Research just released by Barracuda Networks claims to show that the crime rate on Twitter soared by 20% last year, after a quiet period in the latter part of 2009.
Accreditation body revises HIPAA data privacy and security standards
URAC, a nonprofit healthcare accreditation organization, has revised its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security standards.
DroidDream trojan is a nightmare for thousands of Android users
Google has removed 55 apps from its Android Market after tens of thousands of users downloaded applications that were infected by the DroidDream trojan, according to numerous news reports.
RPost sues Swiss Post for allegedly infringing on proof, privacy and electronic signature patents
An interesting lawsuit has popped up with California’s RPost, a secure email firm, filing a request for an injunction through the Swiss courts over an alleged breach of its technology patents.
Businesses bear the responsibility for blame with phishing attacks claims Imperva director
Rob Rachwald, Imperva’s security director, says that his company is adding hackers to the old Benjamin Franklin adage that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
Dutch anti-piracy site suffers DDoS attack
Hacktivists seem to have learned a lot from the WikiLeaks/Anonymous attacks seen in recent months, as an automated DDoS attack has reportedly frozen access to BREIN, the Dutch anti-piracy web portal.
iPhone, iPad to get Android-like gesture security lock screen?
One of the features that Apple may reveal later today when it – as is widely expected, launches the iPad 2 – will be an Android-like pattern lock screen for iOS, the operating system of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Cybercrime complaints are second highest in decade, says IC³
Complaints lodged with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC³) totaled 303,809 in 2010, the second highest level in the center’s 10-year history.
Google blames software update for Gmail failure
Google has blamed a bug in a storage software update for weekend interruptions to its Gmail service in which thousands of users lost e-mail contacts and folders.
iPhone cracking competition criticised by three-time winner
The simmering row between security experts and white hat hackers over so-called cracking contests has boiled over, with the organisers of the Pwn2Own competition – which opens on 9 March in Vancouver – defending their role in the industry.