Police say sers have two weeks to rid their machines of Cryptolocker and Zeus Gameover. That means the crooks are coming back, says Tom Brewster
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Global Police Disrupt Cryptolocker, Finger Alleged Mastermind
US police say they have the man behind Cryptolocker and GameOver Zeus. Victims have two weeks to clean their machines
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde Arrested
Co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, arrested by Swedish cops after two years on the run
Agriculture Giant Monsanto Hacked
Monsanto says March breach saw some financial data compromised
Iran Spies ‘Using Facebook To Snoop On US Government’
'Newscaster' operation seeks to dupe government personnel out of passwords, says cyber intelligence firm
TrueCrypt Disk Encryption ‘Death’ A Mystery
Website post says the tool may no longer be secure for usage, amidst rumours of a legal threat
LulzSec’s Sabu Avoids Prison Following FBI Cooperation
Hector Monsegur given a year's supervision, avoiding a lengthy jail term
Spotify Breach Hits Android Users
Spotify tells a number of customers to change passwords and Android users will have to upgrade following a breach
Report: China Pressures Domestic Banks To Replace IBM Servers
The Chinese government is investigating the security of IBM servers in the country's ongoing tensions with the US
LulzSec ‘Leader’ Sabu Helped Feds Stop 300 Attacks
Hector Monsegur provided significant help in tracking down members of hacktivist groups and cyber criminals, court documents show
UK Police Close Filesharing Search Engine FileCrop
Visitors to FileCrop will now get a message from the police, telling them the site is under investigation
US Considers Blocking Chinese From Major Security Conferences
Chinese might not be allowed at Def Con or BlackHat, following US charges against PLA members
eBay Faces Probes Over Data Breach
The ICO and three US states are investigating eBay over its handling of a data breach that exposed the details of 145 million users
eBay Asks 128 Million Customers To Change Their Passwords After Hack
The company says hackers accessed personal details and encrypted passwords, but no financial data was compromised
US Government Says Utility System Hacked
Unnamed utility supplier and control system managing a mechanical device both hacked, according to official US security body
TechWeek Readers Prefer Dedicated Hardware To Cloud
Sensitive data shouldn't be on shared hardware in the cloud, TechWeek readers tell us. Next question - which country has the best privacy laws?
TypePad Blames Large DDoS For Blog Outages
Second time in a month TypePad says DDoS attacks causing outages across blog platform
China Urges US To Drop Cyber Espionage Charges
Five charged for cyber espionage in China, leading to outrage and claims the US is the one doing the hacking
Cisco’s Chambers Writes To Obama Over NSA Spying
Cisco chief executive John Chambers has written to the US president expressing his concerns over alleged NSA interceptions of US networking equipment
LifeLock Pulls Wallet App And Deletes Data Over Security Concerns
LifeLock takes drastic action as it fears its mobile wallet isn't compliant with payment card industry regulations
Thousands Of Network Devices Open To Password Theft
Brocade and other manufacturers' network devices said to be vulnerable to SNMP attacks that could leak passwords, researchers claim
Poland Launches Vein Pattern Recognition ATMs
The Hitachi-equipped ATMs will allow users to withdraw cash without a bank card
Encrypted Web Traffic Spiked Since Snowden Leaks
Surveillance revelations appear to lead to big jump in SSL web encryption across the world
Cisco Upset By Images Of NSA Tampering With Networking Kit
Cisco wants governments to stop interfering with its kit
Massive DDoS Assault Launched From Anti-DDoS Servers
A new type of denial-of-service attack is ironically drawing upon the resources of services intended to guard against such dangers
AVG Slammed For Not Patching ‘Critical Flaws’
AVG fixes one of four vulnerabilities in remote administration tool, but researchers who uncovered the flaws aren't happy with the security firm
Iran Hackers ‘Hitting Dissidents And US Defence’
Most victims of Iranian hacker crews based inside the country, as attackers take up digital espionage in earnest, researchers find
Microsoft Word Vulnerability Used Against Taiwanese Government
Prolific hacker group spotted using patched flaw to hit government and educational institutes
Glenn Greenwald: NSA Intercepted And Backdoored Servers
Journalist's book to reveal more details of NSA's efforts to spy on the Internet
ICO Report Identifies Eight Most Common Causes Of Data Breaches
ICO says the same mistakes are being made again and again