Internet media company media-servers.net is the latest victim of a large-scale malicious code injection campaign by hackers, says security firm Websense. "It...
A criminal gang has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of using a sophisticated trojan computer virus to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK bank accounts.
Businesses' half-hearted efforts at compliance with the payment card industry data security standard means thousands of consumers are not fully protected from data breaches, a survey has revealed.
Businesses should introduce online dress codes for Avatars used by their staff at Work, the IT analyst Gartner said today. Avatars are creeping into...
I am stunned by the irresponsible, unethical, and almost certainly illegal, actions of BBC’s “Click” programme in preparing and broadcasting its “botnet” special on Saturday.
Open source security testers will release a free tool that simplifies and automates hacking of Oracle databases at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas next week.
A sophisticated underground economy has grown up to exploit the millions of personal computers that have been infected with rogue software that turns them into "zombies" controlled by botnet masters, says an IT security expert.
Black Hat, Las Vegas: Controversy greeted news that Metasploit would release a raft of modules to speed up hacks of Oracle's database management system, but some security experts believe Metasploit is offering nothing new.
Apple has released an update for the Snow Leopard OS less than two weeks after the official release of this latest version of the Mac OS X operating system.
Cardholder not present (CNP) fraud fell for the first time in the UK from January to June this year according to figures from Financial Fraud Action UK. Card...
Responsive business thrives on continuity. William Knight finds that the trick to uninterrupted business is testing continuity processes before disaster strikes.