Rob Waugh

Governments around the world are recruiting “cyber warriors” to fight against the growing threat of both cybercrime and state-sponsored attacks - but there aren’t enough experts to go round.

Some models of the popular routers made by D-Link contain a “backdoor” which could allow a remote attacker access to settings and private data, a researcher has warned.

A trio of men plugged keyloggers disguised as ordinary connectors into cash registers in a Nordstrom department store in Florida, and returned to collect days later, according to security blogger Brian Krebs.

For many PC users USB keys must seem like a relic of a bygone age - but for security-conscious workers, keys can be a very safe place for data. Porsche and Lacie's new USB offers password-protected storage for sensitive files.

Tiny things such as using an admin account on your PC when you don’t need to can give cybercriminals their “way in”. Thankfully, a few simple changes can make you safer - wherever you browse, and whatever you do.

Bounty hunting just got serious - Microsoft has paid out $100,000 to a security researcher in a single "bug bounty" for uncovering a weakness in the preview version of Windows 8.1.

Smartphone users want more protection for the data on their cellphone - and are perfectly comfortable being fingerprinted if that’s the best option, accoriding to a new survey commissioned by PayPal.

Cyber attacks against Industrial Control Systems pose a risk to power plants and other critical infrastructure - and action is needed to ensure nations stay safe, the EU’s cyber security agency ENISA said today.

The costs of cybercrime have continued to rise for victims, for the fourth consecutive year, according to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute. Each cyberattack now costs companies nearly $1 million to resolve, on average - and the annualized cost to a sample of U.S. organizations was $11.56 million.