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RSA 2012: Jimmy Wales Set For ‘Snooper’s Charter’ Showdown With Theresa May
Wales tells TechWeekEurope he plans to explain the flaws of 'Snooper's Charter' to home secretary next month
MPs Could Investigate Huawei UK Relationship With BT
Sir Malcolm Rifkind says the parliamentary security committee is considering whether to investigate Huawei's UK operations
Surveillance Malware Targets UAE Activist As Exploit Sellers Implicated
VUPEN denies its vulnerability was used to target notable UAE activist
Mozilla Withdraws Firefox 16 Due To Security Flaw
Firefox 16 security flaw causes Mozilla to withdraw latest version of web browser
New Huawei UK HQ In Reading Is Start Of £1.3bn Investment
New Huawei HQ in Reading shows UK is more welcoming than other countries
RSA 2012: Government Identity Assurance Programme ‘Open To Anyone And Everyone’
Deputy director at the Cabinet Office, Chris Ferguson, tells TechWeekEurope programme is open to anyone who thinks they can do it
Pwnium 2 Closes After A Single Submission
The $2 million Chrome hacking competition yielded just one serious exploit
RSA 2012: US Lobbying Hard To Alter EU Data Protection Law
US Chamber of Commerce, which is working with the US government, is lobbying hard in Brussels
EC Delays Huawei, ZTE Anti-Subsidy Case: Report
Huawei and ZTE get a welcome break after EC reportedly delays anti-dumping case until next year
RSA 2012: Anonymous ‘Didn’t Kill Evil, They Fed The Man’
Josh Corman, of Akamai, says Anonymous failed to fight evil and just helped security firms sell their kit
Huawei Says Canadian Government Can’t Freeze It Out
Huawei is believed to be the target of a "national security exception" that could see it excluded from the construction of a Canadian government network
RSA 2012: Art Coviello – There’s Proof Governments And Cyber Crooks Are Collaborating
Art Coviello talks to us about government and cyber criminal cooperation, icy relations with China and the exploit seller market
Bogus Bad Piggies Chrome Plug-in Infects 80,000 Users
Bad Piggies Chrome plug-ins target casual gaming fans
McAfee Plans Layoffs As RSA Hails Death Of Perimeter Security
RSA says the world should move away from perimeter defences, as one of the world's biggest supporters of that model, McAfee, announces layoffs
RSA 2012: RSA Launches Protection Against “Smash And Grab” Password Theft
RSA looks to innovate in password security, but gets put down by one of its former employees
Huawei, ZTE Deny They Are Threat To US Security
Chinese telecommunications companies say they cooperated fully with investigation
RSA 2012: Art Coviello – Privacy Advocates Use ‘Dangerous Reasoning’
RSA chief and privacy groups at loggerheads over access to citizens' data
Coverity Adds Java To Testing Platform
Coverity's latest Development Testing Platform claims to identify previously untestable problems, and also adds Java support
Ransomware Worm Hits Skype Users
Security researchers have warned of a Skype worm that uses social networking techniques to infect users
Major UK Companies Pierced By Cyber Attack Every Week
HP-sponsored study shows costs reaching into the millions for UK's biggest firms
Iran Claims Israel Behind Cyber Attacks On Oil Platforms
Iran claims it has been hit by a fresh wave of cyber attacks
Lloyds, Co-Op Fix IT Glitches
Two separate technical issues left Lloyds TSB, Halifax and Co-Operative customers unable to withdraw cash
Huawei And ZTE ‘Should Be Banned From US’, Says Committee
Chinese firms continue to be pilloried in the US
‘Anonymous’ Protesters Hack University Servers
A group called GhostShell, aligning itself with the Anonymous hacking collective, has said it easily hacked dozens of databases from more than 50 top universities around the world
Google Warns Gmail Users Of Impending Attacks
Google is warning tens of thousands of Gmail users, including journalists and security researchers, that they may be targeted by state-backed cyber-attacks
Cyber Gang Planning Massive Trojan War On US Banks
RSA spies underground call to arms to steal from US banks
Microsoft Beefs Up App Security With PhoneFactor Purchase
Microsoft is to enhance the security of business apps on mobile devices with the acquisition of PhoneFactor
Europe Plays Cyber War Games – But What Now?
Evangelos Ouzounis, the leader of Europe's cyber war games tells us what happens now as the EU prepares to launch its grand security strategy
FTC And Sopa Swing Scythes At Spyware Scammers
Scammers caught out as the FTC, SOCA and private companies work together