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From Bahrain To Belarus: Attack Of The Fake Activists
EXCLUSIVE: Activists in Bahrain are being targeted by IP trackers via Twitter, whilst fake domains are causing problems for civil society groups across the globe
Yahoo Surveillance Orders Set To Be Declassified
US court will reveal details of Yahoo's fight against a bulk surveillance order from 2007
Ex-Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs Becomes AVG Chief
Kovacs joins the security industry but choice of AV company may baffle some
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Thomson Reuters’ Twitter Account
Another day, another successful Twitter hack by the Syrian Electronic Army
MPs: Policing ‘Black Hole’ Letting Cyber Crooks Generate Huge Profits
Crooks are getting away with making massive sums of money because police aren't investigating lower-level cyber crimes enough, MPs warn
Viber Claims iTunes Flaw To Blame For App Store Account Hack
Hackers can stay logged in to iTunes Connect accounts even when they've been blocked, Viber claims
High Court Bans Car Hacking Research
Car company wins out after British lecturer claims to have cracked the algorithm used by luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys
Five Charged For Hacks On Nasdaq, JCPenney And Others
7-Eleven and Heartland Payment Systems also hit by credit card data thieves
WhatsApp Weakness ‘Could Expose PayPal, Google Accounts’
WhatsApp's mixed use of SSL encryption described as "extremely bad form"
NSA Mass Surveillance Survives House Vote
Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act falls at House hurdle
Hertfordshire Police Number Plate Database Declared Illegal
The Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) does not appear to be proportionate, says the ICO
Syrian Electronic Army Pilfers Viber Data
London-based firm says no sensitive data is taken, but SEA claims responsibility for the attack
Claire Perry MP Website Hacked By Porn Pranksters
Porn hater accuses Guido Fawkes of sponsoring hack, confuses a link and a screenshot...
SIM Card Encryption Weaknesses Could Expose Millions
Hundreds of millions of SIMs are using weak encryption to do over the air updates, which is bad news for mobile users
China Implicated In Zero-Day Attacks On Falun Dafa And Military Groups
EXCLUSIVE: As part of the Cyber Repression Series, TechWeek reveals campaign to spy on spiritual activists and military bodies
Hackers Breach Apple Developer Centre
Attack from last week leaves developer site offline and user data has been compromised
Huawei Denies Ex-CIA Chief’s China Spying Claims
Huawei again has to bat off claims it is working with Chinese spies
UK Intelligence Asked For Communications Data 570k Times In 2012
Interception and comms data requests spike, but mistakes have led to wrongful arrests
Exposed: ICO’s Tame Investigation Of Google Street View Data Slurping
EXCLUSIVE: Privacy watchdog fails to follow up on Google claims it contained illegally collected Street View data and didn't use information, TechWeek reveals
German Government: There Are Two PRISMs
There's the PRISM of the NSA and the PRISM partly run by NATO, according to the German government
Oracle Patches 89 Vulnerabilities In Sizeable Update
Oracle squashes a lot of bugs but one researcher says company's security practices "are simply not working"
MPs Declare GCHQ PRISM Access Lawful
GCHQ access to the controversial PRISM programme is legal, Intelligence and Security Committee says
Google Glass Vulnerability ‘Highlights Need To Secure Internet Of Things’
Flaw could have forced users to connect to malicious Wi-Fi, but Google has fixed it
EFF, Gun Groups And Others Sue NSA Over Surveillance
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles and the Calguns Foundation join EFF and others in fight against snoops
Tumblr Fixes iOS App After Security Fail
Yahoo's blogging baby hasn't been doing SSL right
Mac Malware With Apple Developer ID ‘Likely Government Sponsored’
The sneaky Janicab malware is likely targeting activists in Kazakhstan and Russia
Yahoo Wins Court Ruling To Show How It Fought US Surveillance
Yahoo praised for fighting the US government over requests for its customers' personal data
South Korea Claims North Behind Cyber Attacks On Government Websites
Denial of service hits that coincided with the anniversary of the Korean War blamed on the North
How Cyber Extortion Really Goes Down
TechWeek exclusively exposes a real case of attempted cyber extortion, as a betting company is targeted by a DDoSer claiming to work for a rival firm