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Article | 19/10/2011 Regulators to Web startups: Prioritize privacy protection
Internet companies need to build consumer privacy and data controls into their online services to protect their brands, gain trust from their users, a...
Article | 12/10/2011 German officials admit to deploying intercept software
Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept...
Article | 8/10/2011 Facebook's URL scanner is vulnerable to cloaking attacks
Members of a hacking think-tank called Blackhat Academy claim that Facebook's URL scanning systems can be tricked into thinking malicious pages are cl...
Article | 5/10/2011 XSS web attacks could live forever, researcher warns
Websites that accidentally distribute rogue code could find it harder to undo the damage if attackers exploit widespread browser support for HTML5 loc...
Article | 4/10/2011 Facebook turns to Websense for malicious URL detection
Facebook has partnered with security vendor Websense to protect its users from third-party malicious URLs spammed on the social networking website, th...
Article | 27/07/2011 SpyEye Trojan morphs to defeat online banking defenses
Banks are facing more trouble from SpyEye, a piece of malicious software that steals money from people's online bank accounts, according to new resear...
Article | 26/05/2011 An EU firewall won't protect kids, says top legislator
The European Union's top legislator on digital issues has said that education and awareness are the best way to protect children online, dealing a blo...
Article | 3/05/2011 European legislators consider net filter for Europe
European Union plans to "create a single secure cyberspace" have come under fire from civil liberties groups, with many saying that they only serve to...
Article | 2/05/2011 Osama bin Laden's death key topic on Internet
The announcement late Sunday of the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has set the Internet abuzz, as users searched for information and shared ...
Article | 3/02/2011 Next generation banking malware emerges after Zeus
The rumored combination of two pieces of advanced online banking malware appears to be fully underway after several months of speculation.
Article | 14/01/2011 Parental control programs perform poorly with Web 2.0 sites
A survey by the European Commission has found that parental control programs aimed at keeping children safe online do not function well with Web 2.0 s...
Article | 6/01/2011 Europol to reveal cybercrime risk level
European law enforcement agency Europol on Friday will present its assessment of the threat posed by cybercrime, along with its strategy to tackle it.
Article | 4/09/2010 Linux distributions update for Web flaw
A number of Linux distributors have issued patches for fixing a widely used program that fetches Web pages, called Wget, so it can not be misused by a...
Article | 4/09/2010 School uses anti-bullying app after suicide
A school district in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is hoping a specialized software application will help stop tragedies like the one that befell Phoeb...
Article | 4/08/2010 Study reveals password re-use is rampant
Security software vendor BitDefender has released a study claiming that 250,000 e-mail addresses, user names and passwords are currently circulating o...