A team of researchers have demonstrated a virus that uses a mobile phone's sensors to recreate a 3D representation of the user's environment
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Portuguese Prosecutors Say File Sharing Is Legal
Anti-piracy organisation's bid to block file sharing backfires in Portugal
Cisco Concocting Zero-Day Malware Catchers
One of the big boys looks to catch up with younger innovators in the security market
Mozilla Opens Persona For Beta Testing
The password-slaying authentication platform is now available to the public
PayPal Glitch Slows Down Transfers But Boosts Security
PayPal tries to speed up service... ends up slowing it down
Adobe Security Breached To Sign Off Malicious Files
Adobe server is hacked as attackers pilfer certificate, presumably for targeted attacks
Google Brazil To Take Down Offending YouTube Video
Google Brazil says it will remove allegedly slanderous video after official is detained by police
Internet Explorer Beats Browser Rivals After Security Tests
Security testing has revealed Microsoft's Internet Explorer to be the best at fighting click fraud and malicious downloads
New Zealand Prime Minister Apologises To Kim Dotcom
Dotcom was illegally spied on, a New Zealand government report finds
ICO Warns Businesses Over Data Protection In The Cloud
Businesses are responsible for the security of their data, even when it is held on cloud providers' infrastructure, says ICO
Cisco: Antivirus Isn’t The Way Forward For Mobile Security
Cisco doesn't think antivirus is right for protecting business mobiles
Another Serious Java Flaw Emerges
Another Java SE flaw for Oracle to deal with
IEEE Fesses Up To 100k Password Leak
Concerns over why IEEE was storing passwords in plain text and leaving them open to anyone for a month
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