Scotland Yard has confirmed it has been investigating Anonymous since before the WikiLeaks wars broke out
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FBI Fingered For Installing OpenBSD Backdoors
A former government contractor has gone public and accused the FBI of planting a number of back doors into the encryption software used by OpenBSD
Government Willing To Bend Security In Cloud Adoption
UK government and IT security experts are willing to relax governance in order to gain cloud benefits
Facebook Crimes Soar Over 100,000 In Five Years
Facebook is a hotbed of crime, linked to 100,000 calls to police in the UK, according to a report
Advisor Warns Of WikiLeak Attacks On Government Websites
National security advisor Sir Peter Ricketts says WikiLeaks supporters may attack government sites
WikiLeaks Judge Allows Tweeting In Court
The judge who granted bail to Julian Assange yesterday allowed reporters to tweet from the courtroom
What Can We Learn From Gawker’s Stupidity?
Gawker was stupid to run with poor security and antagonise hackers, says P. J. Connolly. Now he is picking up the pieces
Cyber Security Challenge Won By Actor
A jobbing actor with 'intellectual curiosity' about computer security has won the first competition in the 2010 UK Cyber Security Challenge
NSS Says IExplorer Malware Protection Leads Rivals
A test claims Microsoft IE8 and IE9 have boosted malware protection beyond Google, Apple and others
Symantec’s Machine Learning Prevents Data Loss
Symantec Data Loss Prevention 11 will feature "vector machine learning" to help define sensitive data policies
FBI Begins Official Probe Into Gawker Hack
The FBI has reportedly opened an investigation into the hack that compromised Gawker Media's websites
Assange Granted Bail And Vows To Continue Fight
Visa, Mastercard and Paypal labelled American stooges as Wikileaks founder Assange is granted bail in London
Apple Disables Jailbreak Detection API In iOS 4.2
Jailbreak Detection API disappears from Apple’s iOS 4.2 less than six months after it appeared
US Investigation Of WikiLeaks’ Assange Is Misguided
The US government has no business investigating Julian Assange for publishing secret diplomatic messages, says Wayne Rash
WikiLeaks Wars Hit Fax Machines
The Anonymous group has expanded its WikiLeaks reprisal attacks to include fax machines
Researchers: ‘Operation Payback’ Attack Tool Leaves Participants Traceable
A study has found that the DDoS tool used in the WikiLeaks payback attacks leaves users' IP addresses exposed
Gawker Data Breach Results In Huge Data Theft
Gawker is warning users to change their username and password details after its systems were hacked
The Lesson To Be Learnt From Anonymous
The DDoS attacks on WikiLeaks' opponents contain a serious lesson that should be heeded by every website owner, says Eric Doyle
Connecticut Demands Google Street View Data
The US state of Connecticut has ordered Google hand over the data it collected with its Street View cars
WikiLeaks Splinter Group Sets Up Rival ‘OpenLeaks’
Key staff from WikiLeaks are launching OpenLeaks after the arrest of Julian Assange
Amazon Blames Crash On Hardware, Not Hackers
Amazon says its sites in Europe suffered hardware problems, not a WikiLeaks cyber-war attack
Damballa Shows Failsafe Botnet Detection Tool
Damballa's Failsafe appliance lets IT managers detect botnet-infected machines and priorities remedies
US Government Changes Security Following WikiLeaks Debacle
As WikiLeaks supporters fight back, the US federal government has ordered new rules to prevent future breaches
EU Security Agency Highlights Smartphone Risks
The European agency ENISA has warned of the possible security risks posed by the humble smartphone
ACS:Law Suffers Embarrassing Copyright Case Failure
Anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law has suffered an embarrassing defeat in its first file-sharing court case
WikiLeaks Revenge Attack Threatens Cameron’s Online Aspirations
If Anonymous hacktivists succeed in bringing down the Direct.gov site, it could trigger a rethink for Cameron
Microsoft To End Year With Massive Security Update
Microsoft is gearing up to end the year with a huge Patch Tuesday update that will plug 40 security vulnerabilities
Microsoft Exchange Data Cloud Backup Utility From Google
Google Message Continuity cloud backup preserves the data integrity of Microsoft Exchange if it goes down
Stopping WikiLeaks-Style Data Thefts Is Easy
Tools to lock PCs have been available for years, and could have prevented the WikiLeaks breach, says Wayne Rash - if we used them
Hundreds Of Bank Sites Vulnerable To Old RSA Flaw
Two years on and banks have yet to apply a patch protecting RSA's Adaptive Authentication platform