The second World Cyber Security Technology Research Summit met in Belfast recently and outlined a new research roadmap to tackle the problem of cyber crime on an international scale.

Social Q&A site Formspring has been hacked, and a dump of user passwords has appeared online. As a precautionary measure, Formspring is forcing every user to reset his password.

New Android malware is targeting subscribers of China’s largest mobile phone operator to rake up their phone bills.

Does the name DNSChanger sound familiar? Well I’m quite sure it wasn’t to many until recently when the word went out on web, thanks to the kinda hyped initiative from ISPs and FBI. Most infected users were incognizant of the threat of getting disconnected from the internet. Before we get down to solving the problem, let’s get a formal introduction to the threat it possesses.

ESSET has published 25 most commonly used passwords and debit/credit card pins. The list includes usual suspects like “password” and “qwerty”.

Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new malware that was used to spy on Middle Eastern countries. The attack has been highly targeted, infecting about 5000 computers across Iran, Israel, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and other unnamed countries. The malware, called Flame affects Windows machines and once infected, it can record audio conversations, take screenshots, sniff network traffic, intercept keyboard etc.

Earlier today, Yahoo released their new browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox and browser for iPhone and iPad after news leaked about it. However, it looks like that they did it in a hurry and made a huge blunder while releasing their Google chrome extension.

Norton 2013 series of products is now available for beta testing. Apart from cosmetic changes, the biggest improvement is complete Windows 8 support.

Gmail has started sending suspicious sign in prevented emails to users to alert them of suspicious activities in their accounts and when a user tries to login to Gmail from unknown locations.

Hackers are developing spyware everyday that can infiltrate Android phones without user knowledge, and most of users have no idea that spyware is on their phones, or how it should be removed.

The question, “which web browser has the most effective security features?” is often the subject of debate. The answer is not easy to come by.

Sophos has published its annual report which includes an in-depth analysis of the security threats we witnessed in 2011, as well as prediction of trends for 2012.

According to a new antivirus shootout, G-Data, Avira, and Kaspersky are the strongest performers with detection rates over 99%, while ESET, AVG, Trend Micro, and Microsoft among the weakest.

Mac OS X has been devoid of any large scale viruses and Trojans for a long time now. However, of late as the popularity of Mac has grown virus creators have started targeting the OS with new viruses.

Don’t panic! We’re going to show you 5 ways to secure your online privacy in the new Facebook Timeline.