The Twitter account of a US restaurant chain was hacked over the weekend, with attackers using it to post offensive messages
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Microsoft Patch Analysis Shows Growing Vulnerability Fixes
Microsoft patched more Common Vulnerability Exposures in 2014 than any other year, but number of critical fixes falls
Mobile Biometrics ‘To Top £20bn By 2020’
Acuity study predicts that mobile payments and online banking will drive biometrics windfall
Quiz Of The Week – Hackers And Viruses
How much do you know about the biggest threats online?
Death Threats From Hacker Lead To Prison Sentence
A hacker who made a number of death threats in Japan has been jailed in a case that captured the nation
Anthem Admits Data Breach After ‘Sophisticated’ Attack
US healthcare insurer admits 80 million customer and staff records compromised in a damaging cyber attack
NSA Reform Proposals Slammed As ‘Pitiful’
New proposals governing NSA data collection don't go far enough, campaigners complain
Google – We Blocked 524 MILLION Bad Ads Last Year
Search giant also banned 214,000 advertisers and removed 250,000 sites in fight against malware
Good For Samsung Knox Aims To Secure Android For Businesses
Good Technology and Samsung continue collaboration with Android integration
MobileIron Wants To Lock Down Work Data On Your Personal Cloud
Firm's shadow IT buster 'Content Security Service' will aim to secure work content even with BYOD workers
Insecure Browsers Causing Spike In Malware Damage
The cost to respond to and remediate one security breach resulting from failed malware detection technology is approximately $62,000 per breach
US Military Recruits Gamers To Fly Killer Drones
Former gamers speak of carrying out thousands of killings through the CIA's Predator drone programme
User Data Compromised In Gamer Social Network Hack
User Data Compromised In Raptr Gamer Social Network Hack
Google To Pay Up-Front For Security Research
Google is supplementing its existing bug bounty programmes with a scheme that will pay top researchers to investigate key services
Francis Maude To Step Down At Next Election
Government IT leader will leave post as MP for Horsham at the next election
Couples Beware – Could Your Sex Toys Be Spying On You?
Talk about a ruined Valentines Day - hacked sex toys can be accessed to post images and even video
Governments Have No Idea How To Stop Cyberterrorists – Time To Call In John McClane, Says Eugene Kaspersky
Seen Die Hard 4.0? That’s what’s coming soon if you don’t shape up, Kaspersky warns world leaders
The Critic’s View: Data Privacy Day / Data Protection Day
Our round-up of the expert views concerning keeping your data safe online
Google To Change Privacy Policy, ICO Confirms
Google agrees to alter its UK privacy policy after escaping a fine by Information Commissioner
DDoS Attack Volume On The Rise
Arbor's 10th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report points to the growing attack bandwidth and application layer attacks
China Demands Technology Firms Hand Over Source Code
Protectionism or national security? China demands foreign firms hand over source code for inspection
How To Overcome The ‘Tech Deficit’ And Meet Your Data Centre Security Needs
Colt's John Hayday discusses security needs in today's data centre
Could Your Apps Be Putting Your Smartphone At Risk?
Smartphone users need to be aware of what data their mobile apps have access to, say Silent Circle and Blackphone
Taylor Swift’s Twitter, Instagram Accounts Hacked
"Hackers gonna hack hack hack hack hack", it seems, as Taylor Swift's Twitter account not able to “shake it off” as Lizard Squad strikes again
Most Employees “Would Sell Company Passwords For £100”
How much do you trust your employees with the passwords to important documents?
Facebook Denies Hackers Caused Outage
Facebook, Instagram and Tinder were all affected by the outage, which left millions across the world unable to access the services
Kaspersky – Don’t Be Too Worried About The Security Of Mobile Payments…Yet
Kaspersky Labs' David Emm tells TechWeekEurope that the security threat to mobile payments is still in its infancy - but hackers are learning
Apple Killed The Fingerprint Scanner On The Nexus 6
Ex-Motorola boss reveals how Apple stole the technology away to use in the iPhone
Sony Offers Users Compensation For 2011 PlayStation Network Breach
After settling a US class action lawsuit, Sony is offering affected US users game downloads or, in some cases, cash compensation
Malaysia Airlines Website Hacked By Lizard Squad
The hackers defaced Malaysia Airlines' website, making references to a 'Cyber Caliphate'