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Massive Money-Stealing Botnet Suspect Arrested In Russia
A 22-year-old allegedly used 6 million computers to steal £2.9 million, as part of a major botnet operation
Turing Suicide Verdict Questioned
Alan Turing died of cyanide poison, but did he kill himself?
US Military Working On ‘Mobile Armour’ For Android
The US' DARPA military research agency has contracted security firm Invincea to create a secure version of Android for mobile military devices
Ford Pulls Key Free Login App
Car-maker Ford has withdrawn its software for automatically unlocking a user's web accounts after a blogger pointed out its security shortcomings
Facebook Gives Users More Control Over Sponsored Ad Data
Users will be able to opt out from the "holy grail" of advertising
Trojan Makes Printers Go Potty The World Over
A Trojan is making printers across the world spew out garbled rubbish until all the paper is used up
Iran Nuclear Facilities ‘Under Massive Cyber Attack’
Iran claims it is facing another major attack from the US and Israel
Banking Trojans Crack Two-Factor Authentication
The Zeus and SpyEye cyber-criminal toolkits have been modified to automate the process of stealing from online bank accounts that use two-factor authentication
European Trade Committee Says No To ACTA
INTA recommends that MEPs reject controversial treaty in next month's vote
Microsoft Pressured To Patch Zero Day As VUPEN Creates Serious Exploit
VUPEN creates an exploit that can bypass Microsoft security functions and works across Windows operating systems
CEOP Goes Covert On Dark Web To Snare Paedophiles
CEOP is to focus on illicit activity on the dark web as it looks to unmask those who think they are anonymous
BYOD Trend Exposes Corporate IT, Warns Fortinet
The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend is exposing businesses to new security risks says Fortinet
LinkedIn Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Password Breach
LinkedIn is facing legal action over the big password breach, but says lawyers are just trying to exploit the situation
Report: US And Israel Behind Flame
US and Israel were behind Flame, according to a report, just as many suspected
Google YouTube Targets MP3 Ripping Websites
Google is flexing its legal muscles against websites that extract MP3 audio from YouTube videos
BT Starts Blocking The Pirate Bay
BT becomes the sixth major UK ISP this year to block The Pirate Bay but there's plenty of ways to get around the bans
Assange Faces Arrest After Ecuador Asylum Bid
South American country considering application, but police say he has breached bail conditions
Belfast Health Trust Gets £225,000 Data Breach Fine
A Belfast Trust is lumped with a big fine but says the penalty won't harm patient care
Google Identifies 9,500 New Malicious Sites Every Day
Google discovers over nine thousand new malicious websites every single day, according to new statistics
Hacker Claims He Stole 50Gb Of Credit Card Details
A former Anonymous member says he hacked 79 banks in 3 months, for the lulz
Fujitsu Cracks Next-Gen Cryptography Standard
Fujitsu and its Japanese partners have taken 148 days to carry out a cryptanalysis that had been estimated to take hundreds of thousands of years
Kaspersky: Mobile Zeus Trojan Poses As Android Security Tools
Researchers have discovered a set of malicious Android applications posing as security software in the latest example of malware targeting Google's mobile platform
Six Arrested Over Japanese Porn Blackmail Virus
Salarymen find new sources of income by running porn blackmail scam
Government ‘Wasting Cybercrime Funding In Wrong Places’
The government should spend money on busting cybercrime perpetrators, instead of on security products, say Cambridge University researchers
Facebook Pays $10m To Charity To Settle Privacy Lawsuit
Social network makes donation after alleged violation of users rights to name and likeness in sponsored ads
Alleged LulzSec Hacker ‘Does Not Face Immediate Extradition’
US officials have said they are not planning to request Ryan Cleary's extradition to face hacking charges
Five Major Tech Issues Facing Snooper’s Charter
There are some serious technology issues that need to be ironed out in Snooper's Charter. Here's five of the biggest
LulzSec Suspect Ryan Cleary Charged In US
Ryan Cleary is charged in the US, meaning he now faces the threat of prison in two countries
PCeU Chief: We’re Punching Above Our Weight
The head of the PCeU says the unit is doing a lot with not much funding. Does she want more?