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Sophos Struggles To Wake From False Positive Nightmare
Sophos releases more help for users after a literally self-defeating false positive gaffe
Security Flaw Leaves Samsung Galaxy S III Vulnerable To Remote Wiping
Several Samsung smartphones can be forced to perform a factory reset with just a simple code
Symantec Investigates Fresh Source Code ‘Leak’
Norton Utilities 2006 purportedly released on The Pirate Bay
Facebook Denies Privacy Bug, French Government Demands Explanation
Panic as old posts surface - but is Facebook to blame?
Microsoft Could Have Known About IE Security Flaw In Advance
TippingPoint ZDI may have tipped Microsoft off to IE security hole two months ago
Iranian Internet Censorship Continues With Google And Gmail Block
Secure services blocked. Is Iran planning a national intranet launch?
Facebook Removes Face Recognition Software In Europe
Social network withdraws facial recognition features voluntarily after Irish audit
Microsoft Patches Browser Hole
Microsoft has released a fix for an Internet Explorer security vulnerability that is being actively exploited by attackers
US Court Will Not Challenge Facebook Privacy Settlement
US appeals court rejected the claims that £5.8m settlement favours Facebook and lawyers
US Banks Warned Of Islamist Hacker Threat
Warning: hackers will take last week’s violent anti-US protests online
Microsoft Releases Fix It Tool for IE Security Flaw
Temporary Fix It plugs the hole till the permanent patch tomorrow
Researchers Show Off Android Hack Using NFC
Security researchers have demonstrated a way to hack Android phones through the NFC protocol
GCHQ Security Competition Seeks Espionage Experts
The government's intelligence agency is to hold a cyber-security competition to help close the UK's cyber-espionage skills gap
Microsoft Admits Attacks Hit IE Browser Zero-Day Flaw
Microsoft has said it is investigating a previously unknown Internet Explorer security flaw that attackers are using to infect Windows systems, but has not set a timetable for delivering a fix
Stolen Edinburgh Council Laptop Contains Children’s Details
We hope the crook wiped data before fencing the computer, Council says
Spy Tool Targeted Middle East For At Least Five Years
The Flamer espionage software has been operational for more than five years and as recently as May 2012, according to a new analysis
Chrome Gets ‘Do Not Track’
Google has added the privacy feature to Chrome's latest developer build, with the release version to get 'Do Not Track' by the end of the year
IT Executive Revealed As PlugX RAT Malware Creator
AlienVault identified the suspect by traces of his personal information scattered online
Microsoft Finds Nitol Botnet Malware On PCs In Chinese Supply Chain
Microsoft finds Nitol in brand new Chinese PCs and seizes domain to kill it off
Microsoft Works With Adobe To Patch Windows 8 Flash Flaws
Microsoft has confirmed it is working with Adobe to patch flaws in the Flash player ahead of the Windows 8 launch
Huawei Complains At US ‘Roadblock’ On Trade
US officials are unjustly blocking Huawei's attempts to compete in the United States, a research paper has claimed
Google Removes Autocomplete From Pirate Bay Search
Google no longer auto-completes the search term for Pirate Bay web domains as it steps up its copyright clampdown
Cisco Upgrades Firewalls and Anti-Intrusion Products
Cisco has beefed up protection for clouds and data centres with new firewall and intrusion-prevention products
US Researchers Create Invisible QR Codes
The team says it can print hidden information onto any solid object
Go Daddy Outage “Not A Hacker Attack”
CEO Scott Wagner says the problem was purely technical
Chip And Pin Flaw Uncovered By Cambridge Boffins
Chip and pin payment systems used by many banks contain a serious vulnerability, according to Cambridge University researchers
Microsoft Delivers Light Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday has a relatively light load, but October promises to be more substantial
Anonymous Claims Attack Which Shut Millions Of GoDaddy Sites
Anonymous accused of censorship after attack on so-called censor
Apple Code Leak Blamed On App Developer
An application developer has admitted it is the likely source of the leaked Apple UDIDs, after its servers were hacked