Researchers with Russian IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab say they detected 575 new variants of the Koobface worm during June.

As Google announced the future launch of its Google Chrome operating system (OS) based on an open source Linux kernel, it also claimed that “users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work”, but is that possible…

Two researchers from Carnegie Mellon University claim that it is possible to predict a person’s social security number by using statistical analysis, throwing the security of a key personal identifier into doubt.

Facebook and other social networking sites are coming under fire for ruining the spy industry as finding new recruits without an online trail is becoming next to impossible, according to IT security specialist NCC Group.

The CEO of a virtual gaming bank within the space trading game EVE Online, has run off with 200bn of virtual credits trading them in for real world cash of £3115 (US$5100) through the black market.

Worlwide IT spending could fall 6% to US$3.2 trillion in 2009, according to Connecticut-based IT research and advisory company Gartner.

The state of Colorado has updated a law designed to protect children on the internet from sending of sexually explicit messages, known as ‘sexting’, to include cell phones too.

The team behind the Waledec botnet mounted a new malware campaign over the July 4 weekend that has infected thousands of PCs.

UK telecoms giant BT has secured a prestigious deal to provide officers and staff at London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with new identity and access management services

Data leakage – one of the IT security hot topics of the moment – is on the agenda of a joint Cyber-Ark/Websense webinar being broadcast live at 3pm today, and available via the Infosecurity web site on a recorded basis after that time.