The European Commission (EC) has suspended trading in carbon credits after unknown hackers compromised the accounts of Czech traders and reportedly siphoned off around 28 million euro worth of carbon credit certificates.

Internal fraud poses an increasing risk to financial institutions, according to a report from the Aite Group.

The Stuxnet worm was an Israeli-US project developed at the highly secretive Israeli Dimona complex in the Negev desert to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, according to a report in the New York Times.

Google has announced that Iranians will be able to download Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome, available for the first time following the easing of US export controls.

Bohu, a new type of malware, is attacking cloud-based anti-virus (AV) technology from popular suppliers in China.

Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) will provide network intrusion detection and prevention services to the US Air Force’s 33rd Network Warfare Squadron under a five-year, $30 million contract.

Infosecurity magazine is delighted to welcome the newest addition to our roster of bloggers – the Cloud Security Alliance.

Prosecutors have filed charges against two men for hacking into AT&T’s website and stealing email addresses and other personal information of 120,000 iPad users.

Hackers are targeting Las Vegas casinos’ customer databases in order to gain access to personal financial information or steal players club points, according to gaming regulators.

Heavy lobbying, lurid language and poor analysis are inhibiting government planning for cyber protection, says a new report on Systemic Cyber Security published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).