It used to be a reflection of the maturity of the computer software marketplace that applications went through beta testing to iron out bugs. Now it seems the same process applies to malware, as Sophos is warning users to be on alert for a beta test of…

Following closely on the heels of its first Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule fine, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has doled out a $1 million fine against Massachusetts General Hospital for a da…

Reports are coming in that a cybercriminal gang – with members who were involved in the Storm and Waledac worms – have raked in more than $150 million promoting unlicensed online pharmacies between May 2007 and June 2010.

The Internet Systems Consortium has published an advisory and an update for the Bind domain name system software versions 9.7.1 to 9.7.2-P3.

The latest ‘victim’ of USB stick loss, Cambridgeshire County Council, has been given an electronic dressing down by the Information Commisoners Office for what the regulator calls a clear breach of the Data Protection Act.

Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were among the oil companies targeted by hackers working through internet servers in China, say US reports.

Melih Abdulhayoglu, founder of Comodo, is never afraid to make some bold claims or call out the big boys of the anti-virus industry. Once again, the company’s chief executive did not fail to disappoint when he sat down with Infosecurity at last week’s …

The Libyan government could pull the plug on the country’s internet as protests sweep the country.

The Libyan government could pull the plug on the country’s internet as protests sweep the country.

The self-styled Iranian Cyber Army was able to hack into the US government-funded Voice of America website and transform the home page into a pro-Iranian banner that instructed the US government to “stop interfering with Islamic countries.”