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Twitter User ‘Breaks’ Celebrity Injunctions
Lone tweeter challenges the role of online media in privacy law by revealing puported celebrity injunctions
Cloud Providers Deny Responsibilty For Security
Cloud vendors do not think data security is their responsibility, according to a Ponemon study
Reding Looks To Extend EU Rules On Data Breaches
Following the Sony hack breach, EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has called for sites to tell users of any breaches
Anonymous Denies Responsibility for Playstation Hack
Sony blamed Anonymous for the Playstation cyber attack - but the group says it was not involved
Sony Faces The Music, But Blames Anonymous
Sony has hired investigators and accused Anonymous of distracting it during the Playstation hack
First Crimeware Kit Targeting Apple Released
Malware toolkit for Apple Mac OS X discovered by researchers - iPad and Linux could be next on the list
Malicious Web Activity Declined In April, Says Symantec
Symantec.cloud reported a significant drop in spam and malware sites in April, MessageLabs Intelligence reports
Police Raid Hits Google Office In South Korea
Police have raided the South Korean office of Google investigating the search engine's use of location data
Sony Networks And Qriocity May Kill The Fat Cat
Sony has sprung into action to win back the esteem of the customers betrayed by its poor security regime. Too Little, too late, says Eric Doyle
Symantec Extends Backup Exec To The Cloud
Symantec's Backup Exec.cloud is aimed at SMBs that want to wash their hands of IT infrastructure
Epsilon Data Breach Could Cost Billions
The damaging data breach at email marketing company Epsilon could end up costing £2.4 billion
Assange Says Facebook Is American ‘Spying Machine’
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has dismissed Facebook as nothing more than a spying machine for the CIA
Mac OS X Hit By Crimeware Kit, SEO Poisoning Attack
Apple's Mac OS X is being targeted by a search engine poisoning attack and the first Mac-compatible crimeware kit
Sony Reveals Another User Data Breach
Sony has discovered a second major breach of its systems, compromising millions of additional accounts
Sony, Amazon Problems Aren’t Unique To The Cloud
Cloud services aren’t inherently less secure than those held in data centres. In fact, they may be more secure
Spammers And Scammers Make Bin Laden Killing
Scammers have wasted no time in putting out Osama bin Laden rogue AV, fake codecs and Facebook scams
New Malware Tricks Exploit PDF Vulnerability
Researchers have identified PDF files, sent as email attachments, that encode attack code inside an image file
‘Clueless Politicians’ Propose European Great Firewall
The EU is proposing its own “great firewall” despite ongoing controversy over its Chinese counterpart
Hacked Playstation Credit Cards ‘Up For Sale’
The stolen credit card details from the Playstation hack is reportedly up for sale on hacker forums
Researchers Hide Files On Unencrypted Disks
A process, devised by researchers in California and Pakistan, hides data on hard disks "in plain sight"
FBI Reprogram Botnet To Wipe Out Coreflood
The FBI has seized control of the Coreflood botnet, now it is cleaning-up and killing the web of zombies
Apple’s Reputation Marred By iPhone Location Tracking
Brand perception of the iPhone took a dive after reports appeared about Apple recording user location data
Fake Antivirus Scanner Found On Mobile Handsets
Fake antivirus scanners are now migrating across to mobile handsets warn security researchers
Government Cyber-Security Spending Breakdown
The big spend on cyber-security was outlined by Ian McGhie at the Counter Terror Expo in Olympia, London
ICO To Investigate UK Effects Of Sony Data Breach
The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating Sony's data breach to see if there is a case to be answered
Security Firms Warn Of Royal Wedding Malware
Spammers and hackers are jumping on the royal wedding bandwagon in order to make some quick cash
Cyber-Criminals Are Phishing From Free Domains
A survey finds phishing gangs' abuse of free allocations has rocketed an atoll group to be a top country domain
Westminster Abbey Blocks Twitter At Royal Wedding
Signal jamming technology will be deployed at Westminster Abbey to avoid disruptions to the royal wedding
Amazon EC2 Outage Will Not Be Forgotten
Amazon has waved the all-clear flag, but there still are a lot of smoldering IT managers who haven't yet cooled off, says Chris Preimesberger