Effective Oct. 1, 2012, Visa is eliminating the requirement for US merchants to annually validate their compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) if 75% of the merchant’s annual Visa transactions originate from chip-enabled terminals.

The latest monthly malware and threats report from GFI Labs – the research operation of GFI Software – claims that cybercriminals are now stealing end user credentials from each other, as well as using complex new methodologies when seeking to infect e…

A security researcher with Computer Associates has carried out an in-depth analysis of the SpyEye trojan and concluded that the malware has been cleverly coded to hide the fact that it is really little more than a clever piece of credential-grabbing co…

A Symantec security researcher is reporting that MBR – Master Boot Record – infections are now back in fashion amongst cybercriminals after several years of largely being ignored.

A data breach at Bay House School in Hampshire has highlighted the importance of not using the same password for different websites and applications, say experts.

Cloud providers can demonstrate their adherence to industry-standard security practices by applying for listing in the Cloud Security Alliance’s (CSA) new Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR).

At the Black Hat 2011 event, which has just finished in Las Vegas, security researchers have shown how it is possible to hack a dongle for the iPad – which was originally designed to allow iPads to accept debit and credit card payments – to become a ca…

Noted security researcher and hacker Moxie Marlinspike slammed the certificate authorities at last week’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, just before he introduced his own alternative for authenticating secure web communications.

A threat analyst with Trend Micro claims to have spotted a trojanised Android app in the wild that checks for keywords in text messages, and relays the data back to remote hackers.

After researching the growing problem of APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats) – a security issue first discovered by StoneSoft late last year – Dell SecureWorks claims to have revealed around 60 different types of families of custom malware that use APTs…