Microsoft is fixing a number of bugs in recent updates to three of its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) tools, which enable developers to build security and privacy into their applications.

The coming weekend is, of course, the big summer bank holiday period when a lot of people grab a few days final holidays before the autumn. But, warns M86 Security, the bank holiday period is also one when cybercriminals are very active, so the vendor …

A Symantec research team have revealed that a new trojan – Trojan-Badlib – is being used as a malware distribution network by unknown hackers.

Maine’s Central Voter Registration (CVS) has been breached, potentially exposing personal information on close to one million registered voters.

A Trend Micro vice president of cloud security has spotted plans by the US government to look at more innovative ways to control its IT resources, and makes the interesting observation that DARPA may even be looking at controlling the US Navy’s submari…

After mounting pressure and rising levels of criticism, Facebook has significantly revamped its privacy settings and, while the general response has been positive, some critics are less than enthusiastic.

An apparent slip-up by producers on a Chinese TV programme has revealed that the country’s military are using attackbot applications on their PCs to attack Western computer systems.

Steve Jobs has stepped down as Apple CEO after a second bout of medical leave since the start of the year.

Google has fixed 11 security flaws in its Chrome 13 browser, doling out $8,837 to researchers in the process, far short of its record $17,000 earlier this year.

A blunder by recruitment company Hays has revealed that some IT contractors at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) earn as much as £2000 per day.