Google's inadvertent collection of personal data provides yet another lesson in privacy protection.

If you can't bear to be parted from your email inbox when you venture abroad, it's important to ensure that the wireless connection you're using to get online is secure.

The involvement of the U.S. Department of Justice in a whistleblower case against Oracle Corp. alleging that the company overcharged customers, significantly raises the legal stakes for the company.

New research has further confirmed the difficulties security software companies are having keeping up with an explosion in malicious software programs on the Internet.

Evolutionary IT's Joseph Guarino explains how to achieve network security the open way (Third in a series on open-source security solutions)

In May, Web security consultant George Deglin discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit that involved Facebook's controversial Instant Personalization feature. The exploit ran on Yelp, one of the three sites that Facebook had selected to test Instant Personalization.

Online activity once considered off-limits is becoming the norm for many organizations. But what crosses the line from OK to NSFW in today's Web 2.0 office?

Links to examples of the social media, internet posting and blogging policies of several large companies. Examples include clear language about acceptable content, discussion of proprietary and confidential information and employee responsibility

CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner wants his Apple toys so he can work more efficiently, despite all the security concerns he hears about.

Energy companies rely on IT infrastructure more than ever. Would-be cyber terrorists know it. A group called EnergySec hopes to be ready for what may come.

It only took days for hackers to take advantage of the Windows XP security vulnerability that was disclosed last week by a Google engineer

While oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico and BP Plc. faces PR nightmare, the last thing the company needed to do was make matters worse.

Four companies solve their specific cloud computing security challenges

The Cloud Security Alliance and others are working to define security requirements for SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS cloud computing models.

Former San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs is slated to be sentenced today for shutting down the city's FiberWAN network for 10 days in 2008.

Can the everyday Facebook enthusiast be expected to protect privacy on an inherently social site?

The report sheds light on what companies like Adobe, Juniper, EMC and Microsoft are doing to bake security into their code. Given Adobe's troubles, the process remains a challenge.

Barring an unforeseen patch in the next four weeks, users running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) have seen their last security update for Internet Explorer.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the leak of an estimated 114,000 Apple iPad user e-mail addresses.

Getting a handle on application security vulnerabilities is the idea behind services and products from HP and IBM announced this week.