Security Networks and computers

Trusteer warns of latest threat to social media users

Botnet brute force attack aims to add malicious code to blogs

Massive spam malware discovered sneaking into 100 systems per hour

Several European countries have reported a rise in card crime at ticket machines and petrol pumps, says a study.

Detailed research by security expert Brian Krebs reveals more on infamous Java exploit attack

Spear phishing emails posing as legitimate information the main risk to firms, warns FireEye

Data security fears raised as dozens of devices misplaced each year

More than 40 arrests made for group believed to have stolen 36,000 card details

Tips to help you secure your computer and protect yourself from hackers, scammers, and identity thieves

Syrian activists claim responsibility for takeover, as Twitter turns seven

Three men from Telford and Leicester sentenced

Attackers capable of installing a variety of malware on infected machines

Russian mobile malware linked to at least 32 malicious apps

Innovative Trojan active for at least 11 months, warns Seculert

Online services and exchanges dealing in Bitcoins have been hit by hack attacks that led to a drop in the value of the virtual currency.

Hacktivist group claims to have stolen 15,000 passwords from news and propaganda sites

FireEye discovers malware that hides until its convinced it has infected a live user

Malicious security page unearthed by Trend Micro

Hackers mount phishing scam with bogus Pope sex scam news reports

Biometric data-gathering — from palm scans to facial-recognition software — is all the rage. But consumer advocates worry that the public may be losing privacy.

Two men who carried out cyber attacks for the Anonymous hacking group are jailed, in what are believed to be the first convictions of their kind in the UK.

Tensions mounts as North Korea comes under spotlight for devastating computer attacks

Human intervention slowed down fixing process