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Companies Fret Over Targeted Attack Success
Companies are increasingly concerned they will not get better at defending against sophisticated attacks
Good Technology Senses Opportunity In ‘Post-BlackBerry World’
Good Technology CTO Nicko van Someren says BlackBerry can't match its data-centric approach to MDM
Cameron Wants Cyber Security Talks With China
Britain keen to have a proper cyber security dialogue with China, following claims of mass spying on both sides
Baddies Bash Bountiful Bitcoins
As the value of a Bitcoin increases, so does the scale of attacks on the currency, says Sean Michel Kerner
Check Point: Good Security Is About Discovering The Unknown
Gabi Reish from Check Point explains why traditional IT security solutions are becoming irrelevant
Trove Of 2m Email And Social Media Passwords Uncovered
Pony botnet appears to have acquired passwords for the likes of Facebook, Google, Twitter and LinkedIn
Huawei Admits Defeat And Withdraws From US Market
Huawei is to withdraw from the US telecommunications market after US national security concerns
Check Point: Good Security Is About Discovering The Unknown
Gabi Reish from Check Point explains why traditional IT security solutions are becoming irrelevant
Sales Bonanza Creates A BYOD Nightmare
So-Called Black Friday sales mean IT departments will have random consumer kit to support, warns Wayne Rash
Bitcointalk.org Says DNS Was Hijacked, Passwords Compromised
On the same day, the website was also hit by DDoS attack
Researchers Create Malware That Jumps Air Gaps Using Inaudible Sound
Experiment shows malware can transmit stolen data using standard microphones and speakers, but there are clear limitations
Europol Seizes 690 Domains In Cyber Monday Crackdown
Cyber Monday sellers pushing counterfeit goods taken offline by Europol and international partners
Switzerland Launches Criminal Probe Into NSA Surveillance
It sounds like the Swiss authorities want to put the American spies in prison
Akamai Buys Prolexic To Improve Protection Against DDoS Attacks
The company will pay £226 million to absorb the competition
Cyber Monday: The Day Of The Marketing Tentacles
Cyber Monday sucks, and it's all a sign of the faltering creativity of marketers, who are getting ever more invasive, says Tom Brewster
Bank Of England: UK Banks Hit By Cyber-Attacks
British banks and market infrastructures have come under attack in the past months, revealing vulnerabilities in their systems, according to a Bank of England report
Warning: Bitcoin Mining Beast Made Legit Via Licence Agreement
Some software small print includes permission to install a Bitcoin miner on machines
File Sharing Apps Expose iOS To Security Risks – Trustwave
Trustwave researcher says file-sharing apps open up iOS users to security flaws
Android Increasingly Vulnerable To Malware
McAfee says attackers are using digital signatures to evade Android security measures
Football Referee Charged With Hacking Former Colleague’s Email
FA-registered referee and two others are charged in hacking investigation
Fujitsu Launches First Laptop With Contactless Palm Vein Authentication
The new security feature is hygienic, works in under a second and is almost impossible to deceive
UK Government Wants ISPs To Block Extremist Content
According to a government minister, launch of the new censorship campaign is “imminent”
SAP Rejects Call For Pan-European IT Champion
German software giant SAP rejects calls for a unified European software company to challenge the US after NSA spying scandal
US Government Pays $50 Million Settlement For Military’s Pirated Software
For years, the US Department of Defence had used unlicensed copies of logistics software
Man Accidentally Throws Out Hard Drive Containing £4m Worth Of Bitcoins
A fortune in virtual currency has been lost at a landfill in Newport
Google Tells CyanogenMod: Installer Doesn’t Belong In Our Store
Just two weeks after being placed on the Play store, the CyanogenMod installer app is taken down after a Google request
Fresh Microsoft Windows XP Flaw Exploited In Targeted Attacks
Zero-day exploit combines attack on patched Adobe vulnerabilities, just months before Microsoft kills support for Windows XP
Google Apps Sign-In Change Signals Personalisation Hitch
Google is to standardise the sign-in pages for its Apps portfolio, and users will lose their personalisation options
The NSA Tracked Porn Access To Discredit Alleged Jihadists
Intelligence agency explored the idea of leveraging “personal vulnerabilities”