California's extension of its data breach notification law to cover health care records promises to have significant impact on how medical organizations deal with patient information

Hackers are employing a new and sophisticated strategy that attempts to lure victims to their malware-infested websites by capitalizing on users' inherent trust in internet search engine results.

Warnings about the dire consequences of cyber-espionage and its affect on the national security of the United States and the business activities of American companies should be taken very seriously.

Those fighting the battle against privacy violations, spyware and other malicious attacks via the internet have a new weapon: the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007, authored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

The "ethical hacker toolkits" recently posted for sale on eBay appear to point to a dangerous trend: selling these types of tools — used primarily for penetration testing of applications and servers — on mainstream auction sites increases everyone's security risks.

It seems as if we see a new form of online criminal activity just about every day. If it isn’t a bank’s website being taken over by criminals, it’s an attempt by a Russian gang to shut down a country’s financial infrastructure or a trick to con consumers into downloading executable code hoping to steal passwords.

Google rationalized its $625 million acquisition of on-demand messaging security and archiving provider Postini as a signal it is committed to bringing secure hosted applications to businesses of all sizes.

American companies, while often technology leaders (both as developers and users), havent kept up with their Asian counterparts in how they approach security. They take a reactive rather than proactive approach, says John DiMaria, a product manager at BSI Management Systems, a consulting company that helps organizations meet international certification standards.

The massive bot-enabled DDoS attacks that crippled Estonian government and business websites after officials moved a Russian World War II monument begged the question stateside: Can a similar cyber-event occur in America?

If you felt the floor shake after the feds helped indict the owners of e-gold on money laundering charges, it might be attributable to an underground fraudster community in panic mode.