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Warning as rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data
News A handful of rogue apps that steal log-in details and spam victims' friends have been unleashed on the popular social networking site [20 Aug 2009]
Virus targets programs built with Delphi
News Win32.Induc targets systems running the Delphi development software and spreads by infecting any programs compiled on the machine [19 Aug 2009]
Security players form alliance to tackle malware
News IEEE's Industry Connections Security Group aims to formalise sharing of malware data among security players, while an analyst warns its focus may be too narrow [18 Aug 2009]
Three indicted in largest-ever US hacking prosecution
News A Florida man accused of stealing credit card data from TJX is among those named in the breach, which involved US firms including Heartland Payment Systems and 7-Eleven [18 Aug 2009]
Security firms reveal botnet on Twitter
News An account on the micro-blogging service can be used to host and control a botnet of infected computers, Symantec and Arbor Networks say [17 Aug 2009]
Highly exploitable Linux kernel bug found, patched
News The vulnerability, a patch for which has already been made available, affects most versions of the Linux kernel since 2001 [14 Aug 2009]
Researchers prove kernel is secure
News An Australian research organisation says it has absolute mathematical proof of the security of an operating system core [14 Aug 2009]
Tech industry could get crack at ID card security
News The Home Office says it is considering enlisting IT companies to test its ID card security, after rebuffing offers by a researcher to demonstrate how the card's data can be faked [14 Aug 2009]
Apple fixes Bind exploit and Safari bugs
News The company has released fresh security updates just a week after it fixed 18 flaws in Mac OS X [13 Aug 2009]
UK gets its own official Pirate Party
News The party will campaign on technology and copyright-law reform, and intends to put up candidates in the next general election [13 Aug 2009]
Study finds ID scheme cancellation could save £3.1bn
News The next government could save billions of pounds if it cancels identity cards and fingerprints in passports, according to a recent analysis [13 Aug 2009]
Twitter suffers outage following fresh attack
News Less than a week after a denial-of-service attack knocked it offline, Twitter's servers went down again [12 Aug 2009]
Critical patches issued for Office, Windows
News Microsoft has released nine patches in this month's Patch Tuesday, many of them related to ActiveX controls [12 Aug 2009]
Microsoft software clampdown nets 11 firms
News The company has settled out of court with 11 high-street businesses over the alleged sale of unlicensed software [12 Aug 2009]
MoD site carried cross-site scripting flaw
News The Ministry of Defence has admitted to a security flaw that could have allowed visitors to be redirected to a malicious site [11 Aug 2009]
Councils sack staff over misuse of DWP data
News Local authorities admit to dismissing staff over unauthorised access to personal data [10 Aug 2009]
Home Office shrugs off ID card hack demo
News A researcher shares technical details of how to clone and modify a UK identity card, a demo that the Home Office has turned down [07 Aug 2009]
Adobe must step up to the security plate
News Finnish security provider finds that as it is now harder to breach Microsoft, and Flash and Reader are more ubiquitous, attackers are targeting PDF vulnerabilities [07 Aug 2009]
Researchers warn of XML library flaws
News XML parsing vulnerabilities are affecting multiple open-source vendors and applications, the Finnish computer emergency response team has warned [06 Aug 2009]
Hacker's mother makes plea to Brown, Obama 
Video Janis Sharp appeals to the leaders of the UK and the US to halt the extradition of her son [06 Aug 2009]
Microsoft denies Windows 7 bug is 'showstopper'
News The software maker is looking into reports of a bug in the final version of Windows 7, but the company's head of the business says it has yet to reproduce the issue in question [06 Aug 2009]
Apple fixes hole with Mac OS X image viewing
News The security update fixes problems with image handling and other issues that could allow an attacker to take control of a Mac using remote code execution [06 Aug 2009]
Hacker lawyer: Gov't should right treaty imbalance
Video Gary McKinnon's defence solicitor says parliament should revise the extradition treaty the UK has with the US [05 Aug 2009]
MPs show lack of faith in biometrics IT system
News Given the propensity of Home Office IT systems to fail, concerns expressed by universities about the biometrics process for foreign students are valid, according to a parliamentary committee [05 Aug 2009]
Security experts spot holes in Twitter malware filter
News The microblogging site's efforts to stem malware attacks are laudable but have shortcomings, according to security experts [05 Aug 2009]
