A hacking attack on a key investigative agency of the Indian government shows that cyberspace is increasingly becoming a battleground, say security experts.

A hacking attack on a key investigative agency of the Indian government shows that cyberspace is increasingly becoming a battleground, say security experts.

Two-thirds of employees expose sensitive data outside the workplace, according to a survey by People Security.

Visa’s CodeSure technology, which essentially adds a calculator-style keypad and LCD screen to a credit/debit card, is about to be tested for use with online government services in the UK.

December is rapidly turning into a festival of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on WikiLeaks and a number of sites looking to distance themselves from the high-profile government reporting portal.

The Mac OS virtualization product has been updated by VMware to address three minor security vulnerabilities and a host of known bugs.

Lumension is sponsoring a new website to share insights into intelligent whitelisting technology to improve organizations’ information security.

The latest software update from security supplier AVG Technologies has caused problems with many users running Microsoft’s 64-bit Windows 7 operating system.

Reports are coming in that the FBI has identified a 23-year-old Russian as the lynchpin behind the infamous Mega-D botnet, which has been responsible for as much as a third of all spam generated around the world.

Visa Europe has announced plans to use the location of a cardholder’s mobile phone to better detect fraud using its payment cards. The card company has reportedly contracted with ValidSoft, part of the ElephantTalk telecoms group, for the service.