MI5 chief Jonathan Evans says the intelligence agency is working against"astonishing"levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. In his first public speech in two years at London's Mansion House,Evans warned that internet"vulnerabilities"were ...
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The US Federal Trade Commission said it had updated rules requiring online services to obtain consent from parents if they are aimed at children under 13 or know that they are collecting personal information from young children. But FTC ...
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Malware attacks seem to be evolving. The traditional viruses, Trojan horses, botnets and phishing attacks are still a threat, but the next generation malware takes insidious to a whole new level. Thankfully, theres a silver lining as well. ...
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A US congressional committee has reported that Chinese telecommunications equipment providers Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, following a year-long investigation. A draft of the report from the House Intelligence ...
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SMS text messaging is certainly not exclusive to Apple or its iconic iPhone smartphone. But, apparently there is something unique about the way Apple delivers SMS messages that makes the iPhone particularly vulnerable to spoofing or ...
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Network World - VMware has issued a patch for its VMware View product that fixes a security vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized user to access system files. "VMware View contains a critical directory traversal vulnerability ...
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Free mobile apps pose a serious threat to privacy because of their ability to capture large amounts of user information, a study has revealed. Free mobile applications are 401% more likely to track user location and 314% more likely to ...
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The recently launched Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat XI come with new security features and an improved sandbox that will make the products harder to attack and exploit, according to Adobe. The sandboxing feature known as the Protected ...
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After several federal agencies said they will stop using BlackBerry devices and switch to iPhones, Research In Motion took the unusual step today of announcing a tough security certification for BlackBerry 10 in advance of the device's ...
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They say no one can hear you scream in space, but if you so much as whisper on the Web, you can be tracked by a dozen different organizations and recorded for posterity. Simply visiting a website can allow its operators to figure out your ...
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Windows Phone 8 smartphones, which officially launched Monday and will ship in November on three U.S. carriers, will support 46 of the top 50 most popular smartphone apps with a Data Sense app for more efficient data usage that will first ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up. The privacy watchdog offers free day-long advisory visits that give small and medium sized ...
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A new bill in Congress would require mobile phone makers, network providers and application developers to disclose to customers any monitoring software installed on their mobile devices. The Mobile Device Privacy Act, introduced Wednesday ...
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The U.S. is trying to erect a national regime of secrecy and obfuscation where any government employee revealing sensitive information to a media organization can be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or for espionage, and the ...
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With online casinos now offering players the chance to gamble in most countries around the world, players can enjoy the online casino experience in a language of their choice. One of the most popular choices is German meaning more and more ...
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