The memo by US intelligence officials urging government agencies to set up insider threat programs in response to WikiLeaks applies to all organizations, says security firm Imperva.

The threat landscape is evolving and, as a result, botnets and cross-platform security threats will head up the security threat list for 2011, according to ESET, the Slovakian IT security vendor.

Information security researcher Billy Rios has developed a method for bypassing an Adobe sandbox that is designed to prevent Flash files from being used as launching pads for attacks on computers.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found the Scottish Court Service in breach of the Data Protection Act for failing to prevent court documents containing personal data being accidentally disposed of at a local recycling bank in Glasgow.

Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.

The Australian Crime Commission (ACC), a government security agency, is reporting on a new fraud trend that the country’s national criminal intelligence agency calls ‘virtual crime’.

Panda Security’s research arm, Panda Labs, claims that 34% of all malware ever created was coded/created during 2010.

Federal workers were sent fake White House Christmas e-cards containing Zeus malware designed to gain access to computer systems and steal sensitive documents.

Joona Airamo, the CISO at Stonesoft, a Scandinavian IT security vendor, is predicting that the coming year will see a malware infection that targets the Apple operating system.

Virgin Media says that its research suggests that consumer gadgets topped the Christmas stocking gift list with millions shifting from the shelves before the VAT increase.