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Mozilla Expands Persona For Online Authentication
Mozilla expands its password-slaying website authentication service, dubbed 'Persona'
Tibetans Targeted As Dalai Lama Site Hacked To Serve Malware
Tibetans targeted yet again in watering hole attack
If American Secure Email Services Close, Others Will Fill The Gap
We all have a right to privacy, says Sean Michael Kerner. With Lavabit and Silent Circle gone, someone else will provide
City Of London Bins Recycling Firm’s Phone Tracking Test
Renew's recycling bins identify smartphones with Wi-Fi switched on, but the London startup says it isn't snooping
Obama Proposes Broad Surveillance Review
President Obama's proposed changes to the NSA's surveillance regime faces staunch opposition within Congress, while privacy advocates say it does not go far enough
All Bitcoin Wallets On Android “Vulnerable To Theft”
Google's not-so-random number generator allows thieves to hijack wallets if certain conditions are met
Intel, Unisys Collaborate On Secure x86 Platform
The platform will allow organisations to run Windows, Linux and Unix workloads on the same platform and to more easily migrate from RISC to x86
More Companies Adopting Cyber-Security Insurance
While less than one-third of companies are currently insured against data breaches, that figure is growing, according to a new study
Exposure Of NSA Spying Programmes Could Damage The US Cloud Industry
Research suggests US cloud service providers might lose up to 20 percent of their overseas market over the next three years
Poll: Will PRISM Turn You Off US Cloud Providers?
Now we know that the US authorities want to access data held by US cloud providers, will you take your custom elsewhere?
IT Life: Fighting Phishing For A Living
Ethical hacker Aaron Higbee now runs the technology at phishing awareness firm PhishMe
NSA To Lay Off 90 Percent Of Its System Administrators
According to director Keith Alexander, the measure is meant to improve the security of NSA data
BT, Vodafone Threatened With Legal Action Over ‘GCHQ Collusion’
Verizon Business, Level 3, Viatel and Interoute also asked to open up on alleged GCHQ collaboration
Microsoft Patches Yammer Security Flaw
Microsoft acts quickly to patch a serious security flaw with its Yammer social enterprise platform
Lavabit And Silent Circle Shut Down Email Services Over US Surveillance Fears
Lavabit says it did not want “to become complicit in crimes against the American people”, whilst Silent Circle says it saw the "writing on the wall"
PayPal Tests Payments Authorised By A Photo
PayPal looks to make the wallet-less high street a reality
Xerox To Issue Patch For Faulty Printer Scans
Xerox printers have been changing numbers in scanned documents. A software patch is on its way
The Connection Between Tor Malware And NSA Doesn’t Stand Up To Scrutiny
Cryptocloud and Baneki Privacy Labs admit they might have been wrong
‘Hand Of Thief’ Trojan Targets Linux Users’ Bank Accounts
Researchers surprised by high price of Linux Trojan selling for $2,000 on Russian underground forums
‘Chicken Farm’ Botnets Actively Target Governments, Researchers Warn
Asian espionage networks have compromised government and corporate systems worldwide, researchers warn
ICO Looking Into Daily Mail Privacy Fail
Conservative paper in data leak shocker
Large Botnets Attack WordPress And Joomla
Cyber crooks targeting and then using CMSs like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal to spread nastiness
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Blog Of Channel 4 Presenter Jon Snow
Fake nuclear bomb story posted on Snow's blog, as Channel 4 blogs remain down
Google Slammed Over ‘Insane’ Chrome Password Exposure
Tim Berners-Lee disappointed by Google's response to criticism of Chrome's stored passwords
Twitter Boosts Two-Factor Authentication After Criticism
Twitter dumps SMS form of two-factor for significantly more secure method
Latvian Government Votes To Extradite Suspected Creator Of Gozi Trojan
Deniss Calovskis claims he is innocent, will appeal the decision with European Court of Human Rights
Cyber Attacks Strike Zimbabweans Around Controversial Election
Zimbabweans knocked offline and see data wiped because of slew of cyber attacks last week during the elections, TechWeekEurope learns
Malware That Took Down Freedom Hosting Could Be The Property Of NSA
Malware used to identify Tor users contacted an IP address owned by US government agency, researchers claim
Zero-Day Catcher FireEye Plans To Go Public In $175m IPO
Popular but loss-making security firm hopes to move on with hefty investment