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Home Tech Vulnerabilities Could Be Used To Set Houses On Fire
Even the US government is warning about weaknesses in Belkin WeMo Home Automation kit
Care.data: Government’s Medical Database Plans Delayed
Privacy groups pleased government has recognised need for transparency
Samsung Galaxy S5 To Include Fingerprint Reader – Report
The forthcoming Samsung flagship smartphone will reportedly include a fingerprint reader
Snowden Leak: NSA And GCHQ Targeted WikiLeaks And Pirate Bay
WikiLeaks website visitors have their IP addresses scooped up by British snoops, fresh leaks show
Mt Gox Ready To Roll Again As Bitcoin Bug Fixed
Flaw that left exchanges open to denial of service attacks appears to be fixed, for Mt Gox at least
Forbes Users Hit By Syrian Electronic Army Attack
Details of over one million users stolen in latest anti-US hack
South Korean Banks Fined £3,400 After Epic January Data Breach
KB Kookmin Bank, Lotte Card and NongHyup Card will not be able to issue credit cards for the next three months
Angela Merkel Proposes Secure European Communications Network
Pan-European network would help improve data security following recent NSA snooping allegations
Hackers Steal Kickstarter Passwords
Crowdfunding site says only two customer accounts have been toyed with after potentially nightmarish breach
Google Buys Sound Wave Authentication Firm SlickLogin
Google acquires login tech that uses sound waves and smartphones to detect users
Microsoft Boosts Cloud-Based Anti-Spam Tools
Microsoft has added better tools for helping enterprises to fight junk mail to its cloud-based Exchange Online Protection
FIDO Standard Aims To Eliminate Passwords
The FIDO industry group has released its final technical specification, in an effort to push the industry toward more advanced security techniques
Silk Road 2.0 Hacked, £1.5 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Stolen
Attackers have used the ‘transaction malleability’ flaw which prompted Mt Gox exchange to stop withdrawals a few days ago
Internet Explorer Exposed By New Zero-Day Flaw
A previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being exploited to attack users, but is a foreign government to blame?
IT Life: Security Needs Analytics
James Stevenson was nearly a policeman, but ended up in Blue Coat - using analytics to stop cyber-crime
Tesco Customers’ Passwords Stolen And Posted Online
Thousands of online customers have their accounts deactivated after user details were leaked and posted
Bots Make Up Majority Of Website Traffic
A study from Incapsula claims that over 60 percent of all website traffic is not actually from humans, but rather from bots
Police Shut Down Dark Web Drug Site Utopia And Arrest Five
Dutch law enforcement announce the arrest of five individuals in investigation into Utopia and Black Market Reloaded
Hacking Team Spyware ‘Hits Ethiopian Journalists’
"Lawful intercept" tech allegedly used in attacks on Ethiopian journalists, as civil rights activists fret about abuse of the software
Microsoft Turns On Multifactor Authentication For Office 365
To minimise the risk of breaches, Microsoft turns on multifactor authentication for the user base of Office 365
Tooling Up To Beat Malware
No malware is going to catch Wayne Rash napping. But it takes constant vigilance to keep your system clean, he warns
Microsoft Claims ‘System Error’ Blocks Chinese Bing Search Results
Microsoft denies censoring its Chinese language search results, but blames a 'system error' for Bing omissions
Malicious Flappy Bird Clones Fly Around Dodgy App Stores
Flappy Bird clones do nasty things to people's phones
UK Cybersecurity Attitudes ‘Lagging Behind’ US Says BT Survey
Worldwide BT survey finds UK business leaders far less concerned with cybersecurity than other nations
Bitcoin Battered By DoS Attacks
Attackers take advantage of a weakness in the cryptocurrency protocol known as “transaction malleability” and a number of exchanges suspend trading
Google Asks Congress To Revise Privacy Laws
Google asks US Congress to revise American privacy laws and takes part in "The Day We Fight Back" campaign, in the wake of revelations of NSA surveillance
Microsoft Surprises With IE Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft springs a surprise and decides to include a massive IE update in its Patch Tuesday release. Meanwhile, Adob e fixes a small Shockwave flaw
PayPal President Has Credit Card Hacked
Online payments chief had card ‘skimmed’ whilst in the UK - and says it wouldn't have happened if we all used PayPal
America’s Chip And Pin Roll-Out Could Be Expensive
The US is ten years behind Europe on installing Chip and PIN security for credit cards. Wayne Rash says it's time for action