Around 30 000 new malicious and potentially undesirable programmes appear every day, according to security researchers at Kaspersky Lab.

Microsoft is to pay $200m in settlement of a patent infringement case brought by VirnetX.

Google has admitted that it mistakenly collected data sent over WiFi networks using its Street View cars gathering images for Google’s controversial Street View service.

Reports are coming in that Facebook has identified the self-proclaimed hacker who was offering to sell batches of 1000 Facebook accounts – up to 1.5 million in total – and it appears that the Russian hacker was wildly overstating the account numbers.

Reports are coming in that Facebook has identified the self-proclaimed hacker who was offering to sell batches of 1000 Facebook accounts – up to 1.5 million in total – and it appears that the Russian hacker was wildly overstating the account numbers.

Facebook is once again in the news, as large numbers of users are being hit by a prank video posted to their Facebook walls.

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.