Anti-virus software failure led to 3000 machines being forced to shut down.

Local job seekers are being tricked into helping cyber criminals launder money.

There can't be much money in Mac security software if no one's making Mac viruses. Even I only have this stuff installed to review, to be honest, or I wouldn't bother.

Many believe that social networking sites like Facebook aren't doing enough to protect their young users from web predators.

Norton 360 is essentially a bundle of security tools (anti-malware, anti-phishing, firewall and anti-virus) plus tune-up and maintenance utilities.

There are slim pickings on the spam front in my email these days.

Christopher Tarnovsky has stunned the security world by hardware hacking a module used in up to 100 million computers worldwide.

Cyberspace is the new battleground between hostile nations, says Microsoft

Microsoft will issue a security patch for Internet Explorer after it was revealed that a vulnerability in the web browser was to blame for last week's hacks on Gmail accounts.

Every year most of the security vendors' forecasts predict dramatic spikes in volumes of spam, phishing, botnet activity, and malware. Usually, they're right.

Facebook is increasingly being targeted by cybercrooks, so the social network has chalked an unprecedented deal with security specialist McAfee to offer its users free security software.

Waikato DHB is re-starting computers in key locations after staff worked all-night battling a computer virus which crippled the organisation

Waikato DHB is trying to keep as many people out of hospitals as possible while it tries to fix damage caused by the Conficka computer worm.

The days of fretting over whether your new employer might find all those embarrassing drunken photos on Facebook are coming to an end.

Concerns about the implications of evolving technology are reflected in a spike in the number of complaints to the Privacy Commission.