The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is looking to expand its authority to protect the electrical grid against cyber attacks.

In a move that has caused raised eyebrows in the smartphone industry, Sony Ericsson has posted detailed information on how to hack its Xperia range of Android smartphones.

TalkTalk, a third-party telco and broadband supplier, has launched the UK’s first ISP-level broadband security service.

Context Information Security claims to have discovered a range of security flaws in WebGL technology, a web-based extension to the JavaScript programming language that allows 3D graphic images to appear with users’ web browsers.

Hackers appear to be using social networking and news trending topics, judging from a recent analysis from Luis Corrons, technical director with Panda Security, who notes that the death of Osama bin Laden and the Royal Wedding have been used as lures i…

LastPass, the popular online password management service, has started the lengthy process of forcing members to undergo master password changes following anomalies on its inter-server data logging systems.

The FBI says an audit finding insufficient national cybersecurity investigation skills does not reflect current expertise and results.

Sony said that it appears the massive data breach affecting 100 million of its PlayStation Network (PSN) and Sony Entertainment Online (SOE) customers may have been carried out by the hacker group Anonymous, although the group denies responsibility.

Hard on the heels of a welter of Google Android malware stories, data security specialist Imperva says its research team has discovered how cybercriminals are using Android apps to infect users with trojans.

The latest monthly threat report from Fortinet claims that 2.3 million PCs were infected by the CoreFlood botnet, which was dismantled recently by an FBI sting operation. In addition, the report claims to show that Russian domain pharma sites now domin…