Fri, February 10, 2012 - The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today said it monitored the private email accounts of nine agency whistleblowers starting in 2010 to determine whether any of them leaked confidential information to the public.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Cybercriminals are increasingly using drive-by downloads to distribute malware without end users knowing something bad has just landed on their machine--until it's too late. Here are six ways IT departments can protect end users from the productivity sink and potential data loss that drive-by downloads create.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - If you took one look at Google Wallet and said to yourself, "There's no way that's completely secure," it turns out you were right.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader Page Petry answers questions about certifications, winning a promotion and more.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - A former Internal Revenue Service employee this week got 105 months in prison for pleading guilty to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft in a case where the guy tried to get away with nearly $8 million in fraudulent tax returns.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - The Google Wallet system appears to be under siege. Over the past couple days, two different methods of potentially cracking or circumventing the PIN security protecting Google Wallet have been revealed. What's worse is that you could potentially be liable for fraudulent charges racked up with Google Wallet.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Google says that both its Web and Chromium security reward programs were a big success

Fri, February 10, 2012 - A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.

Fri, February 10, 2012 - Security company Trusteer has discovered a 'factory outlet' selling user logins for Facebook and Twitter harvested as a sideline during attempts to steal online bank credentials.

Thu, February 09, 2012 - Next Tuesday is a big deal. Yes, it is Valentine's Day, but that's not what I'm talking about. It is also the second Tuesday in the month of February which makes it Patch Tuesday. Microsoft revealed today that there are nine new security bulletins slated for next Tuesday -- Happy Valentine's Day?

Thu, February 09, 2012 - Jesse Curtis Morton ran several jihadist websites and threatened the writers of 'South Park' and other people, the DOJ says

Thu, February 09, 2012 - Hacker mischiefs calling themselves SwaggSec penetrated the computers at Foxconn, which assembles about 40 percent of the consumer electronics products in the world, and stole data that it posted to the Internet -- apparently just for laughs.

Thu, February 09, 2012 - The open-source development model is helping Citadel's creators patch bugs and add features faster

Thu, February 09, 2012 - arge numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.