Microsoft is changing the way its flagship Internet Explorer web browser prompts users during the installation process, in a move that could be a response to increasing pressure from the European Union over antitrust claims.

Over half a million credit card holders may have had their account details captured by hackers, after web hosting firm Network Solutionsrevealed that more than 4,000 of the e-commerce sites it hosts could have been breached..

A new SQL injection attack has already snared over 50,000 legitimate web sites, and threatens to cause havoc for innocent internet users, according to new research from ScanSafe.

Facebook users who allow third-party applications onto their desktop have been warned that a rogue Facebook app is luring users to a site set up to harvest their credentials.

Surfers are being warned not to click on shortened URLs on sites such as Twitter, after it emerged that a major URL shortening service was hacked at the weekend..

Infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has been bought by Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X.

Senior executives at Mozilla have argued that recent proposals by Microsoft to appease European Commission (EC) anti-trust regulators over the unfair bundling of Internet Explorer (IE) in Windows products do not go far enough..

Ask Jeeves has unveiled a database of 300 million pairs of questions and answers, designed to give users more accurate search results.

Microsoft has dropped plans to ship a version of Windows 7 without Internet Explorer, after the European Commission voiced its objections to the proposals.

Scores, video highlights and Twitter feeds delivered to the handset, and something special if you have an Android phone

A new Sophos report is warning users of social networks such as Facebook and MySpace not to be complacent and stay vigilent against hackers and criminal networks keen on using the data found on the sites.

Web giant Google has admitted it thought the sudden spike in searches for Michael Jackson on Thursday was a massive, coordinated internet attack, leading it to post an error page on Google News.

The author of the first iPhone worm has been given a job with Australian iPhone app developer Mogeneration, much to the disgust of security experts

Software Assurance customers are eligible for upgrade as part of a special promotion, according to reports overseas.

Security experts warned today that the Verified by Visa online authentication scheme has become the latest lure used by phishers hoping to harvest personal information from unsuspecting shoppers..

Google has been forced to release new security fixes for multiple high severity vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser which could lead to an attacker taking over a victim's PC remotely.

Apple is investigating reports that some of its iPhone and iPod devices have exploded, but regards the incidents as isolated, according to new reports..

Security researchers are warning of a dangerous new trend in the promotion of fake anti-virus programs known as 'rogueware', which could lead to users' PCs being hijacked and rendered inoperable if they fail to pay a ransom.

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has moved swiftly to play down the significance of the arrest on terrorism charges of a nuclear physicist who worked at the Hadron Collider for six years.

Activity levels for Cutwail, one of the world's largest botnets, fell by 90 per cent after the recent shutdown of a Latvian ISP, but sprung back within just 48 hours, according to MessageLabs..