Research just released by memory supplier Crucial claims that, when faced with a sluggish PC, 52% of users run their AV software, whilst 53% start compressing their files.

Reports are coming in that eight laptops – one containing the medical records of 8.63 million patients – went missing three weeks ago from an NHS storeroom at NHS North Central London Health Authority.

Mike Yaffe, director of enterprise marketing with Core Security, has launched what appears to be a thinly-veiled attack on the IT security professionals defending the systems that have been hacked in recent weeks and months by hacktivist groups such as…

Cellcrypt has taken the wraps off an encrypted telephony app for Google Android smartphones and tablets. Compatible with the firm’s existing Symbian and Blackberry apps, as well as its commercial systems, the app supports 2048-bit RSA encryption.