Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular browser clients currently in use and, as a result is attracting the attentions of hackers, some of whom have developed a keylogger trojan that forces the client to store passwords automatically.

An online activist group – apparently using the 4Chan web portal as its forum – started a major distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) at around midnight CET yesterday evening against the web portal of the Spanish copyright protection society, the…

A global standard is needed for point-to-point encryption (P2PE) technology used to secure credit card transactions, according to Troy Leach, chief standards architect at the PCI Security Standards Council. Standards are needed to ensure consistency an…

The unique device identifier (UDID) on an iPhone can be used in collecting data that poses privacy concerns, warns Bucknell professor Eric Smith.

IT security standards are mainly set by dominant technology suppliers, rather than independent organizations, according to a German information security official.

IT security standards are mainly set by dominant technology suppliers, rather than independent organisations, according to a German information security official.

Information security technologies have never been as important as they are now, says the German Informatics Society (GI).

The fate of self-confessed ‘UFO hacker’ Gary McKinnon – who has been on the cusp of being extradited to the US to face charges in connection with unauthorized access to US military networks – will be decided within a matter of weeks, rather than months…

Information security technologies have never as important as they are now, says the German Informatics Society (GI).

The Stuxnet worm marks a watershed in IT security management, says Thomas de Maizière, German minister of the interior.