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Governments may hit social networks with cyber attacks
Arab Spring alerted governments to power of Facebook, Twitter et al
Security 17 May 23:50
Seeing ads on Wikipedia? Then you're infected
Click fraudsters are milking you for cash
Malware 17 May 17:01
Council fined £70k after burglars nick vulnerable kids' files
Second data law breach in two years
Security 17 May 13:32
UK man to spend year in the clink for Facebook account hack
21-year-old admitted breaking into US victim's profile
Crime 17 May 12:02
Off-the-shelf forensics tool slurps iPhone data via iCloud
Cops don't need your actual phone any more
Security 17 May 10:18
Hong Kong CERT wants bigger team to tackle cyber threats
Region's multinationals a big target for hackers
Security 17 May 06:06
AWS CISO needs permission to visit his data centres
He doesn't mind and you shouldn't either because they're not that interesting
Enterprise Security 17 May 01:46
Vixie warns: DNS Changer ‘blackouts’ inevitable
Father of BIND fears ISP crisis in July
Security 17 May 00:36
Google unleashes Chrome 19, flattens 20 bugs
Hot fuzz spawns QuickTime patch
Enterprise Security 16 May 14:02
'Catastrophic' Avira antivirus update bricks Windows PCs
rundll32.exe? cmd.exe? You clearly don't need those
Enterprise Security 16 May 12:17
Stuxnet ≠ cyberwar, says US Army Cyber Command officer
AusCERT: What is cyberwar anyway?
Security 16 May 05:31
Scammers exploit wannabe demon-slayers hyped by Diablo III
Go straight to hell
Security 15 May 17:03
Bitcoin bank Bitcoinica still titsup after cyberheist
More than $90k in tokens snatched
Crime 15 May 14:18
Apple scrubs old Leopards of Flashback Trojan infections
Security airdrop saves legacy fanbois from nasties
Malware 15 May 11:22
Adobe backs down, patches critical Photoshop CS5 hole
Paid upgrade fix row leaves a nasty taste
Malware 14 May 12:59
Russian upstart claims BitTorrent-killer
‘Pirate Pay’ names Microsoft as investor
Security 13 May 22:16
Amnesty International UK site flung Gh0st RAT at surfers after hack
Do-gooders done for
Malware 11 May 16:28
Third teen TeamPoison hack suspect quizzed by cyber-cops
Lad cuffed in anti-terror hotline attack probe
Crime 11 May 11:21
Megacorps accuse Chinese fab workers of pilfering designs
Little being done to stop blueprints leaking
Security 11 May 03:42
Norwegian teens arrested over SOCA DDoS attack
Also accused of pwning online newspaper, financial services group
Enterprise Security 10 May 10:01
Anonymous takes the Kremlin offline in Putin protest
Hacktivist group reacts as former president sweeps back to power
Security 10 May 02:58
PHP devs lob second patch at super-critical CGI bug
If at first you don't succeed, compile, compile again
Malware 9 May 13:02
Leaked Twitter accounts 'mostly banned spammers'
Tweet site downplays dump of 55,000 passwords
Spam 9 May 11:12
Scandal ad slingers cough up $100k in 'Facebook clickjack' case
Marketing biz 'earning $1.2m a month' settles out of court
Spam 9 May 10:42
Jetting off abroad? Pack protection ... for your Wi-Fi
Feds warn of malware attacks on hotel net surfers
Malware 9 May 10:01
Zombie PCs exploit hookup site in 4Square-for-malware scam
Ill-used 'adult' dating site riddled with infection
Malware 8 May 12:38
Cybercrims dump email for irresistible Twitter, Facebook spam
Thanks for the fake Viagra link, mum
Crime 6 May 09:00
Lockheed bags $454m to tool up Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center
Fending off web terrorists isn't cheap, you know
Security 4 May 14:01
Chinese passports to get chipped
Great wall of biometrics for international travellers
Security 4 May 03:46
MSFT kicks Chinese partner over security leak
Hangzhou DPTech stripped of partner status
Security 3 May 22:38
Suppressed data on mutant H5N1 human-killer virus PUBLISHED
Information wants to be free
Security 3 May 16:01
Botnet army flicks 'off' switch at UK crime agency website
Suspiciously close to Soca's shutdown of stolen-data shops
Enterprise Security 3 May 13:26
UK's new drivers now in safe hands... of laser-wielding robots
Credit-card chip biz promises 80m non-forgeable licences
ID 3 May 12:38
London Olympics 'not immune' to cyber attack
Blighty puts together crack team to guard against intrusion
Enterprise Security 3 May 11:46
GCHQ's spy death riddle shines light on UK hacker war
Was Gareth Williams spotted at Blackhat or Defcon?
Crime 3 May 11:14
Scotland Yard officers cuff ex-cop in latest police bung probe
27th arrest in Op Elveden inquiry – courtesy of tip-off from News Corp
Crime 3 May 10:32
Hampshire council throws BYOD party, hires extra security
Just in case a mobe gets lost - with your info on it
Enterprise Security 3 May 09:11
NHS trust goes 100% over IT budget in patient records rollout cockup
A £1m here, a £1m there ... it adds up after a while
ID 3 May 08:38
Kaspersky: Apple security is like Microsoft's in 2002
Get ready for the era of the sick Mac
Malware 2 May 14:27
Skype slurping software threatens IP exposure
It's a P2P problem says Redmond subsidiary
Security 1 May 22:02
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