In what some communication security experts are calling a classic data theft resulting from one or more rogue employees, T-Mobile has admitted its staff sold private details of customers to a third party for use when selling mobile phone deals.

Sophos has warned internet users against buying Tamiflu online, the drug designed to help stop people getting infected by the H1N1 virus also known as the swine flu.

Microsoft has discovered a zero-day denial of service vulnerability in the server message block (SMB) protocol used in Windows 7.

Unified threat management firm Astaro is offering a free version of its UTM product, focusing on firewall functions and targeting SMBs.

David Guyatt, one of the co-founders of MIMEsweeper, the IT security company acquired by Baltimore Technologies and later, Clearswift, has a new IT security company, Osirium.

PandaLabs, the malware labs division of Panda Security, has encountered a fake Facebook page designed to steal passwords from users of the social networking portal.

Verbatim has taken the wraps off a Secure ExpressCard-based solid state drive (SSD) with onboard 256-bit hardware encryption.

The Zbot trojan – which typically distributes itself via emails pointing at or supplying an infected download – has been spotted targeting customers of the Verizon and Vodafone mobile phone networks on both sides of the Atlantic.

Microsoft has announced guidance for applying secure programming techniques for agile software developers. The company rolled out new guidelines that will enable agile software developers to apply its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) guidelines.

A group of MPs have voiced their opinion that the extradition to the US of self-confessed UFO hacker Gary McKinnon should be halted – and that he should stand trail in the UK – owing to the “precarious state of (his) mental health”.