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Thai prime minister's Twitter account was hacked

False tweets criticise policies

Mon Oct 03 2011, 12:42

Mozilla thinks of blocking Java to mitigate BEAST attack

Needs to stop same origin policy bypass

Thu Sep 29 2011, 11:45

Adobe patches critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player

Attacks are already seen in the wild

Thu Sep 22 2011, 10:06

Vasco announces Diginotar bankruptcy

Insecure security firm closed down

Tue Sep 20 2011, 13:43

Chrome 14 contains many security fixes

Paves the way for sandboxed apps

Mon Sep 19 2011, 12:57

Microsoft confirms antivirus features in Windows 8

And other security improvements

Fri Sep 16 2011, 14:11

Microsoft and Adobe release security updates

Remote code execution flaws patched

Wed Sep 14 2011, 13:32

FBI investigates NBC News Twitter account hack

Looks for the script kiddies behind a tasteless prank

Mon Sep 12 2011, 15:05

Sony hires a US Department of Homeland Security official

Director of cybercrime centres to increase Sony security

Tue Sep 06 2011, 12:34

Bitcoin mining trojans are turning up more

Aggressive distribution and enhanced functionality

Mon Sep 05 2011, 14:48

Wikileaks accuses The Guardian of leaking unredacted cables

Encryption password was in a book published in February

Thu Sep 01 2011, 12:57

Diginotar issues dodgy SSL certificates for Google services after break-in

Diginotar doesn't seem to mind much

Tue Aug 30 2011, 17:23

Apple hires a jailbreak hacker

Comex due to start internship

Fri Aug 26 2011, 10:40

Nokia developer web site gets hacked

Because he could

Wed Aug 24 2011, 12:37

McAfee defends against Kaspersky's Shady RAT alarmist jibe

Blasphemy against the Virus Pope

Mon Aug 22 2011, 15:12

Security industry is divided over Shady Rat

Will the real severity please stand up

Thu Aug 18 2011, 12:00

IE9 named best browser for protecting against social engineering-based malware attacks

Microsoft gets a rare bit of good news

Tue Aug 16 2011, 12:27

MSE false positive detection forces Google to update Chrome

Faulty antivirus blocks web browser

Mon Oct 03 2011, 12:13

Firefox and Thunderbird 7 have critical security patches

No fix for BEAST SSL/TLS attack yet

Wed Sep 28 2011, 14:23

Researchers plan to demo Android root exploits

Antivirus vendors rush to get on top of the mobile malware problem

Wed Sep 21 2011, 15:51

OS X Lion flaws compromise account password security

Password hashes exposed through directory services

Tue Sep 20 2011, 12:33

Sony wants gamers to sign away their rights to sue

Gaming firm in another bad decision shock

Mon Sep 19 2011, 09:26

World's most dangerous botnet mines Bitcoins

TDSS rootkit gets a Bitcoin update

Thu Sep 15 2011, 15:46

Java tool can get Facebook users’ details

Uses social engineering

Tue Sep 13 2011, 15:25

Cybercrime costs £242bn a year globally

More than drug trafficking, says Norton

Wed Sep 07 2011, 15:56

Facebook hijacking can lock out admins

Social network has 'sloppy security'

Tue Sep 06 2011, 10:41

Anonymous hits Texas law enforcement

3GB of internal communications and other data leaked

Fri Sep 02 2011, 11:56

Hackers break into Linux kernel home

Gained root access and deployed Trojans

Thu Sep 01 2011, 12:31

Facebook pays hackers $40,000 for finding bugs

Dangling carrots works wonders

Tue Aug 30 2011, 16:50

Met Police charge alleged Anonymous hacktivist

Arrested by officers

Thu Aug 25 2011, 15:26

Malware threat on Android continues to grow

The price of popularity

Tue Aug 23 2011, 17:02

Wikileaks spokesman deletes data

To avoid compromising sources

Mon Aug 22 2011, 14:50

Spyeye malware source code is leaked

New variants expected

Wed Aug 17 2011, 14:29

Kaspersky cites updates for Windows security

Better late than never

Mon Aug 15 2011, 17:23

Betfair criticised over data theft

Gambling site suffered breach before sell off

Fri Sep 30 2011, 10:41

Regulator opens a public consultation over rogue app charges

Users are being charged without their knowledge

Mon Sep 26 2011, 12:11

Russian hacker sells a Lada to pay off RBS

Doesn't quite pay the bill

Wed Sep 21 2011, 13:24

Japanese government slams Mitsubishi for not disclosing a cyber attack

Defence contracts could be breached, penalties may follow

Tue Sep 20 2011, 12:22

Anonymous will release Refref DDoS tool during its Occupy Wall Street protest

Advanced distributed denial of service

Fri Sep 16 2011, 14:22

Microsoft will include antivirus software in Windows 8

Updated File under Build rumours

Thu Sep 15 2011, 13:58

A BIOS trojan is found in the wild

Hook used for rootkit redundancy

Tue Sep 13 2011, 14:32

McAfee warns of security holes in car computer systems

Safety of drivers is threatened by car hacking

Wed Sep 07 2011, 13:21

Acer and Vodafone among web sites hit by DNS hijacking

Spotlight falls on hardening DNS

Mon Sep 05 2011, 16:59

Major domains were targeted in the Diginotar SSL attack

As many as two hundred rogue certificates were issued

Thu Sep 01 2011, 15:57

Hackers target Wikileaks web site

Whistleblowers report cyber attack

Wed Aug 31 2011, 13:21

Pirate Bay founders launch another website

Will respect copyright

Tue Aug 30 2011, 15:42

PHP fixes its encryption problem

Upgrade a-go-go

Wed Aug 24 2011, 15:45

McAfee still has no proof for Shady RAT says Kaspersky

Russian security pro remains unimpressed

Tue Aug 23 2011, 09:25

Anonymous member leaves and slates hacktivist group

Calls on hackers to abandon Anonymous

Mon Aug 22 2011, 11:51

AES encryption is cracked

Researchers find a weakness in the algorithm

Wed Aug 17 2011, 11:55

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