Along with the benefits that can be gained from Big Data come attendant security risks, notes Savvis’ Ed Moyle.

The attack surface in Windows 8 is bigger than in Windows 7 because of new components and changed processes, especially with the Metro interface, warns a McAfee researcher.

As if there aren’t already enough banking trojans to worry about, with SpyEye and Zeus, Carberp and OddJob, ESET is now warning that Gataka (aka Tatanga) – another man-in-the-browser trojan – appears ready for take-off.

Several major systems reported outages this weekend. Some, such as Pinterest, Netflix and Instagram, were caused when lightning took out Amazon’s servers in Virgina. Others were caused by the more mundane and predictable Leap Second.

Despite growing up in the computer age, Gen Y is less savvy about computer security than the Baby Boom generation, according to a survey by Check Point.

The US and Canada released a 12-point statement on privacy principles on Thursday, which provides common rules for crossborder sharing of personal information.

An agreement between four music companies and Eircom (Ireland’s principle telecommunications provider) for a graduated response potentially leading to the disconnection of copyright infringing subscribers, is to be reinstated.

In a test conducted above an Austin stadium, a civilian drone was first hijacked and then brought down using equipment that costs little more than an iPad.

An independent researcher said he has found a security hole in the KeePass password manager that could enable a hacker to gain remote access to unencrypted user passwords.

Euro 2012, unsurprisingly, has attracted scammers and spammers. Using its SiteAdvisor system, McAfee has produced its most dangerous football team: the footballers’ names that a search engine is most likely to lead you to a malicious or compromised web…