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No More Windows 8 For The Chinese Government
Chinese authorities ban Windows 8 in government offices, to avoid the ‘end of support’ dilemma they are facing with Windows XP
German Government Contract Winners Will Have To Denounce The NSA
Participants in public sector procurement will have to promise not to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies
TechWeek Readers Prefer Dedicated Hardware To Cloud
Sensitive data shouldn't be on shared hardware in the cloud, TechWeek readers tell us. Next question - which country has the best privacy laws?
TypePad Blames Large DDoS For Blog Outages
Second time in a month TypePad says DDoS attacks causing outages across blog platform
China Urges US To Drop Cyber Espionage Charges
Five charged for cyber espionage in China, leading to outrage and claims the US is the one doing the hacking
International Police Forces Arrest 80 Members Of The BlackShades Malware Gang
UK officers make 17 arrests in the first operation of its kind
Cisco’s Chambers Writes To Obama Over NSA Spying
Cisco chief executive John Chambers has written to the US president expressing his concerns over alleged NSA interceptions of US networking equipment
LifeLock Pulls Wallet App And Deletes Data Over Security Concerns
LifeLock takes drastic action as it fears its mobile wallet isn't compliant with payment card industry regulations
Thousands Of Network Devices Open To Password Theft
Brocade and other manufacturers' network devices said to be vulnerable to SNMP attacks that could leak passwords, researchers claim
Minnesota Passes Smartphone Kill-Switch Legislation
Minnesota becomes the first US state to require manufacturers to offer kill switch for all smartphones sold
Samsung Knox Gets US Military Approval
US Department of Defense allows Samsung Knox-protected Galaxy S4s to be used on military networks
Mutiny At Bitcoin Foundation Over New Director Brock Pierce
At least ten foundation members want to see former child star and Bitcoin investor removed from the board
Poland Launches Vein Pattern Recognition ATMs
The Hitachi-equipped ATMs will allow users to withdraw cash without a bank card
Adobe Fixes Day-Long Creative Cloud Login Outage
Adobe has restored a log-in problem that prevented millions of customers from using their software normally for more than 24 hours
The Impact Of Heartbleed On Open Source Security
Thanks to Heartbleed open source software will be better engineered and more secure, says Steve Nice, CTO at Reconnix
Encrypted Web Traffic Spiked Since Snowden Leaks
Surveillance revelations appear to lead to big jump in SSL web encryption across the world
Cisco Upset By Images Of NSA Tampering With Networking Kit
Cisco wants governments to stop interfering with its kit
Mozilla Reluctantly Adopts Digital Rights Management
Mozilla says it has no choice if it wants to keep its user base, while the user base calls adoption of DRM “a betrayal”
Five Year Old Flaw Fixed In Linux Kernel
A high severity bug in the Linux kernel remained undetected since 2009
Massive DDoS Assault Launched From Anti-DDoS Servers
A new type of denial-of-service attack is ironically drawing upon the resources of services intended to guard against such dangers
BlackBerry To Allow Other MDM Vendors To Manage BlackBerry 10 Smartphones
Airwatch, Citrix, IBM and SAP all want to be able to manage BlackBerry 10 handsets
UK Charity Files Complaint Against GCHQ, Alleges Human Rights Violations
According to Privacy International, GCHQ’s intrusive malware operations violate articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Samsung Knox Receives UK Government Approval
Public sector workers can use Samsung Knox-protected devices following guidance from the CESG
AVG Slammed For Not Patching ‘Critical Flaws’
AVG fixes one of four vulnerabilities in remote administration tool, but researchers who uncovered the flaws aren't happy with the security firm
Iran Hackers ‘Hitting Dissidents And US Defence’
Most victims of Iranian hacker crews based inside the country, as attackers take up digital espionage in earnest, researchers find
Hackers Raid DogeVault, Fate Of Customer Dogecoins Unclear
Some customers say their virtual wallets were emptied minutes before the website went down
Microsoft Word Vulnerability Used Against Taiwanese Government
Prolific hacker group spotted using patched flaw to hit government and educational institutes
Glenn Greenwald: NSA Intercepted And Backdoored Servers
Journalist's book to reveal more details of NSA's efforts to spy on the Internet
ICO Report Identifies Eight Most Common Causes Of Data Breaches
ICO says the same mistakes are being made again and again