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Microsoft Signs Up To Bug Bounties With £65,000 Reward
Microsoft has finally joined the bug bounty movement and promises to pay for vulnerability discoveries
Global Privacy Watchdogs Quiz Google On Glass
Letter asks what Google Glass does with personal data and what protections are in place
Carberp Malware Source Code Sells For $50k On Dark Web
Despite recent arrests, there's plenty of activity around the nasty Carberp Trojan
Cyber Cold War: US And Russia Set Up Emergency Hotline
Obama and Putin making like it's 1963
Google Fights US Surveillance Gagging Order
Google asks the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court if it can be more open about FISA requests
Cyber Crooks Jailed After ‘Biggest Ever UK Phishing Scam’
PCeU and SOCA hit big cyber crime ring
Information Security Financial Services Conference
Information Security Financial Services is the only specialised conference bringing together the most senior information security professionals in financial services
Facebook Blocks Tor Users After Heavy Malicious Activity
Tor security event leaves activists (and criminals?) exposed on Facebook
Internet Watch Foundation Granted Greater Power And £1m Boost
The Internet Watch Foundation will now actively seek out those creating and sharing illegal content on the Web, Maria Miller announces
Millions At Risk From Critical Vulnerabilities In WordPress Plugins
Millions of sites could contain serious flaws, security firm warns
Yahoo Latest Tech Giant To Disclose Surveillance Requests
Marissa Mayer says government should let tech companies be more transparent on FISA requests
Zeus Variant Tries To Hire Victims As ‘Mules’
A new version of the Zeus banking Trojan attempts to hire its victims to help move money to offshore accounts
You Need To Manage Your SSH Keys
Manage your Secure Shell keys or suffer the consequences, says Tatu Ylönen, inventor of SSH
Saudi Arabia ‘Planning To Ban WhatsApp’
Saudis show aggressive approach in coping with modern communications
GCHQ Hacked G20 Politicians’ Machines In 2009 – Report
GCHQ hacked dignitaries' phones and computers, including BlackBerry devices,
Apple, Facebook And Microsoft Release Surveillance Request Data
Tech titans can't say whether they've received FISA requests, but can include them in aggregates of US government demands for user data
Cisco pxGrid Aims To Improve Network Security
Cisco is invigint security developers to create applications for the Identity Services Engine as part of its Platform Exchange Grid framework
HP Discover 2013: Autonomy Legacy Data Cleanup To Delete Risky And Useless Data
Autonomy GM Robert Youngjohns tells TechWeek the "stable" HP division is looking to the future
Former Home Secretaries Demand Revival Of Snoopers’ Charter
Labour's Jack Straw, David Blunkett and Alan Johnson tell Lib Dems to stop opposing Communications Data Bill
Microsoft Gives Vulnerability Data To US Intelligence Before The Public
US being supplied with troves of data that could be used in cyber attacks, thanks to tech firms' vulnerability disclosure policies
Microsoft Secures Azure With Multifactor Authentication
Redmond has added multifactor authentication to its Azure Cloud to make it a bit more hacker resistant
PRISM Whistle-Blower: US Has Been Hacking China For Years
Edward Snowden says US does a lot of offensive cyber work
Researchers Claim Wi-Fi Threat Is A Serious Danger To iPhone Users
iPhones are automatically connecting to certain Wi-Fi networks, which could be run by cyber crooks
Google Detects Iran Phishing Spike As Election Looms
Phishing attacks spike on Google users in Iran ahead of Friday's election
Researchers Warn Of Windows EFS Exploit By Malware
To thwart security analysis, malware uses the Encrypting File System feature on Microsoft Windows
Google Donates £1m To Internet Watch Foundation Amidst Child Abuse Controversy
IWF gets its a massive boost in its fight against nasty content on the Web from Google
How PRISM Undermines Google’s Green Cloud Message
Google says we can save energy by using its servers instead of our own. After PRISM, Peter Judge wants to know if you really want to do this?
LulzSec Hacker Cleary To Be Released Soon Despite Convictions
Cleary unlikely to serve full 32 months, despite convictions on hack attacks and indecent images of children
Patch Tuesday Brings Critical Internet Explorer Fix
Microsoft fixes critical flaws in IE, but doesn't patch another revealed by Google researcher Tavis Ormandy