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Facebook Users Have One Week To Halt Vote Change
Facebook users have only a week to vote on controversial changes to the social networking giant's user policies
O2 Warns Customers It Handed Their Details To Porno Pusher Ben Dover
Next, they can expect a letter from Ben Dover Productions
Facebook Faces Privacy Lawsuit In Ireland
Austrian privacy group is preparing for a lawsuit against Facebook after more than a year of campaigning for changes
Mac Malware Targets Dalai Lama Supporters
Onlookers believe Tibetans are being targeted again
John McAfee Denies He Gave Away His Location
Man-on-the-run says he manipulated metadata in a photo file, but gives strange reasons for doing so
Tumblr ‘Puts Stopper’ On Posts As Vicious Worm Spreads
Various blogs hit as offensive message spreads across Tumblr
UK ISPs Block Access To ‘Legal’ Pirate Bay Promo Bay...
A website which hosts non-copyrighted media has been blocked by BT and Virgin Media
Government To Launch Fresh Cyber Security Squadrons
CERT and Cyber Reserve to be set up within the next year
UPDATED: Has John McAfee Been Apprehended? Nope, His...
Rumours emerge McAfee was arrested crossing the border, but doubts remain about his whereabouts
Court Order Allows Microsoft To Retain Control Of Zeus Botnets
A US federal court has granted Microsoft permission to continue to control two major Zeus botnets for the next two years as Trojan-infected computers are repaired
Facebook Removes Paedophile Page After Court Order
Facebook mulls court order but takes down page for now
Cybergeddon – Who Would Kill The Internet And How Could They Do...
"Cybergeddon" is a real, if unlikely, threat but who would want to carry out such a monstrosity anyway?
BPI Asks Pirate Party To Push Pirate Bay Proxy Off The Plank
Party asked to keelhaul website: It's pirate salad!
Syria Internet Down But Spyware Still Connecting Out
War-torn nation loses connectivity as heavy fighting around Damascus erupts
Lib Dems To Withdraw Support For ‘Snoopers Charter’
Nick Clegg is on the verge of withdrawing support for the controversial Communications Data Bill
Google Resolves Webmaster Tools Security Glitch
Google has resolved an issue which saw its Webmaster Tools service reactivating obsolete accounts
DNS Attacks Take Out Google, PayPal In Romania
Kaspersky, Microsoft and Yahoo also hit
David Petraeus Proves It: Email Is Not Secure
Wayne Rash asks: how could the head of the CIA not realise he couldn't trust secrets to Gmail?
Spam Texter Says £440,000 Fine ‘Is ICO Publicity Stunt’
Two men who allegedly ran a spam texting firm feel the wrath of the information commissioner
TVShack Creator Richard O’Dwyer Avoids Extradition To US
Student will go to the US to sign a final agreement and avoid prison
Cyber Crook Pleads Guilty To £3m Card Skimming Scam
Criminal caught red handed carrying out a sophisticated campaign
Go Daddy Pledges Better Security For All After Customers Hacked
Go Daddy tells TechWeekEurope it has some big plans for security improvements across the globe
Facebook Privacy Proposals Face Backlash
Facebook's proposed changes to its privacy policy get a bashing
US, Europol Seize Domains In Cyber Monday Swoop
Annual Cyber Monday roundup of fraudsters goes global
Amazon And Google Denied G-Cloud Entry ‘As Clouds Not Government...
Exclusive: We find that AWS and Google are keen for G-Cloud but can't get on it
Security Researchers Uncover Critical Infrastructure Flaws
A security firm has said it will disclose 23 flaws in critical infrastructure software, while chastising a rival firm that refuses to disclose its own work
The Rise Of Java Vulnerabilities
Ex-hacker Jacques Erasmus of Webroot, says careless users make Java an attractive prospect for criminals
Google And Apple Sites Downed In Massive Pakistani DNS Hack
Tech giants amongst hundreds affected by DNS-level attack
HP Spy Gear Not ‘Knowingly’ Supplied To Syria
HP says kit may have found its way to Syria through third parties