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WhatsApp Users ‘Should Not Trust Broken Encryption’
More encryption problems uncovered on WhatsApp
Popular Processors ‘Are Riddled With Backdoors’
IOActive CTO Gunter Ollman says research is uncovering a lot of interesting flaws on much-used chips
UK Bank ‘Cyber War Games’ Coming In November
Bank of England to oversee stress tests next month
NCCU: UK FBI-Style National Cyber Police Launched
Tthe PCeU and the SOCA cyber team formally come together as National Crime Agency launches
Internet Explorer Zero-Day To Be Fixed On Patch Tuesday
Microsoft gets its fix ready following attacks on various organisations
GCHQ Refuses To Answer Questions On Belgacom Hack
Intelligence agency unsurprisingly keeping schtum over attack allegations
US Charges 13 Alleged Anonymous Members
Alleged Anonymous DDoSers charged for Operation Payback attacks
Privacy Bodies Take GCHQ Snooping Fight To EU Court
Complaints lodged with European Court of Human Rights as the Snowden leaks fallout spreads
GitHub Struggles With Second Day Of DDoS Attacks
Code repository battered by DDoS attacks for the second day running
Post T-Shirt-Gate, Yahoo Offers Up To $15k Bug Bounty
Researchers will get more than corporate swag for finding flaws
Man Arrested As Underground Site Silk Road Shut Down By FBI
Man accused of being secretive website founder Dread Pirate Roberts arrested
UK Banks Told To Test Cyber Attack Resilience
Banks also asked to test resilience against legacy IT failures
Yahoo Slammed Over $12.50 Bug Bounty
In a move described as a "bad joke", company gives researchers $12.50 voucher for its own corporate gear
Caspar Bowden: I Don’t Trust My Ex-Employer Microsoft After NSA Leaks
Former Microsoft privacy advisor says he isn't convinced by the security offered by the company's tech
Internet Explorer Zero-Day Exploits Hit More Governments, Financial Bodies
Experts were right - IE zero-day attacks are escalating
Want To Avoid NSA-Corrupted Crypto? Get Thee To The Geeks
The NSA may have ruined Internet security, but Silent Circle is leading the way in pushing non-standardised encryption. Tom Brewster says this is the way forward
ZeroAccess: Sinkhole Sucks Brains From Big Bitcoin Mining Botnet
One of the biggest botnets in the world sees half a million bots made inactive as law enforcement takes an interest
French Watchdog Slaps Google Again Over Privacy Policy
Both CNIL and the UK's ICO consider their next moves
Schoolboy Arrested Over Biggest DDoS Ever
London police investigating Spamhaus attacks, believed to be the biggest ever, arrested a 16-year-old
UK forms A Cyber Reserve Force
Ministry of Defence confirms reservists can join its offensive work
GCHQ: Government Should Be Very Careful With BYOD
Information assurance arm of GCHQ recommends plenty of caution when adopting BYOD
Google Gmail ‘Wiretapping’ Privacy Case Given Green Light
Judge says non-Gmail users are not providing consent and Google's privacy policies are confusing
Met’s Cyber Team Saved UK £1.01bn
As the PCeU heads for its merger with SOCA, it brags about its startling achievements
Icefog: Windows And Mac Hackers Hit Government And Military
Chinese-based hackers hit various Asian targets in targeted attacks
Gallery: Icelandic Data Centre Shows Off Its Security
Even in the remoteness of Iceland, data centres still have to keep physical security in mind.
Google Kills iMessage For Android Amidst Security Scare
iMessage for Android app taken off the Google Play store, even though experts can't find anything malicious in it
Android Malware Fraud ‘Rampant’
Android targeted by new fraudulent apps in first half of 2013, F-Secure warns
LinkedIn Denies It “Hacked” Third Party Email Accounts
The company will have to defend this position in court
German Hacking Crew Cracks iPhone Touch ID
Chaos Computer Club claims to have created a fake finger that fools Apple's TouchID