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ICO Fines British Abortion Charity £200k For Data Breach
British Pregnancy Advice Service was hacked twice in March 2012 by Anonymous hacker James Jeffrey
Vine Bans Sharing Of Pornographic Content
Video-sharing Twitter service looks to cut down on videos with 'explicit sexual content'
Privacy Groups Call For Probe Into £11.4bn Facebook WhatsApp Takeover
US regulators face calls from privacy advocates to investigate Facebook's expensive acquisition of WhatsApp
Europol Warns Of Public Wi-Fi Security Risks
Europol cybercrime chief says there has been an increase in attacks through public Wi-Fi connections
Newsweek Claims To Have Found The Creator Of Bitcoin
The publication says the 64-year old Satoshi Nakamoto from California created the virtual currency to ease international transactions
FreedomPop ‘Snowden Phone’ To Tackle Privacy Concerns
FreedomPop launches a fully encrypted smartphone dubbed the Privacy Phone, to counter NSA snooping
Prosecutors Offer To Drop Most Charges Against Ex-Anonymous Spokesperson Barrett Brown
Brown is still accused of holding credit card data but charges of linking to the data have been dismissed
Facebook Cracks Down On Gun Toters
Facebook to warn any gun dealers using illicit sales tactics
Target CIO Resigns Amid Ongoing Breach Fallout
US retailer Target is still reeling from its damaging security breach, as the CIO hands in her resignation
Mobile Advertising And Porn Are The Biggest Mobile Malware Threats
Malvertising is becoming a bigger mobile malware threat as online advertising becomes moe common
Mobile Users Coming Under Increasing Threat From China Cybercriminals
Trend Micro report reveals wide variety of tactics being developed and used by cybercriminals in China
Yahoo To Ditch Third Party Login ID Option
Yahoo is to insist that users login via a dedicated a Yahoo ID, and not by using Google or Facebook accounts
Bitcoin Crisis Continues With Theft, Closure And Death
Flexcoin caves after epic theft, whilst exchange Poloniex loses 12 percent of its coins and First Meta CEO is found dead
Glaring Flaws Uncovered In Web Encryption Protocols
TLS/SSL encryption standards have a flaw which allows man-in-the-middle attacks, while the GnuTLS implementation has a long-running weakness
HP To Battle Google Staff In Hacking Contest
Security staff from Hewlett-Packard and Google are to compete in a web browser hacking contest
Nick Clegg Launches A Review Of GCHQ Accountability
Deputy Prime Minister says a universally despised intelligence agency cannot protect the country
Twitter ‘Accidentally Changes Users’ Passwords’
Emails were sent out mistakenly telling Twitter users to change their passwords
Security Service Of Ukraine Claims Politicians’ Phones Are Under Attack
The network equipment in Crimea is allegedly being used to attack mobile phones of the country’s leadership, while pro-Russian hackers deface Ukrainian news sites
MWC 2014 Video: Avast Detects Over 1800 New Strains Of Mobile Malware Daily
Daniel Cheng from Avast says people underestimate the dangers they are facing online
US Government Accuses Operator Sprint Of Overcharging For Surveillance
US telco Sprint overcharged the US government £13m for facilitating spying operations such as wiretaps, according to a US Justice Department lawsuit
NHS Under Fire Over Third-Party Handling Of Patient Data
NHS data sharing initiatives cause upset again after two third parties take down files that indicate they shared public data in places they shouldn't have
Microsoft Offers Free Data Transfer Tools Ahead Of Windows XP Deadline
Microsoft offers tools, notifications and even a website to tell you if you're running Windows XP
Network Of 300k Hacked Routers Uncovered
Epic attack allows hackers to send victims to any IP address they choose
Cisco To Pay £190,000 In Prizes To IoT Security Contest Winners
Cisco is looking to bolster interest in Internet of Things security technologies with a contest announced at the RSA conference
Mt Gox Finally Admits It Lost $500,000,000 In Bitcoin
The exchange has launched a dedicated call centre to handle furious investors after admitting that it lost 750,000 bitcoins belonging to customers, and 100,000 of its own
Russians Suspected In ‘Uroburos’ Digital Espionage Attacks
Russian intelligence linked to super-sophisticated rootkit targeting high-profile organisations and nation states
RSA 2014: US Government Warns Smart Device Makers Over Security
Device manufacturers face US government action if they do not improve on basic security efforts, according to the FTC
Apple May Be Ending Snow Leopard Updates
Apple's five-year-old Snow Leopard operating system has been left out of recent security updates, which may mean support for the OS has ended
Thousands Of RBS, Natwest, Barclays Customers Hit By Mobile Banking App Outage
Customers left unable to access mobile accounts due to outage caused by major traffic surge