Interpol, the international police agency, has announced that the EDAPS consortium has been chosen to design and produce the secure electronic passport.

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.