A Symantec security researcher is reporting the discovery of a trojan that infects and adds users’ computers to a processing swarm designed to brute force decrypt the bitcoin electronic currency system, generating as much as $150.00 per infected comput…

The SANS Institute has expanded its NetWars challenge, which tests information security skills of IT professionals, to include the US military, noted Ed Skoudis, director of the SANS NetWars project.

A technical expert with HP-ArcSight says he was able to track and report his Macbook Pro laptop – stolen in last week’s London riots – and assist the police in returning the computer.

A leading security researcher has warned smartphone users of the risk they run by charging their handset at one of the growing USB-linked ‘power stations’ that are popping up at airports, shopping malls and other locations across the US, Canada and Eur…

The UK IT profession could suffer as a result of the soaring cost of postgraduate courses on the back of rises in the fees for undergraduate studies.

Thales has developed what it claims is the industry’s first cryptographic technology capable of running in the memory of a cellular phone’s SIM card, meaning that the secure m-wallet function can operate wholly on the SIM card, interacting with secure …

Data security specialist claims that cybercriminals are tapping the powerful search features that Google offers, generating more than 80,000 daily queries. This, the firm says, allows the hackers to conduct a significant amount of cyber reconnaissance …

It seems that the source code for SpyEye – the sister malware to Zeus – has been released on a number of file-sharing sites, as well loaded onto the file areas of a number of darkware forums. The move follows the `sharing’ of the source code of Zeus ea…

We are pleased to announce the details for our Infosecurity 2011 UK autumn virtual conference, to be held on 27th September 2011. This one-day event will bring together a series of topical keynote sessions direct to your computer and gives you the flex…

A group of hackers have set up a leader board website called – appropriately enough – RankMyHack.com, under which elite hackers can post information on their latest hacks and allow their peers to rank their network and system incursions.