PC Authority speaks to Eugene Kaspersky, the Russian king of security software about cutting-edge programming, cyber criminals, pinball, and life in Moscow.

Firefox and Opera appear to be the browsers of choice for hackers running web sites that launch drive-by malware attacks, according to new research..

Beware geeks bearing gifts.

Essential criteria: Must think like the enemy, know the enemy and report to the American Government. Previous hacking experience considered.

Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important.

Buffer overflow hacks target social networking sites.

Threat is nothing new, but criminals are turning to extortion.

Windows malware not the only game in town.

Traditionally firewalls were the bastion of large, publicly accessible networks to keep hackers out. But in a world connected by the Internet, every machine hooked up to it becomes publicly accessible, and so it's vital that every machine is equipped to protect itself, and the network it may serve, from attack.

An annual hacking conference in Canada is offering enterprising hackers $10,000 in cash and phone prizes for finding vulnerabilities in smartphones such as the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

Web 2.0 could be driving browser vulnerabilities and entice hackers to create new security exploits using Javascript code..

Came within one level of LHC control.

Site targets social networks and webmail users.

Pirate Bay database stolen.

Professional hackers are forming new specialized crime-software syndicates, complete with their own illegal lexicon.

Hackers after high net worth individuals in wireless scam.

Swastika pasted onto Defra website.

Better security technology means that hackers are focussing on the point where humans meet machines as a way to hack systems..

As neural controllers grow in popularity, so will hackers attempts to create malicious code to potentially corrupt, control and infiltrate our brains. So, what are the experts doing about it?