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Dark Market Zero-Days ‘Selling Regularly For $50k-$100k’
Symantec researchers tell TechWeek that dark market crooks are getting big bucks from selling zero-days, despite the rise of legitimate bug bounties
2013 Saw 500 Percent Increase In Ransomware
European Cyber Crime Centre says it is tracking a number of strains as Symantec spies uptick in the malware
CryptoLocker Copycat CryptoDefence Has Fatal Flaw
The developers of the latest ransomware, CryptoDefence, made one major mistake - they left the decryption keys on the infected system
US Criticises European Anti-Spying Internet Proposals
The US Trade Representative has said European anti-spying plans could bring the EU into conflict with international trade laws
Ex-GCHQ Head And David Blunkett Call For Spying Transparency
Former Home secretary David Blunkett and ex-director of GCHQ Sir David Omand both say the intelligence agency should be more transparent
Germany Investigating Data Breach Affecting 18 Million
Three million of the affected people are in Germany, meaning many others are likely impacted
Report: US Agency Created ‘Cuban Twitter’ To Foster Dissent
USAID has admitted secretly creating a Twitter-like social network in Cuba, but denies the project was specifically aimed at helping to overthrow the Cuban government
Italy Fines Google €1m Over Street View Gaffe
Italy hands out one of the stiffest European fines to Google over its StreetView cars
Western Union Reveals Path To Security Success
Western Union's security officer explains the transformation of internal security at the company
Apple Patches Severe Safari Vulnerabilities
Apple patches 27 bugs in Safari that could have allowed hackers to target users via specially-crafted sites
Yahoo Launches Post-Snowden Security Boost
Yahoo's new CISO promises more after encryption drive
Since The NSA Scandal, Where Do You Store Data?
Now we know the US government's NSA is looking at public cloud services, do you prefer dedicated hardware?
Since the NSA Scandal, TechWeek Readers Are Suspicious Of Microsoft
The NSA scandal has eroded user trust in the big US cloud service and storage providers, suggests our latest poll
Games Maker Blizzard Suffers From European DDoS Attack
DDoS attack in Europe inadvertently hits games maker
LinkedIn Fights To Shut Email Revealing Add-On
LinkedIn says it is doing everything it can to shut down a service called Sell Hack which shares email addresses, but the tool's developers plead their innocence
Man Who ‘Sold’ Free Microsoft Products Is Given Suspended Jail Sentence
Luton resident Mohammed Khalid Jamil ran a Microsoft support scam out of a call centre in India
Another NSA Tool ‘Exposes Weaknesses Of RSA Encryption’
Another NSA-ordained tool makes cracking data protected over BSAFE 65,000 faster, researchers claim
Black Markets Broaden Access To Cutting-Edge Malware Tools
Two studies have found an increasing level of sophistication in the black markets for selling cyber-crime tools and services
Tesla ‘Hack’ Can Unlock Car Doors
Researcher warns of attacks on Tesla apps and the manufacturer's website
Francis Maude Launches UK CERT Cyber-Response Centre
CERT-UK is officially launched and will provide a single coordination point for handling national cyber-incidents
Turkish ISPs Set Up Fake Google DNS Servers
Google concerned over fake Domain Name System servers apparently set up by Turkish ISPs, amidst various forms of web censorship in the country
Top Media Organisations ‘Hit Hard By Government Hackers’
Hackers, likely sponsored by governments, are hitting news organisations hard, according to research from two Google engineers
Plextor Adds Full-Disk Encryption To Solid-State Drives
Plextor's M6M mSATA and M6S SSDs support full-disk encryption using the 256-bit AES standard
Microsoft Launches Mobile Device Management Suite
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses cloud first, mobile firsta vision for company
Turkish Government Blocks YouTube Access Following Video Leak
YouTube ban follows last week’s shutdown of Twitter in the country
Google Seeks Security Experts For Online Safety Advice
Google asks IT security experts to contribute their advice on making the Internet safer for everyone
Government Requests For Google User Data Up 120 Percent In Four Years
Googles latest Transparency Report reveals a steep rise in government requests for data
Warning Over Fake WordPress ‘Patched’ Plugins
Dodgy add-ons masquerading as patched versions of plug-ins
BlackBerry Secure Work Space For iOS And Android Cleared For US Government Use
BlackBerry Secure Work Space receives FIPS 140-2 security certification