Rob Waugh

Infosecurity expert Dr Eric Cole is to urge companies to take a close look at their network structure, and change it to make attacks difficult for cyber gangs, in a speech given as he is inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame on May 1.

New evidence has emerged that the new iPad will have fingerprint security built in, as found on the Apple iPhone 5S.

Job scams are a permanent fixture in cyberspace. Anyone who has posted their resume online has offered cyber gangs two crucial pieces of information - one, a way to contact them, and two, the fact they're in need of a job.

Every single one of 30 major companies tested by Cisco over the course of 2013 had malicious traffic on their networks, according to an annual report released by the company. Spyware and other malware was also growing rapidly on mobile devices.

Young people are seriously worrried about connected gadgets when it comes to privacy - worrying that 'connected' gadgets such as Smart TVs could give away more data than they are comfortable with, according to a new survey.

Twitter was flooded by an avalanche of spam from compromised accounts, leading to shortened links and pages promising miracle weight loss, diet pills, and products which would “change lives". The attack appeared to have come via a third-party service connected to Twitter.

Google is offering full refunds to buyers of the Virus Shield app which briefly topped the Android charts last week - but turned out to offer no protection whatsoever.

A flood of diet spam emails seemingly from AOL addresses has hit inboxes around the worl

The financial damage caused by a large data breach or malicious employee activity can be enormous, but the lack of financial protection in place could lead to a "global" shock, a report by a leading insurer has warned.