A report on business IT security has played down the notion of malicious “insider” computer security attacks, claiming that the majority of security flaws and breaches happen completely by accident. (more…)

One of the USA’s biggest retailers has agreed to settle charges brought by federal authorities that it installed a form of spyware on customer computers. (more…)

Controversy has resurfaced over the online advertising programme Phorm after Amazon, Wikipedia and the European Commission took action against the software. (more…)

Shouting or throwing a tantrum at a computer could be beneficial for users after research revealed that half of Brits suffer from “computer rage”. (more…)

Keylogging software and other forms of computer malware have been blamed after an official report revealed a massive increase in online fraud. (more…)

Two men were last week convicted for trying to steal £229m from the London branch of a Japanese bank in an elaborate, high-tech scheme that would have been Britain’s biggest bank heist, putting the issue of keylogging devices under the spotlight. (more…)

Users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 browser are being warned that a patch to fix a critical flaw within the software could have opened up users to critical security risks. (more…)

Owners of a Samsung digital picture frame have been warned by one online retailer that the accompanying software CD. (more…)

Internet users are struggling to tell the difference between genuine and malicious pop-ups, according to a new report. (more…)