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Google Suspends iOS Authenticator As It Wipes Data

Authenticator update wipes account settings, causing plenty of bother for users

11 years ago

NHS Gets £1bn Boost For Online Patient Records Push

Hunt seeks to allay cost and privacy fears around NHS records project

11 years ago

How Anonymous Plans To Expose Syrian Electronic Army Leaders

Anonymous hacktivist tells TechWeek his crew are gathering plenty of data on four leaders of the SEA

11 years ago

Kaspersky Plans European Headquarters In London

Office in Paddington, London, will be Kaspersky's European hub when it opens in Ocrober

11 years ago

Google And Microsoft To Sue US Government Over Surveillance Transparency

They might not get on usually, but Google and Microsoft have joined forces to fight the US government over transparency…

11 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Denies Anonymous Exposed Its Members

Actors affiliated with Anonymous claim they have a load of the Syrian Electronic Army's data, but the pro-Assad group tells…

11 years ago

HTC Execs Arrested In Data Leak Probe

Three design executives are arrested over allegations they were going to use HTC information to set up a new company

11 years ago

Tor Project Doubles Traffic In Ten Days

Speculation is rife over a boom in anonymous Tor usage

11 years ago

Researchers Gain Access To Protected Dropbox Source Code

Two programmers reverse-engineer the client written in obfuscated Python, enabling new attack vectors

11 years ago

US Government Issues Android Malware Warning

The American government has warned its staff about the prevalence of malware on the Android OS

11 years ago

First Facebook Transparency Report Highlights US Government’s Data Hunger

Report throws up no surprises for which country is the hungriest for user data - America, followed by India and…

11 years ago

Five Arrested After Attempted $500k Tax Fraud

Arrests follow probe into scheme that saw 700 UK citizens' identities stolen

11 years ago

Chinese Internet Blasted By ‘Biggest DDoS It’s Seen’

Experts spot major jump in DDoS activity in China, as DNS provider takes a battering

11 years ago

Microsoft Seeks Calm On German Security Panic Over Windows 8

Claims from a German publication that the NSA could easily access Windows 8 machines are rebuffed

11 years ago

Islington Council Fined £70k For Leaking Sensitive Resident Data Online

Mental health and residential needs data leaked by local authority

11 years ago

MoleRats Hackers Hitting Israeli Government With Poison Ivy Malware

MoleRats attackers using Poison Ivy as they attempt to infiltrate global governments

11 years ago

Syria’s Online Conflict: The Hackers And Their Weapons

Attacks on missile warning services, sophisticated malware campaigns and the Syrian Electronic Army make for a chaotic cyber conflict, TechWeek…

11 years ago

NSA Illegally Scooped Up Thousands Of US Internet Communications

NSA wasn't honest about a snooping operation that scooped up rafts of US citizens' Internet communications, documents released by the…

11 years ago

Facebook Bug Finder Gets $12k Reward From Community Fund

He highlighted a flaw on Facebook by posting on Zuckerberg's page but didn't get paid - now the community has…

11 years ago

‘Delete-Proof’ Smut Spreads Across Tumblr Thanks To Glitch

Tumblr hasn't been hacked but a technical problem has caused random posts to appear on users' blogs

11 years ago

Foxtons Probes ‘Leak’ Of 10k Customer Logins

Foxtons isn't offering comment on the possible leak, but has told customers it is investigating the matter

11 years ago

David Miranda ‘Forced To Hand Over Passwords’

Glenn Greenwald's partner and occasional assistant claims he was told to hand over passwords for social media and email accounts

11 years ago

Hacker Claims Leak Of 15k Twitter Account Details

Twitter says it is looking into alleged account data published online

11 years ago

Groklaw Site To Close Over Email Surveillance Concerns

Open source community in shock as Groklaw closes because of concerns over email and Internet privacy

11 years ago

KPMG: New Breed Of Cyber Attack Could Cripple Banks

British banks should watch out for fresh kinds of attacks as they can't afford to suffer another systemic shock, KPMG…

11 years ago

For Better Security, Let’s Look Back To The Future

KPMG's Mark Waghorne looks at ways to prevent crooks from getting at data even if they make off with laptops,…

11 years ago

Researcher Hits Zuckerberg’s Wall To Report Facebook Bug

Facebook says researcher broke terms and conditions when proving an exploit

11 years ago

China To Probe EMC, IBM And Oracle Following US Spy Revelations

The PRISM fallout could hit US firms' operations in China

11 years ago

NSA ‘Broke Privacy Rules Almost 3,000 Times In A Year’

Agency breaks rules designed to keep its surveillance in check thousands of times, according to an audit leaked by Edward…

11 years ago