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Microsoft Criticised For Accessing Blogger’s Hotmail
Microsoft has drawn complaints for accessing the Hotmail account of a blogger during its investigation of leaked software
NSA Lawyer: Tech Titans Knew Of Surveillance Data Collection
NSA brief contradicts tech giants' vociferous claims they knew nothing about surveillance
Full Disclosure Vulnerability Warning Service Closes
The Full Disclosure site seeks closure after an apparently exhausting legal tussle with an unnamed researcher
Criminal Malware Used In Attacks On Ukraine Government
Ukraine government sites hit by criminal malware normally used in attacks on financial institutions, as epic DDoS attacks are launched
NSA ‘Can Collect All Phone Calls In One Nation’
NSA data collection even more vast than previously thought
Mt. Gox Lets Users Check Bitcoin Balances
Bitcoin exchange opens up a little after criticism over lack of transparency
Three Men Charged In US And Ukraine In International Cyber-Crime Ring Takedown
The men allegedly attempted to steal funds from more than a dozen banks and financial organisations, including the US Department of Defence's payroll service
GimmeRAT: Windows Attack Tool Gets Android Functionality
RATs starting to take a bite out of Android, as the bad guys ramp up their attention to the Google platform
Study Highlights One-Time Password Failures
Organisations ramping up one-time passwords to combat security breaches need to pay closer attention to how they implement those systems, the Ponemon study found
Nato Websites Attacked By ‘Ukranian Patriots’
Various Nato sites hit with DDoS attacks< days before the controversial referendum/p>
Cambridge Student Named UK Cyber Security Challenge Champ
UK's hunt for digital defenders ends for another year, with a future Facebook intern taking the top Cyber Security Challenge prize
Details Of 100,000 Morrisons Staff Stolen In Major Data Theft
Home addresses and bank details among information stolen by hackers from Morrisons headquarters
Firefox, Safari And Internet Explorer Are All Broken At Pwn2Own
French exploit merchant Vupen walks away with most of the prize money on the first day of Pwn2Own
NSA Automates Cyber Crime Techniques For Mass Hacking
Snowden leaks show NSA wanted to ramp up its hacking efforts with automation
CIA ‘Searched Intelligence Committee Network’
Senator Dianne Feinstein goes on the offensive, as CIA denies accessing intelligence committee's network
Over 160,000 WordPress Sites Used In DDoS Attacks
WordPress pingback feature exploited for attack amplification to knock a WordPress site offline
Brit Boffs Create Hardware Scrambler To Counter Password Leaks
British company road testing a dongle designed to make password leaks an non-problem, but not all are convinced by it
Twitter Fixes Privacy Bug That Affected 93,000 Users
The flaw, picked up by a security researcher, had been active since November of last year, according to the social media company
Yahoo Selects NSA Critic For Chief Security Role
Yahoo beefs up its security team with a new leader - Alex Stamos, one of the NSA's more vocal critics
Target: Why Blame The Victim Of The Crime?
When retailer Target was attacked, the CIO Beth Jacob had to resign. Sean Michael Kerner thinks we shouldn't be blaming the victim of a crime
Ukraine And Russia Approach Cyber Warfare
Expert suggests Ukraine would not be able to withstand a coordinated Russian attack on its infrastructure
Hackers Claim Mt. Gox Still Sitting On Bitcoins
Hackers target CEO Mark Karpeles to show outrage at Bitcoin exchange
Microsoft: Government Data Requests Target Individuals
Police and government data requests focused overwhelmingly on individuals over enterprises in 2013, according to Microsoft
Prosecutors Offer To Drop Most Charges Against Ex-Anonymous Spokesperson Barrett Brown
Brown is still accused of holding credit card data but charges of linking to the data have been dismissed
Mobile Users Coming Under Increasing Threat From China Cybercriminals
Trend Micro report reveals wide variety of tactics being developed and used by cybercriminals in China
Bitcoin Crisis Continues With Theft, Closure And Death
Flexcoin caves after epic theft, whilst exchange Poloniex loses 12 percent of its coins and First Meta CEO is found dead
Glaring Flaws Uncovered In Web Encryption Protocols
TLS/SSL encryption standards have a flaw which allows man-in-the-middle attacks, while the GnuTLS implementation has a long-running weakness
Twitter ‘Accidentally Changes Users’ Passwords’
Emails were sent out mistakenly telling Twitter users to change their passwords
US Government Accuses Operator Sprint Of Overcharging For Surveillance
US telco Sprint overcharged the US government £13m for facilitating spying operations such as wiretaps, according to a US Justice Department lawsuit