Researchers from the University of Oxford have created a protocol for making electronic payments via mobile phones: The technology provides a secure channel that its inventors hope will be rolled into smartphone mobile banking or other payment applications.

In an attempt to stop hackers from exploiting their prized iPhone operating system, Apple has begun to ban well-known hackers of the iPhone from the iTunes App Store, according to Redmond Pie’s Taimur Asad.

Facebook users have become easy prey for criminals as more and more people share personal information on the social networking site, says a computer anti-virus company.

The Latvian government is trying to determine how hackers were able to access some 7.4 million documents containing citizens' tax data, officials said.

The government has announced a £4.5m investment to equip the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Trading Standards with the teams, training and technology needed to combat online scams.

A recent report by a security startup company suggests that the number of Web pages infected with malware almost doubled in the last quarter, compared with a year ago.

Four Ministry of defence officials sacked and disciplinary proceedings brought against 28 police officers for breaching rules on use of social networking sites.

Вы не поверите, но Microsoft сделала то, о чем все давно мечтали, но устали просить! Честно говоря, когда я установил Windows 7 на рабочий ноутбук, я не стал разбираться с таким новшеством, как "Библиотеки". А потом попробовал использовать их, разобрался для чего они нужны

Получить дедика одним мановением руки невозможно? Метасплойт не волшебная палочка, которая будет делать все за хакера? Чепуха это все! В правильных руках можно не только получить дедик, но и сразу много дедиков. Очень много! Смотри внимательно, и да откроется тебе черная магия автосплойта! :)

Security researchers have demonstrated a gaping security hole in Chip and PIN credit card authorisations which undermines trust in the technology as a means to verify retail purchases.

A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft's latest security updates.

Hackers behind the new version of the Zeus/Zbot banking Trojan expressed their gratefulness to the creators of the antivirus software, Kaspersky Lab and Avira in particular. The Trojan comes with a hidden message that thanks and taunts the security vendors for ‘helping’ them improve their malware.

A former security researcher turned criminal hacker has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for hacking into financial institutions and stealing credit card account numbers.