Wadja.com launches a new set of privacy and message customization settings that provides users with complete control of their account information and openness inside and outside the Wadja community. Now, all wadja users have full control over their privacy options whether accessing the service from their notebook or mobile phone.

Microsoft plans to release eight security updates next Tuesday, five of which are rated critical by the software vendor.The critical patches affect Windows, the VBScript programming software, Microsoft Project and Internet Explorer, which will get two updates.

Discount retailer TJX, parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, has agreed to a $24 million settlement with MasterCard over a security breach that left tens of millions of credit card accounts at risk to identity theft.

Apple issued a security fix for its QuickTime multimedia software that addressed 11 vulnerabilities of which 9 could have been used to gain remote control of the victim's system.

Four customers had been disconnected after they supposedly ignored the several cease an desist P2P warnings after the British broadband provider Tiscali's ruled the system put into practice last summer  together with th  BPI. Because Tiscali and the BPI didn’t have the same opinion regarding how the costs should be distributed, the deal finally fell to pieces.

Data breaches disclosed by Hannaford Bros Supermarket Chain, GE Money, and Georgetown University are just some of the 167 breaches reported during the first quarter of 2008, according to the non-profit Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). This is more than double the first quarter in 2007 (76 breaches).

IT security solutions provider GlobalSign announced on Monday it is including its SSL Secure Site Seal service for free with its range of SSL services.

GlobalSign SSL Secure Site Seals help websites educate their visitors on the security technology they employ to protect against phishing attacks and the compromise of personal information. Based on customer feedback, the company says it has made significant aesthetic enhancements to support multiple seal designs, sizes and formats.

F-Secure Corporation announced its award-winning Mobile Security solution for the Windows Mobile platform. The solution brings new levels of protection for Windows Mobile Smartphone and PocketPC users. Firewall is just one of them.

Kaspersky Lab announced the release of Kaspersky Mobile Security, a unique offering that provides remote data protection and extensive malware defense for SMS/MMS-enabled smartphones running the Windows Mobile or Symbian operating systems.

avast! antivirus 4.8 is a major technology upgrade to the avast! product line, which includes the addition of anti-spyware detection, certified by West Coast Lab's Checkmark process, and the implementation of anti-rootkit capabilities, all directly from within avast! antivirus.