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Secunia released version 2.0 of their Personal Software Inspector (PSI), a popular free security tool for home users that protects their personal and financial information …

Facebook users should be careful about survey scams that are quickly spreading across the social network. Many Facebook users are struggling to clean up their accounts once …

“Tis the season to be jolly – and to leave sensitive corporate information behind at the airport! According to telephone interviews with the lost property offices …

Where there is money, there is the potential for misappropriation or misuse – intentional or otherwise. Nowhere is this more apparent than in governments where funds are …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, videos, reviews and articles: Gawker Media breach claimed by Gnosis The credit for the breach of …

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) launched revision 1.1 of the CCM Security Controls Matrix, available for free here. The Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), …

Facebook users should keep up-to-date with their privacy settings as Facebook announces its latest controversial feature. The social network is launching automated photo …

A significant number of Global 1000 companies still lack the proper internal controls over, and visibility into, employee access to sensitive applications and data, according …

More than 60 percent of respondents have tried multiple anti-virus products over the course of a year, according to Avira. In addition, 25 percent of the users admitted to …

Microsoft recently announced that IE9 will enable users to import independently curated lists of third party domains, which can be blocked or allowed access to a user’s …

CoreTrace released their top security predictions for 2011. “The major theme in for 2011 will be evolution. The evolution of attacks like Stuxnet, the evolution of new …

MySQL 5.5 delivers significant enhancements enabling users to improve the performance and scalability of web applications across multiple operating environments, including …