A bipartisan group of senators who authored cybersecurity legislation last year plan to introduce a compromise cybersecurity bill that will be examined at a hearing next Thursday.

Bank of America has informed affected credit card customers that their information may have been compromised by a breach at an unidentified merchant.

A federal jury in Texas has declared invalid patents for interactive web technology claimed by Michael Doyle and his patent holding company Eolas.

Security researcher Joshua Rubin has published details of his research showing a vulnerability in the Google Wallet near field communication payments system for Android.

A hacker associated with an Anonymous affiliate has released source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere security software onto the Pirate Bay file-sharing website after an apparent attempt to extort $50,000 from the security vendor.

The commercialization of cybercrime continues, with Trusteer describing what it calls ‘Factory Outlets’ for the sale of stolen user credentials.

With ‘privacy’ such an emotive and complex issue, Canadian companies should note that an action for tort (civil action) for ‘intrusion upon seclusion’ has been recognized by the Ontario Appeal Court.

The hacktivist group Anonymous apparently gained control over the Boston Police Department’s community policing website in retaliation for the police crackdown on the Occupy Boston protests.

The volume of cybersecurity job ads declined in the fourth quarter in the US, compared to a four-year high in the third-quarter of 2011, according to a survey by WANTED Analytics.

Two US lawsuits, both involving producers of adult content, raise interesting questions: is the owner of an unsecured WiFi responsible for all downloaded material, and can you copyright pornography?