Rochdale Council has been found guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act after it lost an unencrypted USB stick containing the details of more than 18,000 residents.

Companies are less aware and engaged in government critical infrastructure protection (CIP) programs this year compared with 2010, according to a Symantec survey.

Reports are coming in that Pavel Vrublevsky, the co-founder of Chronopay, the Russian e-money service used a large number of web sites in the former Eastern bloc, has been refused bail.

Unknown hackers are reported to have downed the landline and cellular networks n Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestinian telecoms minister has announced.

Research from ISACA claims to show that the number of organization’s allowing staff to bring their own devices to the workplace is increasing.

More than one-third of US companies are poorly prepared for advanced persistent threats (APT), according to a report by the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG).

Dolphin HD, an advanced web browser for the Android platform, is reported to be relaying details of web sites accessed on the device it is installed on to a remote server.

Secunia, the independent IT security research agency, has become the latest to start rewarding researchers for information on security vulnerabilities. The firms joins the likes of Barracuda Networks and Google’s Chrome operation in this regard.

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has released a report recommending that the US Department of Defense adapt its national security strategy to embrace the new science of predictive failure. At the same time, the report also suggests that th…

Check Point has announced it is in the process of acquiring Dynasec, a privately held Israeli compliance solutions firm that was founded back in 2004. Sources suggest the purchase price is in the region of $10 to $20 million, although no figures have b…