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Spy Agencies ‘Ban Lenovo Gear’ On Security Grounds
Intelligence agencies in the UK, Australia, the US, Canada and New Zealand are reportedly banned from using Lenovo computers on classified networks due to back-door concerns
MPs: Policing ‘Black Hole’ Letting Cyber Crooks Generate Huge Profits
Crooks are getting away with making massive sums of money because police aren't investigating lower-level cyber crimes enough, MPs warn
Executives Lack Confidence In Cyber-Security Measures
Executives have had little influence in encouraging their organisations to adopt security best practices, in spite of the growth of sophisticated cyber-threats
Why Your CMS Is A Hacker’s Dream Come True
CMSs are easy to attack, but there are ways to at least try to fend off attackers, says Imperva's Barry Shteiman
Bing Introduces Pop-up Warnings For Child Abuse Searches
Protection groups welcome the move, but say it is only part of the solution
Viber Claims iTunes Flaw To Blame For App Store Account Hack
Hackers can stay logged in to iTunes Connect accounts even when they've been blocked, Viber claims
Twitter Abuse Petition Receives More Than 55,000 Signatures
Twitter users call for better tools to report abuse on the social network
High Court Bans Car Hacking Research
Car company wins out after British lecturer claims to have cracked the algorithm used by luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys
Cloud, BYOD, UC Trends Create Network Monitoring Issues
Cloud computing, BYOD and unified communications are making it difficult for IT staff to gain enough visibility into the network, Network Instruments has found
Quiz of the Week: Internet Censorship
Cameron's porn ban, China's repressive actions, North Korea's home brew Internet - what do you know about global censorship?
Tributes Flood In For Legendary Security Researcher Barnaby Jack
Man who showed how to hack cash machines and pacemakers, and how to make them more secure, dies in San Francisco
Japanese Poker Playing IT Chief Accused In Android Malware Bust
Scam thought to have earned crooks millions of dollars
Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Arrest In US
A man accused of defrauding investors has been arrested for operating a Ponzi scheme involving bitcoins
IBM Looks To Risk Prediction With QRadar Vulnerability Manager
The ability to predict security risk just got a little easier thanks to IBM's QRadar Vulnerability Manager
Five Charged For Hacks On Nasdaq, JCPenney And Others
7-Eleven and Heartland Payment Systems also hit by credit card data thieves
WhatsApp Weakness ‘Could Expose PayPal, Google Accounts’
WhatsApp's mixed use of SSL encryption described as "extremely bad form"
NSA Mass Surveillance Survives House Vote
Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act falls at House hurdle
Apple: Some Developer Services Back Online After Hack
Apple says it is busy completely overhauling its site, which was hacked last week
Hertfordshire Police Number Plate Database Declared Illegal
The Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) does not appear to be proportionate, says the ICO
Malicious ‘Master Key’ Android Apps Appear Online
Malicious applications exploiting the nasty flaw appear on Chinese app stores
Syrian Electronic Army Pilfers Viber Data
London-based firm says no sensitive data is taken, but SEA claims responsibility for the attack
Claire Perry MP Website Hacked By Porn Pranksters
Porn hater accuses Guido Fawkes of sponsoring hack, confuses a link and a screenshot...
Android Master Key Patch App Available
An app has been released to patch the "master key" vulnerability in Android phones, but only if they are jailbroken
China Remains DDoS Traffic King Despite Indonesian Jump
China home to most DDoS attack traffic, but US source of most
Cisco Set To Acquire Sourcefire For $2.7bn
Snort-based supplier sucked into Cisco's world
ISPs Told To Block More Torrent Sites
EZTV and YIFY the latest to face ISP blocks
SIM Card Encryption Weaknesses Could Expose Millions
Hundreds of millions of SIMs are using weak encryption to do over the air updates, which is bad news for mobile users
Ubuntu Forums Hack Exposes 1.8m Accounts
Canonical advises members to change their passwords as soon as possible
Launching The Cyber Repression Series
Tom Brewster introduces a series of articles focusing on the plight of global activists in the face of mass cyber attacks and censorship