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FIDO Standard Aims To Eliminate Passwords
The FIDO industry group has released its final technical specification, in an effort to push the industry toward more advanced security techniques
Internet Explorer Exposed By New Zero-Day Flaw
A previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being exploited to attack users, but is a foreign government to blame?
Tesco Customers’ Passwords Stolen And Posted Online
Thousands of online customers have their accounts deactivated after user details were leaked and posted
Police Shut Down Dark Web Drug Site Utopia And Arrest Five
Dutch law enforcement announce the arrest of five individuals in investigation into Utopia and Black Market Reloaded
Hacking Team Spyware ‘Hits Ethiopian Journalists’
"Lawful intercept" tech allegedly used in attacks on Ethiopian journalists, as civil rights activists fret about abuse of the software
Tooling Up To Beat Malware
No malware is going to catch Wayne Rash napping. But it takes constant vigilance to keep your system clean, he warns
Malicious Flappy Bird Clones Fly Around Dodgy App Stores
Flappy Bird clones do nasty things to people's phones
Bitcoin Battered By DoS Attacks
Attackers take advantage of a weakness in the cryptocurrency protocol known as “transaction malleability” and a number of exchanges suspend trading
CloudFlare: Biggest DDoS Ever Hits Europe
DDoS weighing in at nearly 400Gbps targets unnamed CloudFlare customer in Europe, as attackers use NTP to amplify attack
Mac Users Hit By Bitcoin-Stealing Trojan
A bitcoin-stealing Mac OS X Trojan has been reported in the wild, disguised as a payments application
The Mask: One Of The Sneakiest Government Malware Campaigns Ever Uncovered
Super-smart attacks targeting various government and activist bodies in Morocco, France, Spain and the UK
No Patch Tuesday Fix for Internet Explorer?
It looks like there's no patch for Microsoft's Internet Explorer this month. Sean Michael Kerner asks if this mean IE is fixed?
Whistleblower: Barclays Customer Data Stolen And Sold For Scammers’ Use
Bank says it is looking into a report that data was stolen before being used and sold by rogue traders
Snowden Used Basic Web Scraping Tools In NSA Breach
Use of basic web crawlers leads to concern over the quality of the intelligence agency's security
Microsoft Offers Resources For Switching Off XP
Microsoft has published a variety of tools for helping small businesses and consumers make the switch away from Windows XP ahead of its end-of-support date in early April
Study Finds US Government Running Insecure Systems
A report compiled by a US senator has discovered serious security shortcomings in US government agencies, including weak passwords and unpatched software
Microsoft Reassures Governments Over Cloud OS Data Security
Microsoft has said its global hybrid cloud platform will keep data safely within national borders as it looks for government customers
Colossus Computer Celebrates 70th Birthday
The world's first electronic computer, first put into operation 70 years ago, was used to crack German coded messages
Target Hackers Snuck In Through Ventilation Vendor
Epic breach in part down to credentials stolen from Fazio Mechanical Services
Vince Cable Warns Of Digital Threats To Critical Infrastructure
Cable says adequate protection needed so people's quotidian existences aren't disrupted
Adobe Releases Urgent Update For Flash Player
Upgrade patch looks to counter “critical vulnerability” in older versions of Flash Player
Facebook Open Sources ‘Efficient’ Encryption Tool For Android Devs
Conceal APIs seek to make encryption done by Android apps efficient and simple
Snowden Leak: GCHQ Targeted Anonymous With DoS Attacks
GCHQ attacked Anonymous with DoS attacks, knocking IRC chat rooms offline, whilst scaring members away by sending warning messages
Retailers Hit By ‘ChewBacca’ Malware
A group of cyber-criminals, possibly from the Ukraine, has used the malware to steal payment card data from dozens of shops, according to RSA
Target Hack – The Net Spreads Wider
The Target hackers broke in through a third party. Sean Michael Kerner says this should change your security strategy
NHS Choices Website Typo Sends Users Into Malware Danger
Coding error added one letter to a linked domain, leading to threats affecting NHS site visitors
Internet Giants Reveal Secret Government Data Requests
Tens of thousands of requests were made by the FISA court in the first half of 2013
Google Reinforces Chrome Anti-Hijacking Tools
Google has strengthened the Chrome browser's defences against settings hijacking, which it says is users' top complaint
HP Report Spotlights Mobile Encryption Risks
Most mobile applications don't use encryption properly, posing risks for enterprise data