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Symantec declares pcAnywhere safe after rolling out crucial patches, following a 2006 source code theft that left users vulnerable.

Is your password 'password' or '123456'? Too many are, risking online security, reveals latest SplashData report.

Gabe Newell, one of the founders of the game distribution site, says it is as yet unknown whether or not the information has been used.

Spinal Tap fans will want to turn it up today, because it is the eleventh of the eleventh of 2011, or what one Californian group has dubbed Nerd New Year.

Businesses are urged to secure their PABX phone systems as a surge in hacking has left some companies with phone bills hundreds of thousands high, warns TCF.

LulzSec bids farewell to hacking, citing boredom, amidst questions on their dissolution following a member's arrest in England.

In response to rising high-profile cyber breaches, a British firm unveils Pin+, a pattern-based system aiming to provide robust, hacker-resistant passwords.

48 year old Bruce Raisley, a computer hacker once involved with the NBC show To Catch a Predator was sentenced to two years in jail.

Google swiftly removed malicious apps from Android Market using a killswitch after 'Droid Dream' attack, issuing a vital security update in March.

Play.com has confirmed a security breach, with customers receiving spam emails linked to an incident at its email provider.

You may be confident that your computer system is secure from intruders, but have you ever thought about your phones?.

Hackers yesterday created a clone of the French Foreign Ministry website and made several outrageous announcements on behalf of the French government.

Microsoft will fix two vulnerabilities it considers<br />critical, when it issues its monthly Patch Tuesday update this week.

Today's cyber warriors are still focused on stopping bad guys at the gates and continue to lose the hacking war.

The decision by Google to move some of its Chinese search<br />services to Hong Kong may have kept its promise that searches on Google.

Popular technology news Web site TechCrunch has been hacked, proving that even sites staffed by techies are vulnerable.

As mobile phones become more like computers, they also face an increase in security risks, says journalist Chris Leggett.

Data security specialist company Imperva said that cybercriminals will be looking to exploit users of Google's Wave technology, specifically Wave web searches.

Hotmail has taken the step of blocking access to accounts compromised in the recent phishing attack which saw users' details posted online.

As Google's Wave technology garners attention, cybercriminals are poised to exploit user interest, warns data security firm Imperva.