A sophisticated underground economy has grown up to exploit the millions of personal computers that have been infected with rogue software that turns them into ‘zombies’ controlled by botnet masters, says an IT security expert.

A three million pounds-plus fine imposed on three of HSBC’s divisions for failing to adequately protect customer data could easily have been avoided if the banking group has made use of digital data vaulting technology, says Cyber-Ark.

Finjan, the business internet security specialist, claims its gateway security technology can easily counter a zero-day vulnerability of Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player

Imperva, a data security specialist, says that last week’s hacking of a Twitter senior executive’s email account – details of which are now fully emerging – was the result of a combination of poor security practices and safeguards.

If you ever wondered how to start Windows XP without a password and without going down to source code level, wonder no more, as Butterscotch’s content producer Stacey Reed has posted an informative video tutorial showing how it’s done.

Fortify Software, the application vulnerability analysis firm, says that the recent faux pas by the Symbian Foundation – in which the foundation effectively `signed’ a malicious application for release on its software referencing service – is an indica…

Businesses need to check their contingency plans and improve home-working support systems as swine flu looks poised to reduce UK GDP by 3% this year.

Google is not responsible for the content of its internet search results, a UK court has ruled.

The UK’s first mobile phone directory – which went live on the web and over the phone earlier in July – has been taken offline, just days after it went live amidst a fanfare of publicity.

WXPI, a Pittsburgh, Pennylvania-based TV station has quietly broken a story which could have profound repercusions on the security of so-called smartphones – mobile phones with computer-like qualities.