Stories by: Joan Goodchild

What do Tom Cruise and the McCain campaign have in common? They have both been bitten by the loss of a Blackberry. Mobile expert Dan Hoffman gives advice on how to keep your cherished mobile device safe, even if it's out of your hands.

Pirates in the waters off the coast of Somalia are capturing new vessels almost weekly and asking for large ransom. A pirate expert, and former victim, gives his advice on what companies can do.

A warning to those who love such social media sites as Facebook: The bad guys are coming for you.

GE CPO Nuala O'Connor Kelly advocates greater CPO/CISO cooperation to place the right value on information assets.

As Cyber Monday approaches, research suggests a majority of workers will use their work computer to shop this holiday season. But despite the continued growth in online shopping, employees and business still don't understand the risk.

A new Symantec report reveals just how large and sophisticated the online underground economy has grown.

A refresher course on some of the most prevalent social engineering tricks used by phone, email and Web.

An e-mail touting the win of Democratic candidate Barack Obama directs users to a doctored election results page.

Malware and botnets and phishing, oh my! Symantec's latest report on the Internet threat landscape highlights trends in cybercrime.

New survey results from Sophos find the number of spam emails with dangerous attachments have soared. The report reveals the malicious messages rose eight-fold in just three months.

A recent survey finds employees continue to ignore security policies. (Surprise, surprise.) Here's a reminder about what often is missing in organizations that tempts workers to walk the wrong side of security law.