The US Department of Homeland Security released a tool on Monday to detect whether a computer is infected by the Conficker worm.
The department, in a statement, said the detection tool for the Conficker worm, also …

Security researchers said they have discovered software capable of stealing information installed on computers in 103 countries from a network that targeted government agencies.
The software infected more than 1,200 computers, almost 30% of which were …

It’s unclear whether a report being prepared for the President on federal information security preparedness will support recent calls for the creation of a new cybersecurity office within the White House, two lawmakers …

Australia’s official online censorship board’s web page was offline Thursday, hours after hackers hijacked it to protest revelations the government was going to require ISPs to block public access to thousands of websites, many of …

“Last summer, Russia invaded Georgia on four fronts,” Georgian National Security Council Secretary Eka Tkeshelashvili told a recent Washington conference. “Three of them were conventional—on the ground, through the air and by the sea. The …

Online attack code has been released targeting a critical, unpatched flaw in the Firefox browser.
The attack code, written by security researcher Guido Landi was published on several security sites Wednesday, sending Firefox developers scrambling to …

The top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee is requesting detailed information, including financial figures, from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to explain why the department has been seemingly unable to fulfill its …

The 12-million-computer strong Conficker botnet will fall under human control on April 1, leading some to speculate feverishly about what horror awaits an unsuspecting internet on what may be our last April Fools’ Day ever.
Will …

Things have changed quite a bit since the early days of Lynda Fleury’s career. She remembers when the IBM 8086 running MS-DOS was hot technology. Fleury, who has almost three decades of experience in information …

Police are looking for an Internet pirate who reportedly hacked the account of an unidentified Kuwaiti man and withdrew KD 45,000, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The Kuwaiti has filed a complaint with the Jahra Police Station. However, …