China gets the blame for being the cyber-warmongering nation but everybody's at it and its industry that takes the arrows and needs protecting, says Eric Doyle
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Pastebin To Up Content Policing With Fresh Staff
Site owner says he will hire new staff to help moderate pastes that include personal and sensitive content
NewsCorp Denies Hacking ONdigital Smartcards
Rupert Murdoch’s company says NDS was fighting piracy, not facilitating it
Hacktivists Pilfered More Data Than Cyber Criminals in 2011
Anonymous, LulzSec and the AntiSec crew stole more data than money-hungry cyber criminals in 2011
UK Data Breach Cost Drops To £1.75 Million
Ponemon research shows businesses are getting better at preparing for breaches
Lulzsec Suspect Appears In Magistrates Court
Ryan Ackroyd of South Yorkshire set for Crown Court appearance in May
Doubts Surround Anonymous Operating System
Ubuntu-based OS, featuring pre-installed hacking tools, was released yesterday
Google Pays Out As Two Zero-Day Exploits Found In Chrome
Google's browser exploited twice in hacking contests at CanSecWest conference
LulzSec Members Arrested With Help From Group’s Leader
FBI has supposedly captured senior members of LulzSec in the UK, Chicago and Ireland
PwnPlug Opens Back Door Into Corporate Nets
A device that looks like a power supply can leave a network wide open to attacks
Stolen NASA Laptop Contained International Space Station Codes
the US space agency had 5,408 IT security 'incidents' in 2010 and 2011
Interpol Arrests 25 Members Of Anonymous In ‘Operation Unmask’
The hacking collective has responded to arrests in Europe and South America by attacking the Interpol website
Wikileaks’ Email Dump Raises Uncomfortable Questions
Newly released emails paint Stratfor as a clearing house for intelligence says Fahmida Y Rashid
Facebook IPO Exposes Hacking And Spamming Business Risks
Facebook identified hacking and spam as ongoing issues to comply with US regulations on disclosing IPO-related security issues
Finnish Anti-Piracy Group Says Anonymous Sent Bomb Threat
CIAPC makes claims as hactivist collective protests against Finnish Pirate Bay ban
Israel Vows Retaliation For Credit-Card Hack
The Israeli government has compared the publication of thousands of credit-card details to a terrorist attack
British Student Admits Facebook Hack
A student from York has admitted hacking into Facebook, but denies it was with malicious intent
Russians Deny England World Cup Bid Email Hack
FBI interviews members of England's 2018 World Cup bid team as part of its investigation into FIFA corruption
McKinnon’s Mother Pleads Before Extradition Debate
Hacker Gary McKinnon's mother wants MPs to renegotiate controversial US-UK extradition treaty
A Chilling Message For Well-Connected Social Networkers
Websense sees social media identity theft as a growing threat for 2012. Eric Doyle argues that it is a present and growing danger
Porn and Violence Floods Facebook Newsfeeds
Users have complained of violent and sexual images appearing on their profiles
Search Engines Can Expose Open Source Holes
Tools such as Google Code Search can provide hackers with a wealth of information hidden in open source code, writes Eric Doyle
EDF Fined €1.5m For Greenpeace Computer Hack
EDF has been found guilty of hacking into the computers of Greenpeace, and has been issued a hefty bill
Apple Removes Potentially Malicious App From Store
Apple has removed an app created by hacker Charlie Miller which could access users' personal details
US Accuses China Of Being Biggest Cyber-Threat
A report in the US accuses China and Russia of being the major players in the espionage game against the US
Hacker Tool Targets SSL Flaw
A hacker tool is able to bring down SSL servers using a laptop and a standard Internet connection
Anonymous Shuts Down 40 Child Porn Sites
Hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down 40 child porn sites and published details of suspect paedophiles
Chinese Hackers Threaten British Economy: MoD
British companies need to step up their cyber security defences to avoid being put out of business by hackers
Stronger Business Processes Will Improve SSL Market
Symantec says there is nothing wrong with the SSL system but CAs need to improve their security
Car-Jacking By Phone Warning In McAfee Report
Vehicles' electronic systems are vulnerable to hacking attacks because security has not been a priority