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UK Government Spends Another £1.6M On Hypercat Wireless Project
HyperCat wants to link together various connectivity standards for the Internet of Things
Kaspersky Lab Partners London Police To Tackle Cyber Crime
Kaspersky Lab to help train the City of London Police on how to tackle the growing cybercrime menace
Hacked US Hospital Operator Thought To Be Victim Of Heartbleed
TrustedSec says hackers got into Community Health Systems database through unpatched Juniper equipement
Samsung Fined For Alleged American Porky Pie
Samsung dips into pocket change for paltry fine for “misleading” resellers to the US government
US Nuclear Watchdog Hacked Three Times In Three Years
NRC says it conducts regular security training sessions, but its employees are still tempted by phishing emails
GCHQ Is Mapping Open TCP Ports Across Whole Countries
The reconnaissance operation codenamed ‘Hacienda’ supplies the agency with some of the information needed to compromise systems
Home Office Fined £220m In e-Borders Contract Dispute
UK taxpayers must pay hundreds of millions to Raytheon as a result of the termination of e-Borders, a tribunal has ruled
US Healthcare Provider Hacked, 4.5 Million Patient Records Stolen
Mandiant suspects the involvement of the Chinese hackers
Syrian Malware Is On The Rise, Warns Kaspersky
As the civil war in Syria enters its fourth year, cyber warfare shows no sign of abating
Julian Assange Is Planning To Leave The Embassy Of Ecuador
Assange says he's ready to get out of the embassy... but he's not handing himself in and the UK is still trying to extradite him
US Security Panel Approves IBM Server Sale To Lenovo
A US government review has given the go-ahead for the $2.3bn transaction, which could now conclude by the end of the year
Microsoft Pulls Buggy Update After ‘Blue Screen Of Death’ Reports
Microsoft has withdrawn one of its Patch Teusday updates from last week after users reported it caused system crashes
Apple Fixes WebKit Vulnerability in Safari
Apple updates its Safari web browser, fixing a multiple memory compression issue
Apple Selects China Telecom Data Centres To Store iCloud Data
Apple begins storing the personal data of Chinese users on servers in mainland China
Android Factory Reset Does Not Erase Data, Warn Researchers
Data from a pre-owned device can be easily recovered using free software
Free ‘UnTRUST’ Tool Promises To Protect Against iOS Backdoor
Digital forensics firm Stroz Freidberg says it has verified the existence of an iOS backdoor and has issued advice and tools to help minimise the risk
Kaspersky Launches Free Android Vulnerability Scanner
Kaspersky Fake ID Scanner looks for familiar bugs like Heartbleed, MasterKey and FakeID
US Supermarket Chain SuperValu Suspects Hackers Stole Customer Data
The retail giant claims there’s no reason to panic after admitting its Point-of-Sale systems were infected by malware
Quiz Of The Week: To USB Or Not To USB
What do you know about USB technology? Try our quiz and test yourself.
NCA Warns That Two In Five Brits Ignore The Cyber Crime Threat
National Crime Agency warns web users to install software updates, even on mobiles, or risk becoming the victim of cyber crime
New Android Malware Is Spreading Through Third-Party App Markets
ESET sounds the alarm after Krysanec RAT is found piggybacking on top of its own security app
Cyber-Espionage Campaign Targets Former Communist Governments
An unidentified group is stealing data from ministries and embassies, military, research and education organisations
Kroll Ontrack Touts Data Recovery Via Cloud
Look Mum, no hands! Now, engineers at Kroll Ontrack don't require physical access to a damaged drive to undertake data recovery
UK Home To More Botnet Command And Control Servers Than Any Other Country
32 percent of known botnet C&C servers are hosted in Britain says Trend Micro, which warns of ongoing Windows XP threats and Heartbleed danger
Manchester United Ban Tablets And Laptops From Home Games
Manchester United supporters can not bring large electronic items to Old Trafford this season over security fears
IBM Acquires Lighthouse Security To Improve Identity Management
The deal follows the purchase of identity management specialist CrossIdeas, which was announced last last week
Hacker Roots Silent Circle’s Blackphone At DefCon
SIlent Circle doubts whether the hack could take place in the wild, but still thanks 'Justin Case' for his contribution to the security of the platform
US ‘Cyber Patriot’ Games Are Coming To The UK
Known as ‘Cyber Centurion’ on this side of the Atlantic, a new competition wants to prepare young students for careers in cyber security
Xiaomi Apologises For Unauthorised Personal Data Transmission
Xiaomi says the data transfer was necessary for its cloud messaging service but issues a fix that prevents it from happening