The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a 31-year-old California man for hacking into victims’ computers, downloading explicit photos, and then using the photos to extort more photos and videos from the victims, who were usually teenage girl…

The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued an industry alert to SCADA systems operators and other interested parties that many SCADA installations can now be located on the web using the SHODAN public search engine.

Vulnerability specialist Idappcom has released a freeware version of its Traffic IQ Pro security audit and penetration testing software.

A new distributed denial of service (DDoS) trojan, which attacks blogs and forums that criticize the Vietnamese Communist Party, is part of an increasing trend of politically motivated cyber attacks, according to Joe Stewart, director of malware analys…

Internet security firm Webroot has acquired Derby, UK-based anti-malware cloud provider Prevx.

US internet security firm Webroot has acquired Derby-based anti-malware cloud provider Prevx.

Google is expanding its reward program to compensate security researchers who find flaws in Google’s web applications, such as YouTube, Blogger, and Orkut.

Facebook has revealed it has suspended an unspecified number of developers for selling user identification numbers (UIDs) to an unnamed data broker.

Facebook has revealed it has suspended an unspecified number of developers for selling user identification numbers (UIDs) to an unnamed data broker.

The Identify Theft Council, a recently launched consortium of businesses, community groups, and law enforcement based in San Francisco, is proposing a “Neighborhood Watch” program for identity theft modeled on the programs designed to reduce neighborho…