Botnets – swarms of infected PCs controlled by a command-and-control server(s) – are becoming big business for cybercriminals and now security researcher Brian Krebs has detailed how crimeware professionals are now renting out sub-swarms for cash.

Around 60 million computers in Vietnam were infected with malware last year, about 6.5 million of those infections were from the Conficker virus, according to the Vietnam Informatics Department.

MidState Medical Center in Meriden, Conn., said that it lost a hard drive containing personal information on patients at the hospital. Reports indicate that the number of patients affected is around 93,500.

At the start of 2011, investment in social networking site Facebook valued it at $50bn – more than eBay and Time Warner. Computer Weekly talks to Facebook’s Tim Campos

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has announced it is stepping up its campaign for stronger intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the UK.

AVG Technologies, the company behind the popular AVG range of IT security software, has unveiled a secure cloud storage service called LiveKive. Available in three variants, one of which is free and offers up to 5 gigabytes (GB) of online storage, the …

Independent security expert group Jericho Forum has published a buyers’ guide for information security products and services.

In 78% of online fraud incidents, banks failed to catch the illegal transfer of funds or other malicious activities, such as identity theft, according to a survey commissioned by Guardian Analytics.

Most organizations fall short in training their workers in information security best practices, according a report by the IBM Center for the Business of Government.

As tablets and smartphones continue to proliferate, the companies that sell and market security suites have already begun shifting their focus toward mobile security. With many apps to choose from – both paid and free – Infosecurity was provided with i…