Security researchers from McAfee have identified a trojan that attempts to extort money from owners of Symbian-based smartphones in China.

Consumers, regulators, and businesses have no way to reliably assess the incidences and frequency of identity fraud at major financial institutions, a new study concludes.

Quebec police have arrested 17 people on charges stemming from alleged botnet-related activities that police said caused an estimated $44.3 million in damages worldwide.

In the wake of a Princeton research team's surprising announcement of a simple method for stealing encrypted data from DRAM chips on PCs -- even after the unit's power has been shut off -- security experts told SCMagazineUS.com on Friday that the tools to thwart these thefts already are available.

The Missouri Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit against a Texas-based data broker that contends the company sold the Social Security numbers of some Missouri residents.

ChoicePoint, whose watershed breach prompted a burst of state disclosure laws, has been acquired by LexisNexis information service parent, Reed Elsevier, for $4.1 billion, the two companies announced Thursday.

TJX on Wednesday reported a 47 percent spike in quarterly profits, aided by a reduction in the reserve that was created to pay for costs associated with last year's reported data breach.

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the disabling of a website that discloses confidential information, a precedent-setting ruling that may raise a legal challenge to the growing online black market in purloined data while testing First Amendment rights.

Shares of ArcSight, provider of security and compliance management solutions, fell on their first day of trading Thursday.

Scammers are taking advantage of next month's income tax deadline by distributing phishing emails seeking end-users' personal information.