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Article | 28/06/2011 Apple warned of phishing attack threat to iPhone, iPad and Mac OS developers

Apple's website for Mac OS X, iPhone and iPad developers has a vulnerability that could lead to phishing attacks, according to a hacker group.

Article | 15/06/2011 Cellcrypt releases voice encryption app for Android

The company Cellcrypt released an application on Tuesday for mobile phones running Android that encrypts voice calls, addressing increasing concern th...

Article | 21/05/2011 Sony hit again with two hacks

An intruder has apparently broken into So-net, an internet service provider subsidiary of Sony, and stolen about $1200 worth of virtual tokens.

Article | 23/05/2011 No Rapture: the end has been delayed but watch out for apocalypse attacks

I didn't expect to get a ticket to the rapture, but judging from the lack of abandoned vehicles it seems that the rumors of the end of the world were...

Article | 13/05/2011 Adobe Flash update puts users in charge of privacy

Adobe has released an important update to its Flash Player software that fixes critical security flaws and gives users a better way of controlling whe...

Article | 5/05/2011 Anonymous not off the hook for the Sony PlayStation Network attack

The worldwide hacker group Anonymous may have played a role - even unwittingly - in the theft of personal data from 77 million Sony PlayStation Networ...

Article | 4/05/2011 FBI warns that fake bin Laden video is a virus

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned computer users Tuesday that messages claiming to include photos and videos of Osama bin Laden's death ...

Article | 29/04/2011 Taipei demands answers for Sony, threatens fines

The city of Taipei is demanding that Sony provide details about any leak of PlayStation Network user data following an intrusion last week or face fin...

Article | 28/04/2011 The Sony PlayStation Network breach: An identity-theft bonanza

The massive Sony PlayStation Network data breach that exposed personal and password information -- and possibly credit cards -- of an estimated 77 mil...

Article | 28/04/2011 Google patches 27 Chrome bugs, pays out record bounties

Google today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Chrome as it boosted the "stable" build of the browser to version 11 on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Article | 27/04/2011 Is the Stars Worm just a hoax?

Iran claims to have discovered new malware it is calling the Stars worm attacking the nation's critical infrastructure. But, the lack of any sample of...

Article | 27/04/2011 Sony warns users of data loss from PlayStation network hack

It's been six days and the PlayStation Network is still offline, and now Sony has acknowledged that the problem involved a security breach.

Article | 27/04/2011 Sony games chief Hirai silent on PlayStation Network outage

Sony's top executive in charge of its games division appeared in front of journalists in Tokyo on Tuesday but failed to address an outage of the compa...

Article | 26/04/2011 DHS chief: What we learned from Stuxnet

If there's a lesson to be learned from last year's Stuxnet worm, it's that the private sector needs to be able to respond quickly to cyber-emergencies...

Article | 23/04/2011 Seattle police say 'wardrivers' are hitting small businesses

Seattle police are investigating a group of criminals who they say have been cruising around town in a black Mercedes stealing credit card data by tap...

Article | 24/03/2011 Monitor Your Employees' PCs Without Going Too Far

Do you know what your employees are doing on the Web? At a minimum, they're probably goofing off watching YouTube videos. At worst, they could be stee...

Article | 19/04/2011 Verizon's 12-step program for thwarting data breaches

Verizon's just-released "2011 Data Breach Investigations Report" says businesses could prevent most data breaches if they stick to security principle...

Article | 19/04/2011 Verizon study: data breaches quintupled in 2010

Criminals carried out more but smaller data thefts last year than in previous years, indicating a shift toward simpler exploits that run lower risk of...

Article | 19/04/2011 In reversal, Yahoo will store user search data longer

In a move that is unlikely to win it any new friends in the privacy community, Yahoo has announced that it will retain consumer search data for a subs...

Article | 19/04/2011 South Korea probes possible cyberattack on large bank

Authorities in South Korea are probing a large system failure at a popular bank, trying to determine whether the incident was an error or a cybercrime...