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Internet In Syria Down, Country Remains Offline
An ongoing outage cuts Syria off from the rest of the world
Google Triggers Privacy Concerns With Policy Violation Patent
Google risks fresh privacy rows after filing a patent for a policy violation/law breaking scanning tool
McAfee Bids £250m For Firewall Innovator Stonesoft
Stonesoft will add next generation firewall expertise to McAfee's arsenal
Alleged SpyEye Botmaster Extradited To US
Man sent to US from Bangkok where he was arrested in January
OpUSA Threatens American Banks And Government Agencies
US expects the operation to go off with a whimper
Researchers Warn Over Internet Explorer 8 Zero-Day Flaw
Attacks in the wild and a fresh Metasploit module make life difficult for Microsoft
Pentagon Says China Behind Cyber Espionage On US
China denies US claims it was behind attacks on numerous nations in 2012
UK PC Infection Rate Hits 22 Percent
The UK was among the countries with the lowest infection rate, while China topped 50 percent of PCs hit by malware
US Labour Website Compromise Spreads Malware
Malware planted on the US Department of Labour's website attacked victims' systems using a zero-day bug in Internet Explorer 8
Government Adopts Cloud First Strategy As G-Cloud 3 Goes Live
There's no Amazon or Google on G-Cloud, but Big Data crime fighter Palantir is
Dutch Consider Allowing Police To Legally Hack Back
Dutch police could get the power to hack criminals' equipment, even if they are based abroad
CoinLab Sues Mt.Gox Bitcoin Exchange For $75 Million
Mt Gox was due to transfer ownership of US and Canada assets in March. Well, it didn’t.
Pentagon Approves BlackBerry 10 And Samsung Knox Devices For US Military
US Department of Defense moves towards a mixed-device environment
‘Non-Stop’ Attacks Crippling Silk Road Drug Site
Attacks over Tor on illegal drug marketplace believed to be part of extortion attempts
Defence Firm QinetiQ Pillaged By Chinese Hackers
Chinese hackers have repeatedly stolen intellectual property and defence information from QinetiQ
Salesforce Finally Pens UK Data Centre Deal
Salesforce wants to lure government G-Cloud crew with its Slough pad
US Authorities Seek More Web Surveillance Powers
US authorities are seeking additional ways to ramp up their Internet surveillance capabilities
Google Glass Jailbreaker Warns Of Security Failures
Hackers could easily get spyware onto Glass devices, researcher warns
US Department of Labor Site ‘Hacked By Chinese Sources’
Watering hole attack likely to be state-sponsored, say security researchers
EFF Criticises Apple, Amazon And Yahoo For Data Privacy Records
Whilst Twitter is commended for its efforts to keep government hands away from user data, others don't come out looking as good
Kaspersky Partners With Ferrari, And Not Just For Advertising
ITALY: Eugene Kaspersky puts on his red jumpsuit...
Go Daddy European Sites Hit By Large DDoS
Hosting giant feels the force of an unusually large attack
Mozilla Takes On British Spyware Seller Gamma Over Firefox Deception
Spyware from Gamma International masquerades as Firefox and Mozilla is not happy about it
Password Reuse Risk After LivingSocial Breach
Security experts are warning users about the dangers of password reuse after the LivingSocial database breach
Twitter Issues ‘Ridiculous’ Security Advice To Media
Twitter ridiculed for suggesting companies should keep Twitter use to one machine
Surveillance Camera Flaws Let Hackers Snoop Too
D-Link surveillance and consumer cameras riddled with potentially serious vulnerabilities
Thousands Threatened By Super Stealthy Apache Backdoor
Hundreds of servers affected, leaving thousands open to infection, ESET warns
Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks Guardian Twitter Accounts
Hacking crew makes a mockery of Twitter account security again
North Korea Escalates Cyber-Conflict Tensions
North Korea has reportedly stepped up its cyber activity as nation-state cyber warfare attacks increase worldwide