China officials have shut down Black Hawk Safety Net, the country's biggest hacker training Website, and arrested three people for making hacker tools available online
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China Shuts Down Hacker School
The largest hacker training site in China has been shut down by the authorities, according to Chinese newspaper reports
Government Warned Over “Ill Defined” File-Sharing Response
Parliament's select committee warns that the government's strategy for tackling illegal file-sharing may be too heavy-handed
US Senate Condemns Chinese Attacks on Google
The US Senate has condemned the cyber-attacks on Google and other tech companies in China, and has called on the Chinese government to provide a full explanation
Prisoner Boasts Of Drinking And Games On Facebook
A convicted arsonist has used a smuggled mobile phone to boast on Facebook about getting drunk whilst in jail and playing computer games
Google Turns To NSA For China Hack Help
Send in the spooks! Google is reportedly working with the NSA to analyse the Chinese cyber-attack and to help prevent such attacks in the future
No IE Fix In Massive Microsoft Security Update
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for February will fix several long-running problems in Windows but won't address the IE flaw revealed this week
Google Offers Admin Control For Smartphone Apps
In an effort to broaden its appeal to the business community, Google is to allow administrators to control staff access to Google Apps on mobile devices
Netgear Looks To SMBs With ProSecure UTM5 Solution
Netgear is looking to target small to medium businesses (SMBs) or SoHo users, with its gateway security appliance, the ProSecure UTM5
Fraudsters Net £2.6m In Carbon Phishing Scam
EU registries have been duped out of more than €3 million (£2.6m), after a phishing scam resulted in hackers stealing an estimated 250,000 carbon permits
Google Hack Fallout Continues With Senate Hearing
Following the Google hack in China, the US Senate is planning a hearing concerning business practises with countries that restrict Internet access
Microsoft Admits New IE Vulnerability Could Open Files
Microsoft has published an advisory of a new vulnerability which could allow hackers to open files on PCs running Windows XP and IE
Home Office Site To Combat Terrorism And Hate Crimes
The Home Office has created a website that allows citizens to report any illegal terrorist, violent extremist, or hate crime content they encounter whilst online
Stolen Twitter Credentials Worth Big Bucks To Criminals
The price of stolen user credentials varies depending on the popularity of the Internet service or application for which they could be used
Twitter Reveals Phishing Attack Details
Officials at Twitter reset users passwords after malicious Torrent sites and "get followers fast schemes" caused a surge in followers for certain accounts
PGP To Offer Trusted Cloud ID With TrustCenter Buy
As part of its strategy to offer trusted identity management services from the cloud, PGP is to acquire privately-held TC TrustCenter
Manchester Police Nabbed By Conficker Worm
Greater Manchester Police has quarantined its network after discovering it had been infected by the notorious Conficker worm
Twitter Phishing Attack Makes Users Change Passwords
An alleged phishing attack on micro-blogging site Twitter has led to some users being advised to change their passwords via an email from administrators
MWC: Researchers Warn Of Femtocell Security Flaws
Two security consultants have uncovered serious vulnerabilities in femtocell devices and will present their findings at a hacker convention
Facebook Poses Biggest Security Risk, Sophos Finds
The majority of businesses consider Facebook the riskiest social networking site, according to new findings from Sophos
NHS Staff Told To Abandon IE6
The Department of Health is advising NHS organisations to abandon Internet Explorer 6, despite the government's decision to ignore security warnings about the browser
Google To Phase Out Support For Internet Explorer 6
Google plans to cease supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for its Google Docs and Google Sites applications, in a move to push support for its own Chrome browser
TalkTalk Boss Steps Up Opposition To Digital Economy Bill
Charles Dunstone has pledged to go to court to fight against the government's Digital Economy Bill, and said he would refuse to disconnect suspected file-sharers
Body Scanners No Match For Good Data Argues EU
Better data management is more effective than new body scanning technology in airports, according to European experts
Man Pleads Guilty To Church of Scientology DDOS Attack
Tom Cruise beware. A man has coughed up to his role in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Church of Scientology
Hundreds Wrongly Accused Of Illegal File-Sharing
More than 150 people have come forward, claiming to have been wrongly targeted in the government's crackdown on illegal file-sharing
Companies Warned To Come Clean On Data Breaches
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) reveals that more than 800 data breaches have been reported in two years
Social Networking Boosting Haiti Aid Efforts
Large numbers of Facebook users have donated money, food or clothing to help the disaster relief efforts in Haiti
EU To Assess Virgin Media Surveillance Software
The European Commission is to assess the legality of software being used by Virgin Media to analyse file-sharing in the UK
Government Makes ID Cards Available In London
The governement's controversial ID card scheme is rolling on, despite opposition party plans to scrap it all together if they gain power at the next election