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Security

Lulzsec hacker Sabu to continue aiding FBI

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Founder of hacking group turned double agent has sentence postponed so he can continue to work with Feds
26 Feb 2013

HTC settles with FTC over mobile security flaws

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Federal Trade Commission requires HTC to undergo independent security assessments for next 20 years
26 Feb 2013

Microsoft joins Apple and Facebook on cyber attack casualty list

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Microsoft blog post reveals the firm was the victim of a hack, but no data compromised
25 Feb 2013

BBC admits role in helping Apple develop iPhone and iPad

BBC CTO John Linwood discusses his organisation's role in feeding in to Apple's R&D programme
22 Feb 2013

Cyber crime scenes “not being preserved”

Evidence destroyed by careless IT staff, rushing to get systems back up and running after cyber attacks
21 Feb 2013

White House unveils trade secret theft prevention strategy

Policy looks to counter a growing threat from state-sponsored hackers
21 Feb 2013

1,500 PayPal credentials for sale in pirate eShop

Proxy server access to user accounts sold for cash
21 Feb 2013

China refutes hacking claims, points finger at US

Foreign Ministry hits back at reports it is behind hundreds of cyber attacks on the west
20 Feb 2013

UK and India to sign cybercrime deal

Prime minister David Cameron wants to strike deal to safeguard Britons' data on Indian servers
19 Feb 2013

Oxford blocks Google Docs

Google needs to do more to fight cyber-crime, says university after spate of phishing attacks
19 Feb 2013

EU watchdogs to take action against Google privacy policy this summer, says regulator

Google 'did not provide any precise and effective answers to EU recommendations' on data combining, says CNIL
19 Feb 2013

Camelot: 'There is no IT skills gap'

National Lottery operator says there is a lack of IT staff with sufficient business interest
19 Feb 2013

Arms dealers turn to cyber security

Austerity bites arms sales - but government worldwide can't get enough computer security
18 Feb 2013

Facebook laptops compromised by malware

Zero-day Java exploit to blame for recent cyber security failing, says Facebook
18 Feb 2013

Hackers increasingly targeting the press, says advocacy group

Committee to Protect Journalists says cyber-attacks are becoming an easy way to censor the press
15 Feb 2013

No Dell MDM support for BB10 until future of BlackBerry becomes clear

BlackBerry needs to demonstrate staying power before K3000 MDM solution supports it, Dell tells Computing
15 Feb 2013

Security flaw puts Adobe Acrobat and Reader users at risk

Malicious PDF files could leave Adobe users vulnerable to attack
14 Feb 2013

Barack Obama signs cybersecurity executive order

Key industries and utilities to agree basic protection guidelines
14 Feb 2013

UK desperately short of skills needed to combat cyber threats

NAO review suggests it could take up to 20 years to build up the necessary expertise
12 Feb 2013

Outsourcing a 'major component' of two-thirds of IT security lapses

Trustwave report highlights outsourcing as a major risk factor as many types of security software become increasingly ineffective
12 Feb 2013

Defence contractor devises Facebook data mining and analysis tool

Raytheon claims the software can 'predict' people's behaviour by analysing Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Foursquare and LinkedIn
11 Feb 2013

Adobe issues fix for zero-day Flash vulnerabilities

Zero-day exploits allow malware to be installed on multiple operating systems
08 Feb 2013

European Union security directive slammed by Ross Anderson

Proposed EU directive will put the spooks in charge, claims Anderson
08 Feb 2013

AVG: Children use malware to steal personal data from games

AVG report says kids capable of writing code and stealing online gamers information
08 Feb 2013