Huge capacity, but with a price tag to match. Memory maker Kingston Technology has launched the world's first 256GB USB Flash drive.

GeForce 8800 can speed up brute force attacks by a factor of 25.

Password-stealing Trojan found on new drives.

Abuse of admin passwords rife, claims survey.

Thousands of Gmail and Yahoo email addresses and passwords are also leaked on the internet, leading to fears of an industry wide phishing attack

Randal Schwartz clears his name after 12 years.

We've all seen them, those moochers who sit with one cup of coffee in an internet café for hours using the Wi-Fi effectively for free – one company has now come up with an ingenious way of preventing this.

Half of all home wireless systems open to attack.

BitLocker first reared its head in Windows Vista, but the scope of the encryption software has been extended in Windows 7. Since Vista's launch, lost or stolen USB drives have become an enormous security liability.

Kaspersky questions platform's ability to fight off malware.

University of Houston team claims radically new approach to biometrics.

Microsoft is investigating reports that say log in details for more than 10,000 Hotmail accounts have been leaked to the web

Two-factor security firm Deepnet Security has launched a new system designed to turn an iPhone into a one-time password generator..

PIV cards replace username and password.

Virtual goods proof soft target.

There is a risk of banking websites falling prey to a new form of malicious keyboard logger, but there is a way to reduce your risk

People are the weakest link, claims study.

Cruzer Titanium Plus automatically backs up files online.

Redmod helpdesk giving out confidential information, claims gaming clan.