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A technical error that affected 28 million Windows users in Europe could cost Microsoft billions in penalties ...

Despite dire warnings, the Internet didn't break last week when the FBI pulled the plug on the server controlling the DNSChanger botnet ...

To listen to Microsoft's Steve Ballmer talk, you'd think he was the prime minister of a besieged nation, rather than the captain of one of the largest software companies in the world ...

Those who follow the exploits of Stuxnet will remember June 24, 2012, as Big Sleep day for the infamous malware. On that day, it stopped replicating ...

Claims by a team of international cyrptographic researchers that they've "cracked" the RSA encryption used on a number of smartcards and secure tokens has set off a tempest in security circles ...

Zynga made a number of announcements at its Unleashed event in San Francisco Tuesday, most of them aimed at the same goal: making its services "stickier" to its players ...

There's evidence that Google's consumer privacy policy is being extended to government contracts for its software services, according to SafeGov.org. ...

After several missed deadlines, Asus has finally introduced a combination smartphone, tablet and notebook computer aimed at consumers who are tired of toting around disparate devices ...

The deluge of spam dropped on members of LinkedIn last week perhaps could have been expected after a data breach at the site exposed 6.5 million of their passwords. Those messages, though, are more likely to harm members unaffected by the breach than those victimized by it ...

Fanned by a security community hungry for the next Stuxnet, a new so-called superworm called "Flame" made headlines last week ...

"Domestic Communications Assistance Center" is the kind of name you'd give to a couples counseling collective. At the FBI, though, it's the name that's been given to an agency designed to be at the cutting edge of digital snooping ...

Motorola Mobility's financial performance has been less than stellar in the last three years, so its acquisition by Google for US$12.5 billion could be a boon for the company ...

An FBI report about Bitcoin leaked to a number of online media outlets earlier this month may have caused anxiety in some corners of the Internet, but not for one developer of the decentralized digital currency ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned overseas travelersto be careful when using hotel WiFi networks ...

For months, the nation's natural gas pipeline industry has been under persistent cyberattack from unknown parties, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed this week ...

Targeted attacks on organizations and Web-born infections like the recent Flashback outbreak on Macintosh computers will continue to poison the security landscape in 2012, according to John Harrison, Symantec group product manager for endpoint threat protection and security technology and response ...

Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of IT pros believe their organizations will be the target of a cyberattack in the next six months, and three out of five (61 percent) say the attack will come from hactivists ...

Last week, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) let Google off with a tap on the wrist for hindering the commission's efforts to investigate allegations that Google was slurping information from WiFi networks with its fleet of mapping vehicles. [*Correction - April 23, 2012] ...

A new all-in-one home entertainment center announced Tuesday by Ikea may give some Baby Boomers a sense of deja vu ...

A week after the Flashback Trojan began running rampant on Macintosh computers, the malware appears to be in remission ...