Anti-virus security pioneer John McAfee has packed up and moved to Oregon, after months of erratic behavior and intrigue in Central America. His goal is to tell his life story through a series of media projects.

A high-level cyber-espionage campaign has successfully infiltrated computer networks at diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organizations across the globe over the course of the last five years, security researchers say.

Unified information security technology vendor Websense has named John McCormack as its new chief executive following the announced retirement of former CEO Gene Hodges

Aaron Swartz was found by his girlfriend Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman hanging by his own belt in their Brooklyn apartment last Friday. On Saturday the New York medical examiner’s office ruled death by suicide.

A ploy targeting consumers with bogus Google Chrome browser updates is spreading Zeus-like banking malware to unsuspecting web surfers.

Global Payments, which has never been particularly forthcoming over the loss of 1.5 million card details (it could have been more) in 2012 (it could have been earlier) has now disclosed associated costs of $93.9 million – but it will be more.

The fact that Android malware is an escalating issue comes as no surprise, but a recent analysis of its sheer ‘market share’ of the mobile malware universe is noteworthy.

Bait-and-switch is a tried and tested scam used in many forms of retail. In the app world it involves tricking users into believing they are buying something ‘good’ while in reality they are buying something bad.

Coinciding with the publication of yesterday’s highly critical Defence Select Committee report on the state of cyber security in the military, Major General Shaw points the finger at the public.

The FBI has warned that new malware is making the rounds, embedded within faux emails from American Airlines claiming to send order confirmations.