In what can best be described as an embarrassing situation, IBM apparently distributed USB sticks infected with malware at last week’s Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) conference.

The price of online cybercrime has reduced so that criminals can rent bots by the hour. VeriSign’s iDefense research operation says the cost is just $8.94 an hour.

Eset has announced the acquisition of Comdom Software, a fellow Slovakian software company noted for its anti-spam technology – financial details of the transaction have not been revealed.

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The GSM Association’s security group (GSMA-SG) has announced it is working with the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) to host a three-day event in Barcelona in the second week of June. The three-day event seeks to allow members to discuss and …

Gridsure, a UK-based firm that has developed a pictorial alternative to PIN and passphrase authentication systems, has signed a key banking deal in France.

Texas-based PlainsCapital Bank has reached a settlement agreement with one of its former customers, Hillary Machinery, which had more than $800 000 stolen from its corporate account by cyber criminals.

Oracle has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire database security firm Secerno.

Two pilot programs from Microsoft have been established in an effort to share pre-update information and aid in protecting critical infrastructure.

Security software group Symantec is to acquire VeriSign’s identity and authentication business in a $1.28bn (£89.1m) cash deal.