Whilst Twitter is commended for its efforts to keep government hands away from user data, others don't come out looking as good
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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
Imperva: LivingSocial Could Have Fallen Victim To Unpatched Software
Security experts try to deduct the cause of the hack that exposed 50 million accounts
NATO Team Wins Cyber Defence Exercise
The NATO 'blue team' has won a cyber defence exercise that tested the online capabilities of a number of countries
The EC Data Protection Proposals Will Be Costly And Complex
European data protection laws will be costly and frustrating, warn Sally Annereau and Debbie Heywood
Canadian Government Intends To Tax Bitcoins
A statement from the Canadian tax agency reveals it is keeping a close eye on the virtual currency market
BYOD Has Value Despite Risks, Says Survey
BYOD initiatives are worth the risk says a Symantec survey, so long as adequate steps are taken beforehand
Hunt Pledges Better Privacy For Health Data
Jeremy Hunt has promised citizens will be allowed to leave a scheme to share their sensitive medical information
Suspect Arrested Over ‘Biggest Cyber Attack Ever’
Man arrested believed to be Stophaus leader Sven Olaf Kamphuis over hits on Spamhaus and others
Blue Coat Partner Fined $2.8m Over Syria Surveillance Sales
Computerlinks FZCO given hefty fine for breaking export rules
Researchers Warn Over Apple Safari Flaw
Rapid7 says flaw could let attackers steal passwords or even get keyloggers on users' machines
Kaspersky Warns UK Government Of ‘Catastrophic’ Cyber Attack
Kaspersky chief warns of the potential harm that could come to UK citizens from a cyber attack
Password Security Remains Consumer Bugbear
A survey has found ongoing consumer unhappiness, distrust and impatience with online passwords
Google: Government Censorship Hits Fresh High
Governments increasingly trying to censor Web, Google finds
Privacy Activists Doorstep Facebook Over EU Lobbying
Facebook gets a visit from activists who say it has helped cripple proposed EU privacy rules
Nick Clegg ‘Kills Off Snooper’s Charter’
Over the Liberal Democrats' dead body, says Clegg
InfoSec 2013: British Banks Threatened By DDoS Boom
US bank attackers have turned their attention to Europe, and UK financial institutions have been told to prepare
Huawei Signals End To US Market Hopes
US suspicions about Huawei have resulted in it abandoning hope of selling its networking gear in that country
InfoSec 2013: MoD Warns Cyber Attack Could Bring Down Government
Head of information security at MoD tells TechWeek he isn't over-hyping the threat
Lulzsec Leader Arrested Down Under
Australian Federal Police have reportedly arrested the leader of the global hacking group Lulzsec
InfoSec 2013: Security Big Guns Back Cyber Weapons Non-Proliferation...
RSA chief Coviello and Eugene Kaspersky urge pan-global agreement similar to deal covering nuclear arms
AP Twitter Feed Hacked And Claims White House Attack
Hackers compromised the Twitter feeds of the Associated Press and falsely reported White House explosions