March 20, 2015 - IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute today announced research unveiling an alarming state of mobile insecurity. The findings show nearly 40 percent of large companies, including many in the Fortune 500, aren't taking the right precautions to secure the mobile apps they build for customers. The study also found organizations are poorly protecting their corporate and BYOD mobile devices against cyber-attacks – opening the door for hackers to easily access user, corporate and customer data.

March 5, 2015 - Identity fraudsters stole $16 billion from 12.7 million Americans last year, with a new victim every two seconds, according to Javelin Strategy & Research.

February 16, 2015 - Up to a billion dollars may have been plundered from 100 banks worldwide in an unprecedented cyber heist by a gang of unknown hackers, according to a report by Kaspersky Lab.

March 11, 2015 - US authorities have charged three men in connection with a series of hacks into email service providers that saw customers of some of the country's biggest banks spammed with messages linking to sites selling dodgy software.

February 25, 2015 - Target has so far booked $162 million in expenses related to the data breach it suffered in late 2013 which saw thieves steal the card details of tens of millions of customers.

February 16, 2015 - Today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order to encourage and promote sharing of cybersecurity threat information within the private sector and between the private sector and government.

March 10, 2015 - PayPal is to establish a new cyber-security centre in Tel Aviv after confirming the acquisition of local vendor CyActive.

February 19, 2015 - Bromium®, Inc., the pioneer and leader in transforming endpoint security using micro-virtualization, today announced the results of "Endpoint Protection: Attitudes and Trends 2015," a survey of more than 100 information security practitioners focused on the greatest challenges and risks facing their organisations today.

February 12, 2015 - Data breaches increased 49% in 2014 to one billion data records compromised, with cybercriminals targeting identity theft as a top breach category, according to research by Gemalto.

March 6, 2015 - Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, today issued a consumer alert following the recent breach of sensitive customer data at Pioneer Savings Bank, encouraging customers who think they may have been impacted to take the appropriate steps to protect themselves.

February 19, 2015 - A Russian national has appeared in federal court in Newark after being extradited from the Netherlands to face charges that he conspired in the largest international hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.

February 10, 2015 - BT announced today the launch of BT Assure Threat Intelligence, a new service designed to help organisations anticipate and defend against cyber threats, protecting their assets, customers and employees.