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The amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, to become the most attacked mobile operating system, according to McAfee. 2011 has also …

Rapid7 created a $100,000 investment fund to support up to seven promising open source projects in the security industry. The “Magnificent7” projects will be …

61 percent of consumers click on links while online that take them to unexpected places, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks that can lead to identity theft, according to …

Trusteer discovered the 18 month old file infecting worm Win32.Ramnit has morphed into financial malware and is actively attacking banks to commit online fraud. Ramnit …

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, where some have unknown impacts and others can can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security …

3M released its range of protection films optimized for tablet PCs and the Apple iPhone. The range consists of two product lines, one delivers visual security from prying eyes …

As part of the Syngress Basics series, The Basics of Information Security will provide the reader with fundamental knowledge of information security in both theoretical and …

Mireth Technology released ShredIt X 6, its file shredder and hard drive cleaner software for Mac OS X. ShredIt X can be used to erase files, folders, disk free space, …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Third-party Firefox add-ons to be blocked automatically Mozilla has decided to put a …

Organizations with effective data analytics can make stronger business decisions by learning what is working and what is not, what they are doing well, and where they need …

First of all, if something has already been invented and has been seen in-the-wild more than once, it’s very likely to occur again and again, especially if the attacks …

According to a study of consumer sentiment toward online shopping and security by McAfee, only about a third of online consumers believe that most websites are safe for …