Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology is not only being used to protect organisation’s intellectual property rights, but is now also needed in the data archiving industry, says a DRM expert.

A German hacker has successfully cracked a six-character implementation of the 160-bit SHA-1 crypto algorithm using a cloud computing resource. The hack was completed in 49 minutes at a cost of just $2.10.

Private companies may be required to open up data and make their activities answerable to Freedom of Information (FoI) law when they are contracted to work for the public sector.

The organisers of this year’s 5th Global Security Challenge have announced the two winners of the competition, which means the pair of firms – classed as most promising security companies in the world – will share $500 000 investment provided by the U…

Fraudsters on eBay are reportedly side-hacking the Kodak Gallery service using a fake redirect technique.

After plundering users’ online bank accounts using stolen credentials, it seems that the continually evolving ZeuS malware is now targetting company data assets via their enterprise access gateways.

The desktop security business model needs to evolve to actually prevent new malware infections, not just block old ones or clean up already infected machines. This is according to Comodo CEO and president Melih Abdulhayoglu.

Nearly all of the security professionals surveyed by Solera Networks said they need real-time situational awareness, known as network forensics, to make their networks more secure, yet only 19% said they have this capability.

The latest version of a rootkit targeting Microsoft Windows has begun hitting 64-bit versions of the operating system.

Rather than speaking solely about the business challenges inherent with cloud security, Microsoft’s Scott Charney chose to address the social implications of cloud-based computing during his opening keynote address at today’s Cloud Security Alliance (C…