Stories by Jeremy Kirk

Encryption vendor SafeNet is now offering technologies that help enterprises securely store and access information held in third-party data centers.

Cisco Systems will soon release a VPN client for smartphones and PCs aimed at enterprise administrators who want to provide secure access to their networks and ward off malicious software.

Nominet, the U.K.'s domain name registry, will begin implementing a security protocol on Monday designed to protect the DNS (Domain Name System).

The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number of bugs in document readers and multimedia applications increased by 50 percent, according to IBM's annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report.

VeriSign is introducing a certification service that confirms whether a business is legitimate and that their Web site is free of malware.

Banking giant UBS has started deploying a device from IBM that ensures online banking transactions aren't being interfered with by hackers.

The latest version of OpenOffice fixes several vulnerabilities that could cause a computer to become compromised by a remote attacker.

Google apologized on Saturday, saying it has made several changes to its new social-networking application Buzz to allay privacy concerns.

From the outside, Hewlett-Packard's newest data center looks like a massive, well-secured loading dock, devoid of logos and surrounded by a robust barbed-wired fence in a nondescript industrial park.

A clever phishing scheme launched last week may have stolen more than €3 million (US$4.1 million) worth of carbon emission permits from companies.

More than 300 Web sites are being pestered by infected computers that are part of the Pushdo botnet, according to security researchers.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has created an on-line tool that details the wealth of information a Web browser reveals, which can pose privacy concerns when used to profile users.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer could inadvertently allow a hacker to read files on a person's computer, another problem for the company just days after a serious vulnerability received an emergency patch.

The TOR Project is advising users to upgrade to a new version of the software following a hack that compromised three of its servers.

Gartner has revised its outlook for worldwide IT spending this year, predicting the industry as a whole will see 4.6 percent growth to $3.4 trillion, up from its previous prediction of 3.3 percent growth, according to its latest figures released Thursday.