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Security

Google could do more to protect Android users from malware, says AVG

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Change publishing conditions, scan new data packages, suggests Krčma
08 Feb 2013

EU cybercrime proposals could force organisations to report hacks

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Over 40,0000 banks, hospitals and energy firms could be required to comply under new plans
07 Feb 2013

Microsoft and Symantec “take down” Bamital clickfraud botnet

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Three-year investigation to smash $1m clickfraud ring that PCs infected with malware
07 Feb 2013

2013 will see more Stuxnet and Flame-like malware attacks, says AVG CTO

But hacktivists are more bark than bite says Ben-Itzhak
06 Feb 2013

US Federal Reserve hacked during Super Bowl

Hacktivists Anonymous have claimed responsibility for the attack
06 Feb 2013

Bang, and the server is gone...

Disgruntled Frost & Sullivan employee sabotaged servers by spraying them with Cillit Bang
05 Feb 2013

Google's Eric Schmidt warns of China cyber-crime threat

'Sophisticated hacker' uses cyber-crime to aid ambitions, Google chairman argues in upcoming book.
04 Feb 2013

US tech giants criticised for lobbying against EU data privacy laws

Coalition of US privacy bodies and EU representatives slam the likes of Google and Facebook
04 Feb 2013

Twitter users attacked by cyber criminals

A quarter of a million Twitter accounts have been compromised by hackers
04 Feb 2013

EU report on online terrorism calls for 'Report a terrorist' button in browsers

EU Clean IT Project report slammed for wasting money on 'meandering' and simplistic report
29 Jan 2013

Huge rise in cross-site scripting attacks

Cross-site scripting attacks up 160 per cent as organisations admit to inadequate file access control on virtual servers
29 Jan 2013

Oracle Java security chief: 'We’ll fix Java'

Milton Smith also promises better communication with IT professionals and businesses
28 Jan 2013

Hague signs UK up to global Cyber Resilience Partnership

Government commits to a set of principles intended to improve network security and resilience
28 Jan 2013

UK Safari users seek damages against Google over privacy breaches

US fine does not reflect the international nature of the privacy breaches, says consumer group
28 Jan 2013

Anonymous members jailed for hacking campaign

Two sent down for roles in Operation Payback campaign, which cost PayPal £3.5m
25 Jan 2013

Government net snooping rises again

Google reveals 21,389 user data requests were made my governments in second half of 2012
24 Jan 2013

ICO fines Sony £250,000 for PlayStation Network hack

Record fine for April 2011 data breach. Sony plans to appeal
24 Jan 2013

Iranian cyber-warriors a 'force to be reckoned with' warns US General

Islamic state growing in cyber capabilities, says General William Shelton
21 Jan 2013

Expert predicts government NHS data-sharing plans spell end for patient privacy

Plans mean 'the end of medical privacy' and further encroachment by the 'database state', claims security expert
16 Jan 2013

CISOs: Big security vendors caught on the hop by rise in enterprise mobility

CISOs of Network Rail, Commerzbank, Field Fisher Waterhouse slate bigger vendors for slow response to BYOD
16 Jan 2013

Homeland Security warns Java still poses a threat, despite update

Oracle software could still potentially be exploited by criminals
15 Jan 2013

Cyber-attack running for five years cracked by Kaspersky

Espionage-led cyber attack running since 2007. Parallels with Flame malware
14 Jan 2013

Java is a mess, says security expert

Java users urged to disable software to prevent zero-day exploit
11 Jan 2013

Nine out of 10 companies 'not vulnerable' to cyber attack - or so they say

Most companies believe they are secure – even though half have faced security risks in the past year
10 Jan 2013