Users of the BlackBerry smartphone will no longer have to stare enviously at the security apps for Android handsets and Apple iPhones, as RIM has developed a native security app for its popular business smartphone.

Microsoft has integrated Facebook and Windows Live Messenger into its Outlook email application.

The National Security Agency within the US Department of Defense has announced a programme to mitigate cyber attacks on critical infrastructure such as power plants and the electricity grid.

Whilst most ‘ransomware’ tries to extract money from the victim’s account into the users’ bank account, often using a payment card or bank-to-bank transfer mechanism, a new type of scamware appears to try to get users to top up the criminal’s mobile ph…

Sourcefire, the creator of Snort, the open source intrusion detection software, has launched a cloud-based intrusion prevention service using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform.

Barracuda Networks has warned internet surfers to be wary of fake Adobe flash updates, after it uncovered a number of compromised sites in the wild which present unwary visitors with an official-looking Adobe Flash update page.

As would-be iPhone users reportedly continue to queue in stores to buy new iPhone 4 handsets with two year airtime contracts costing large sums of money, the Daily Telegraph has revealed how the iPhone is logging a lot more information on its owners th…

The federal government is reportedly working on an ambitious plan to detect and defend against cyberattacks on the US critical national infrastructure, which includes national electricity and telecoms grids, as well as other systems important to the de…

Software security assurance specialist Fortify, has warned iPhone and smartphone owners to think carefully before installing cracked software on their handsets.

Cloud computing services have, to date, largely been sold by specialist firms, or direct to companies and end users.A cloud specialist – which supplies services to eBay and Paypal – is now developing a cloud offering that can be sold via resellers.