Research released by credit reference agency Experian claims to show that the careless use of passwords on the internet is creating an identity theft paradise.
In a movie-plot like scenario, where a biometric system is bypassed using restored fingerprint samples, Penn State researchers managed to identify the pass code patterns on two Android smartphones 68% of the time.
Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of popular BlackBerry phones, has offered India some access to BlackBerry instant messages. Talks, however, continue on the Indian demand that its law enforcement agencies be able to also monitor enterprise e-mail, according to reports.
Spammers have created a fake "Dislike" app for Facebook that is spreading across user profiles like a worm.
Adobe plans to release out-of-sequence updates on Thursday, August 19 to patch security holes in its Acrobat and Reader PDF software revealed at the Black Hat conference earlier this month.
As many as five million parked domains belonging to customers of Network Solutions were actively serving malware to visitors due to an infected widget.
Gartner analysts are predicting the worldwide security software market will reach more than USD 16.5 billion in revenues in 2010.
Apple issued a new version of its QuickTime video player for Windows to address a critical vulnerability that could allow cybercriminals to execute arbitrary code on an affected system.
A bug in Facebook's login system allows attackers to match unknown email addresses with users' first and last names, even when they've configured their accounts to make that information private.
In line with its advance notification, Microsoft issued 14 security updates, fixing a total of 34 flaws.