Stories by Robert McMillan

Looking to strengthen its Web security product offerings, M86 Security has acquired most of the assets of Finjan, a seller of Web gateway security appliances.

Event management vendor ArcSight will soon start selling a new version of its product, designed to mine unstructured computer logfiles for signs of hacking or illegal activity.

The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million [m] computers, security experts estimate.

After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.

Los Angeles City Council approved a US$7.25 million five-year deal Tuesday in which the city will adopt Gmail and other Google Apps.

Twitter warned users Tuesday of a new phishing scam on the social networking site.

Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.

It's become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It says there's something wrong with the computer, and click here to fix it. A few clicks later, the victim is paying out US$40 for some bogus software, called rogue antivirus.

Citing improved profit margins and a stabilizing IT spending environment, IBM revised its 2009 earnings estimates upward Thursday, even as the company's revenue dropped.

Cyber-crime just doesn't pay like it used to.

Mozilla developers have launched a new online tool that tells Firefox users whether popular add-on components such as Java or QuickTime are up to date.

One of the 34 bugs Microsoft patched on Tuesday is more serious than it first appeared.

University of Washington researchers take a first look at the privacy and security problems with robots

It seems like a question ripped from the back of a cheap sci-fi novel: What happens when the robots are turned against us?

The head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has stopped banking online after nearly falling for a phishing attempt.