The New Mexico Human Services Department informed users of its Salud! Medicaid plan that an unencrypted laptop containing personal health information was stolen back in March.

Earlier this week a San Diego jury convicted a Chinese national for attempting to smuggle communications equipment out of the country, including encryption devices used by the US military and NATO.

Cybercriminals are using Google Groups to distribute rogue anti-virus software and other malware, according to researchers at security firm eSoft.

Earlier this month the co-founders of anti-virus software vendor Sophos agreed to sell a majority stake in the company to private equity group Apax Partners in a deal worth $300 million.

Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure’s chief research officer, says he applauds the actions of law enforcement offices around the world in bring increasing volumes of cybercrminals to justice in the first four months of 2010.

German enterprise software maker SAP has agreed to acquire US database and mobility software producer Sybase for $5.8bn.

Microsoft issued two security bulletins on Tuesday for what the company called “critical” patches to the Windows OS, Office suite, and Visual Basic.

A Florida couple accused of selling off patient records from a Miami-area medical center had their plea agreements rejected by a Federal court judge yesterday.

The Maryland Attorney General announced the state has settled a case against payment card processor Mid Atlantic Processing, which allegedly improperly disposed of 77 boxes containing client data.

Reports are coming in that large numbers of Twitter account holders have had their online accounts compromised, with the accounts apparently generating messages advertising a website that claims to help users attract more followers.