A project that aims to increase the use of encryption by giving away free SSL/TLS certificates has issued its first one, marking the start of its beta program.

Kaspersky Lab has released an emergency patch for some of its antivirus products after a security researcher found a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to compromise computers.

Germany-based enterprise software maker SAP has addressed a total of twenty vulnerabilities as part of its September 2015 Security Patch Day.

In addition to fixing 20 new flaws, SAP noted that it has also updated five previously released patches. The company rated 16 of the new vulnerabilities as having "high" or "very high" (hot news) severity.

The number of individual records compromised by data breaches has declined by 41 percent during the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, even as the number of breaches went up, according to a new report by Gemalto.

The Telecommunications giant Vodafone denies 'improper behaviour' after its employee accessed Natalie O'Brien's phone records to discover its sources.
Vodafone Australia has admitted it hacked a journalist's phone records for espionage purpose. The company was trying to discover the sources for journalist's stories, but Vodafone denies any "improper behaviour".

The Government of Beijing has arrested nearly 15,000 people involved in cybercrime as part of the operation "Cleaning the Internet."

The Chinese authorities have arrested nearly 15,000 people involved in criminal activities online as part of the operation against the cybercrime is dubbed "Cleaning the Internet." The Chinese Government accused the suspect to have "jeopardized Internet security."