Major US banks are once again hit by DDoS attacks, with speculation increasing about their origins
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Andromeda Botnet Returns With Souped-Up Stealth Skills
Malware drops in a modular fashion making it harder for security products to pick it up
Bromium Proposes Virtualising Every Task To Solve Broken Endpoint Security
Xen creator Ian Pratt gives every task its own virtual machine!
Post-PWN2OWN: Are Exploit Sellers Playing Nicer?
PWN2OWN paid money for security attacks. It could mark a turning point controversy over exploit sellers, says Tom Brewster
Michelle Obama, Government And Celebs Targeted By Hacking Group
Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton and Mel Gibson amongst handful of high-profile targets
CeBIT 2013 Video: One Minute With Catalin Cosoi From BitDefender
Catalin Cosoi, chief security strategist at Softwin, explains how to beat the hackers in the long run
Reporters Without Borders Names And Shames Corporate Spyware Sellers
UK's Gamma International is branded the "Corporate Enemy of the Internet"
Report: Google To Pay $7m In Street View Probe Settlement
Google will pay $7m in a settlement to end a US government probe into alleged privacy violations by the search engine's Street View imaging programme, according to The Washington Post
Facebook Likes Can Reveal Users’ Private Personal Details – Study
Likes might reveal a lot more than users think,
Meet 2013’s Cyber Security Challenge Champ
Cyber Security Challenge 2013 winner, Stephen Miller,tells us about his and the competition's future
Microsoft Readies Four Critical Fixes For Patch Tuesday
IE10 flaw uncovered by VUPEN during PWN2OWN not addressed in latest update
Reserve Bank Of Australia Hit By Hackers
Malware thought to have penetrated bank's systems
UK Crowns Third Ever Cyber Security Champion
GlaxoSmithKline employee Stephen Miller takes the top prize
Report: Facebook Defeats Users’ Privacy Efforts
A Carnegie Mellon report has found that while users are making increasing efforts to keep their information private, Facebook's privacy changes have resulted in their sharing more information over time
Finns And Europol Down Online Credit Card Fraud Ring
Europol seeing successes from its European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) as another criminal operation shut down
European Commission Fights ‘Scaremongering’ Data Privacy Lobbyists
Viviane Reding says she is standing firm in the face of strong pressure from heavyweight lobbyists
CeBIT 2013: One Minute With Catalin Cosoi From BitDefender
Catalin Cosoi, chief security strategist at Softwin, the company that develops BitDefender antivirus, explains how to beat the hackers in the long run
Android And BlackBerry Malware Selling For Thousands On Dark Web
TechWeekEurope sees seller pushing malware which targets major banks via Android, BlackBerry and Symbian for as much as $15,000
Pwn2Own Hackers Down Browsers, Java, Adobe Plug-ins
The annual hacking contest in Canada has successfully compromised Java, Adobe plug-ins, as well as IE10, Firefox and Chrome
Kim Dotcom Plans To Sue New Zealand’s Government Spies
Government Communications Security Bureau might find itself in court after wiretapping Dotcom’s communications
Evernote To Introduce Two-Factor Authentication
Recent hacker attack prompts the company to rethink its security policy
The Pirate Bay Reveals North Korea Relocation Plan Was A Prank
The pirates trick users and the media, but its servers still remain hidden
Azure Fail: Microsoft Says Security Certificates Were Updated, Sort Of
Microsoft renewed SSL certificate, but Azure storage failed to use the new one
Evernote Resets All Passwords Following A Security Breach
50 million accounts need new passwords, but Evernote says no content had been compromised
Yet Another Java Flaw Exploited In Attacks
FireEye has discovered an unpatched Java bug that is being used to actively attack systems
China Fires Back And Accuses US Of Hacking
China claims it is a victim of state-sponsored hacking from the US, not a perpetrator
Court Orders Three More Torrent Websites Blocked In The UK
High Court orders ISPs to block access to Kickass-Torrents, Fenopy and H33T
RSA 2013: European Privacy Laws Harm Civil Liberties – Art Coviello
RSA chief blasts European privacy laws, telling TechWeekEurope they favour criminals
RSA 2013: Hacking Team Defends Its Surveillance Software
Hacking Team's software was allegedly used by repressive regimes to track down citizens for torture. We ask their lawyer Eric Rabe to explain
Pentagon Approves iOS And Android Deployments
The Pentagon has signed up iOS and Android for duty in a move that will weaken Blackberry's defence dominance