A bug in the latest version of the Google Chrome browser could leak the identity of users trying to surf anonymously, developers warn.

Koobface - the long-running worm which first appeared 12 months ago - is being customised by hackers to crack security systems on website hosting services, and so allow it to auto-create its own web pages.

A team of hackers has successfully rooted the recently released Nook e-reader.

The United States and Russia have begun discussions on increasing security online. The two sides are also said to be working for an agreement to cut the number of online military attacks.

Online attacks against databases have taken off in the past 18 months, according to data released by IBM’s X-Force security team.

A new scareware package tries to sell bogus antivirus software to its victims using an apparent endorsement of the software by Microsoft.

Dr.Web Enterprise Suite предназначен для централизованного управления защитой рабочих станций корпоративной сети под управлением Windows 9x-Vista. В этом ролике мы установим компоненты данного решения и познакомимся с основными настройками консоли администрирования.

First the iPhone, now the Droid: A hacker has unleashed an exploit that lets a user wrest administrative root control of his or her Motorola Droid smartphone.

Microsoft may not have hustled as fast as researchers thought when the company patched a zero-day bug in Internet Explorer (IE) just 18 days after exploit code went public.

Forget keyloggers and packet sniffers. In the wake of industry rules requiring credit card data to be encrypted, malware that siphons clear-text information from computer memory is all the rage among scammers, security researchers say.

Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab today launched new encryption capabilities designed to provide organisations with greater protection against accidental and malicious data breach incidents.

Windows 7 is less secure out-of-the box than Vista, despite Redmond's protestations to the contrary, a top security firm has claimed.

Hackers have released software they say sabotages a suite of forensics utilities Microsoft provides for free to hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the globe.

Like its namesake Watergate, "Climategate" started with a break-in. But this one was a cyber theft.

Lawyers acting for David Kernell, the son of a Democrat Tennessee state legislator, accused of illegally breaking into the email account of Alaska governor Sarah Palin, are claiming his Acer laptop was infected with unspecified spyware in a motion filed on November 30. This may be used at his trial to show that Kernell was not personally responsible for the hack.

In another indication of the growing prevalence of fake Anti Virus scams, the FBI has released an advisory on so-called scareware.

Despite worries about the damaging effects of the digital age on brain development, surfing the internet can, in fact, increase IQ and boost memory in adults, scientists have found.