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Dutch Court Overturns ‘Ineffective’ Pirate Bay Ban
The 'ineffective' ban on the Pirate Bay website has been overturned by a Dutch Court
Head Of GCHQ Sir Iain Lobban To Leave By The End Of 2014
The Foreign Office says move not connected to criticism of data collection practices
Cross-Platform Java Malware Used In DDoS Attacks
Kaspersky finds malware targeting unnamed bulk email service
SpyEye Banking Malware Mastermind Pleads Guilty
Russian national pleads guilty to creating and spreading the SpyEye malware with partner in crime
US Companies Allowed To Publish NSA Data Request Numbers
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo and LinkedIn win a battle against the NSA, but the war is far from over
NSA And GCHQ Spy On Targets Using Leaky Mobile Apps
Angry Birds likely one of many mobile apps being exploited by the NSA and GCHQ in their mass spying efforts
Five Bulgarians Arrested After Stealing UK Bank Data
More arrests said to be on the way as five caught red handed in Poland
Bletchley Park Trust Accused Of Isolating National Museum Of Computing
Bletchley Park Trust has been accused of freezing out the National Museum of Computing by excluding it from tours
Technical Glitch Cripples US Federal Courts
The FBI says Friday’s downtime was caused by a technical issue, while the European Cyber Army takes credit for DDoS
Hackers Infiltrate Israeli Ministry Of Defence
Researchers say Israel's Civil Administration computer was infected with Xtreme RAT malware
Don’t Blame Users For Poor Passwords
'123456' may be a crap password, but Sean Michael Kerner says the blame lies with the security systems that allow it, and rely on passwords in the first place
FBI Warns US Retailers To Expect Future Cyber Attacks
Warning comes in the wake in massive hack of Target customer data
Syrian Electronic Army Attacks CNN
The news network’s blogs, Twitter and Facebook accounts were all hacked by the SEA
Millions Of Email Passwords Stolen In Germany
Germany's federal security bureau (BSI) warns 16 million Germans may have had passwords to online services stolen
Shape Emerges With Polymorphic Cyber Defence
Shape Security launches with new security technology designed to stump hackers with a constantly moving target
Panda Merges Cloud Cleaner Into RMM Platform
Panda Security's Cloud Platform can now tackle the latest-generation viruses and attacks
Microsoft Will Let Users Choose Where Data Is Stored
In the wake of the NSA spying scandal, Microsoft says it will allow foreign users to store their data outside of the United States
Davos: Two-Year Investigation Into Future Of The Internet Announced
Commission chair Carl Bildt says open and flexible model of the Internet increasingly under attack
Verizon’s Transparency Report Shows Another Rise In US Data Requests
Verizon reveals the masses of data requests it receives from the US government and law enforcement
Russian Government Accused Of Industrial Cyber-Espionage
CrowdStrike claims the ‘Energetic Bear’ group has been hacking foreign companies on behalf of the Russian state
VMware Acquires MDM Provider AirWatch In £929m Deal
VMware strengthens mobile strategy with Airwatch acquisition
Swedish Researchers Uncover Dirty Tor Exit Relays
Researchers find 25 "spoiled onions" used to look through or censor users' Tor traffic
China Suffers Internet Outage After ‘DNS Hack’
Large-scale Internet outage in China raises questions about the Great Firewall
Russian Programmer Armed ‘Potato’ Malware Used On Target
Rinat Shabayev says he modified Kaptoxa malware to earn some money
University Of Cumbria To Accept Fees In Bitcoin
Rival university lecturer says Cumbria would be braver to use dogecoin
‘123456’ Beats ‘Password’ As Most-Used Password
In this year's list of the Internet's most popular passwords, "123456" has displaced the previous leader "password"
New Target Cyber-Attack Details Emerge
Security researchers reveal details of the malware used in the damaging breach of US retailer Target
Microsoft Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army Yet Again
Profilic Syrian hacksters strike again in attack on the Microsoft Office blog
Lawyer: EU Privacy Laws Will Lead To Fining Frenzy In UK
As Viviane Reding says greater fining powers are needed, top data protection lawyer warns about incoming laws