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Apache OpenOffice security fixes emerge

Under new management: First revamp passes one million downloads

Enterprise Security 18 May 17:33

Call of Duty hacker jailed after meatspace burglary

18 months' porridge for banking malware-spreader

Malware 18 May 16:34

UK prosecutions for hacking appear to be be dropping

But plenty of caveats apply

Enterprise Security 18 May 13:02

Atlassian warns of critical security flaw

Confluence customers urged to upgrade

Security 18 May 06:50

Anonymous turns its DDoS cannons on India

Takes out government, court and political party sites

Crime 18 May 03:28

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

Microsoft makes good with a 23-fix Patch Tuesday

Busy Wednesday for BOFH

Security 9 May 00:48

Zombie PCs exploit hookup site in 4Square-for-malware scam

Ill-used 'adult' dating site riddled with infection

Malware 8 May 12:38

Apple logging passwords in plain text

Lion debug ‘feature’ breaks security

Security 6 May 23:35

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

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