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UK Terror Police Seize Mass Mobile Data At Border Control

David Anderson QC set to raise concerns about search powers of border police this week

11 years ago

Merkel Gets Behind Controversial European Data Protection Reform

European Commission's polarising data protection reforms get a boost thanks to Edward Snowden

11 years ago

Sony Stops Fighting £250k Breach Fine ‘For Security Reasons’

Irony lost on Sony, saying it would give away too much info on its security if appeal against ICO fine…

11 years ago

Games Giant Konami Warns 35,000 Accounts Hacked

Konami becomes the third major games company to report a serious hack in just a month

11 years ago

Feds Told To Take ‘Time Out’ From Def Con Hacking Conference

Def Con founder says people need "time to think about how we got here" after Edward Snowden revelations

11 years ago

Peter Sunde: Would Someone Kill The Pirate Bay Already?

Co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, can't escape the shadow of his creation

11 years ago

MPs Report: MoD Data Compromised By Cyber Espionage Onslaught

MoD data taken in unspecified attack, as the level of cyber espionage worries intelligence committee

11 years ago

MoD Brings Together Defence And Tech Titans For Cyber Security Partnership

BT, Lockheed Martin, HP and BAE and GCHQ all involved with government's latest cyber project

11 years ago

ICO Tells Google To Fix Its Privacy Policy

Watchdog wants Google to change its policy but it's unlikely to fine it

11 years ago

DarkSeoul Gang Blamed For Cyber Attacks On South Korea

Group that hit banks and government bodies could be linked to North Korea

11 years ago

Google Opens Up Malware Data, Shows US As Cyber Criminal Paradise

Current data shows US is hosting most of the world's malicious sites

11 years ago

Mobile Malware Sees ‘Exponential’ 614 Percent Growth

Mobile malware grows by 614 percent year-over-year, whilst adware is proving a menace for Android users too

11 years ago

Liberty Launches Legal Action Against GCHQ Over Snooping

Human rights group is worried its communications were intercepted

11 years ago

ICO Says No Fine For Google Street View Data Slurping

Despite saying it was likely people were caused distress by Google's actions, the ICO chooses not to fine

11 years ago

Aaron’s Law To Fix US Computer Hacking Rules Introduced

Tragic death of Aaron Swartz could bring about positive change

11 years ago

Home Office Throws £4m At Educating Britain On Cyber Security

Awareness push from government celebrated by industry

11 years ago

Anonymous OpPetrol Attacks ‘Passing Like Tumbleweed’

This is how OpPetrol ends - not with a bang, but a whimper

11 years ago

LinkedIn Downed As ‘DNS Error’ Strikes

LinkedIn says site is back to normal after DNS glitch at its registrar

11 years ago

Carberp Malware Source Code Sells For $50k On Dark Web

Despite recent arrests, there's plenty of activity around the nasty Carberp Trojan

11 years ago

Former Home Secretaries Demand Revival Of Snoopers’ Charter

Labour's Jack Straw, David Blunkett and Alan Johnson tell Lib Dems to stop opposing Communications Data Bill

11 years ago

PRISM Whistle-Blower: US Has Been Hacking China For Years

Edward Snowden says US does a lot of offensive cyber work

11 years ago

Researchers Claim Wi-Fi Threat Is A Serious Danger To iPhone Users

iPhones are automatically connecting to certain Wi-Fi networks, which could be run by cyber crooks

11 years ago

Patch Tuesday Brings Critical Internet Explorer Fix

Microsoft fixes critical flaws in IE, but doesn't patch another revealed by Google researcher Tavis Ormandy

11 years ago

Tech Giants Ask US Government For More Post-PRISM Transparency

Facebook, Google and others urge the US government to be more transparent on what data it asks for

11 years ago

Microsoft Angers Security Researchers With Boisterous Botnet Bust

Researchers fuming after Microsoft botnet takedown ruins their own anti-cyber crime operations

11 years ago

Hague ‘Fails To Provide PRISM Reassurances’

Hague accused of failing to come clean on vital questions surrounding the US operation

11 years ago

Apple Fails To Act On Store Vulnerability Warnings

Another slow response from Apple's security team?

11 years ago

European Commission ‘Concerned’ At PRISM Privacy Threat

Commissioners Viviane Reding and Cecilia Malmström express their concern about US mass surveillance

11 years ago

Cameron Calls For Cross-Party Support On Communications Data Controversy

Tories and Labour look set to do battle with the Lib Dems over Snoopers' Charter

11 years ago