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NSA Says Website Downtime Was Caused By Botched Update, Not DDoS
Rumours of Anonymous involvement surface on Twitter, but ultimately prove false
CAPTCHA Is Dead. Long Live CAPTCHA!
CAPTCHA has been broken many times before. Yet even an effective new method of cracking it will do nothing to dampen CAPTCHA's popularity, says Tom Brewster
NSA Monitored 60 Million Spanish Phone Calls In One Month
Spanish authorities demand explanation after Snowdon documents reveal yet another mass surveillance operation
Mozilla Lightbeam Looks To Visualise Global Web Tracking
Lightbeam will allow users to visualise the way third parties track their web usage
FBI On Hunt For ‘Fugitive Multimillion eBay Fraudsters’
Crooks said to have put up fake ads for cars, boats and motorbikes across the web
Deutsche Telekom Calls For ‘German Internet’ Following Spy Scandals
Operator wants to protect Germans from foreign surveillance over concerns Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone was monitored
12 Year Old Admits Hacking Government Websites As Part Of Anonymous
The young Canadian hacker will be sentenced for causing at least $60,000 worth of damage
Biocryptology: Biometric System ‘To End Identity Fraud’ Launched
Biocryptology launches with some grand claims about its impact on the world
Facebook Could Face Investigation In Ireland Over PRISM Data
A group of Austrian law students demands action from the Irish privacy watchdog
How Code Signing Will Secure Applications
Angela Merkel’s Phone Tapped By NSA – Report
President Obama says US is not tapping Angela Merkel's phone - but Germans aren't satisfied
‘Massive’ Russian Cyber Crime Campaign Hit Governments
Handful of organisations in the UK hit by operation emanating from Russia and the Ukraine
Google Tests Parental Controls In Chrome Browser Beta
The latest beta of the Chrome web browser includes the ability for parents to set limits and controls
McAfee Funds Security Exhibit At Bletchley Park
Alan Turing's wartime home gets an up-to-date security education workshop
The US Vice President Who Feared A Cyber Heart Attack
Dick Cheney feared his heart implant could be hacked - but not everyone needs to worry, says Sean Michael Kerner
UK’s Cyber Defence Force Could Welcome Convicted Hackers
If black hats pass the background checks, they could join the military, says head of the new Joint Cyber Reserve Unit
European Committee Votes For Strict Privacy Laws
Right to be forgotten, increased fines, in tough EU privacy draft
Britain’s Cyber Police Force Calls For Recruits
NCCU wants cyber police to be the "career of choice" for those going into enforcement
Google Launches Anti-DDoS Service ‘Project Shield’
Google pushes out anti-DDoS service, a DDoS map of the world and a proxy offering for private communications
French Government Outraged At The Extent Of NSA Spying
Prime Minister demands to know why the US spy agency recorded more than 70 million French phone calls in 30 days
Burning Bridges: Paunch Is Erased From Forums After His Arrest
Underground crooks quickly block Blackhole creator Paunch's account following his apparent arrest, Tom Brewster finds
Huawei Continues To Deny US Espionage Allegations
Huawei insists it is not a spy risk as the company reveals details about its new R&D centre in the UK
NSA ‘Hacked Mexican Presidential Communications’
NSA hacked into email accounts of former Mexican president, fresh Snowden leaks show
Torrent Tracker isoHunt To Close And Settle Lawsuit For $110m
Site founder Gary Fung says he’ll be back, but the case establishes that a Torrent index infringes copyright
IBM Provides Two-Factor Security For Mobile Transactions
IBM researchers have developed two-factor security - based on NFC technology - for mobile transactions
IP Expo: Jarno Limnell – “We Should Forget About Edward Snowden”
Jarno Limnell, director of Cyber Security at Stonesoft, talks about Edward Snowden, business security and cyber warfare
IT Life: Secure your Data, Not Your Network!
When Neil Thacker changed to a data-centric security approach, people started to listen and he cut through complexity
High Bandwidth DoS Grow Alarmingly
A new report reveals the scale of the modern denial-of-service attacks, most of which exceed 1Gbps
PR Newswire Breached: Adobe Hackers Implicated
Press release distributor says passwords stolen, as data found on same server as pilfered Adobe information