In order to protect data from a disaster or cyberattack, organizations should develop a disaster recovery plan based on a cost-benefit analysis of the value of the data versus the cost of maintaining backup facilities, according to a report from Wisega…

In an apparent about-turn over government plans to allow security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet browsing habits, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said the legislation will be published only as a draft.

Cybercriminals have launched a Blackhole-laden spam campaign against US Airways passengers, trying to convince them to click on a link to “view” their reservation, according to Kaspersky Lab.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) just can’t catch a break when it comes to its information security posture; the US Treasury’s auditors are joining the criticisms begun by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) about infosec shortcomings at the U…

Edward Pearson, aka G-Zero, has been jailed for 26 months at Southwark Crown Court for “making an article for use in fraud and two counts of possession of an article for use in fraud.”

Discussing the latest drive-by threat to Mac users that exploits an unpatched Java vulnerability known as CVE-2012-0507, Graham Cluley of Sophos blogs, “My advice is that if you have no real need for Java, remove it.”

Adobe has released a free tool that helps IT administrators classify suspicious files as malicious or benign using machine-learning algorithms.

A report issued this week by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that local law enforcement is engaged in pervasive warrantless tracking of cell phones.

US defense firm ManTech has acquired technology security firm HBGary, which was at the center of a controversy last year when it claimed to have infiltrated Anonymous and was then attacked by the hacktivist group.

Global Payments, a third-party payment card processor, has admitted that around 1.5 million credit card numbers may have been stolen in a massive data breach last month, up significantly from the original report of 50,000.