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January 29, 2014
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Angry Birds maker wants industry response to mobile app spying
Angry Birds maker to re-evaluate its relationship with ad networks after revelations that spy agencies can access user data
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January 28, 2014
28
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Privacy considered a shared responsibility, survey shows
Users of online services believe responsibility for privacy is shared by governments, technology suppliers and individuals, a survey has revealed
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January 28, 2014
28
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Transparency deal fails to meet all surveillance demands
Tech firms win greater transparency on government data requests, but no reductions in how much is collected
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January 28, 2014
28
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FBI cracks down on hacker-for-hire websites
The FBI has arrested five people in connection with several websites offering hacking services
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January 27, 2014
27
Jan'14
Security basics overlooked, says Heathrow CISO
Data security is complex, but the basics are often overlooked says Mark Jones, chief information security officer at Heathrow Airports Limited
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January 27, 2014
27
Jan'14
NSA involved in industrial espionage, says Snowden
The US National Security Agency’s cyber surveillance is not confined to matters of national security, says whistleblower Edward Snowden
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January 24, 2014
24
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Government attempts to end big and wasteful IT contracts
The government has published rules to reduce the dominance of small number of IT suppliers offering inflexible contracts
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January 24, 2014
24
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David Cameron calls for offshore jobs to return to Britain
Prime minister David Cameron says he wants British companies to bring offshored jobs back to the UK
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January 24, 2014
24
Jan'14
CNN latest target of Syrian hacktivists
CNN is the latest western media organisation believed to have been targeted by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacktivist group
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January 24, 2014
24
Jan'14
Target cyber attack not isolated, warns FBI
The FBI has warned US retailers to prepare for further cyber attacks after linking Target cyber attack to 20 others
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January 24, 2014
24
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Microsoft shares up on better than expected results
Microsoft's shares rose nearly 4% on news of better than expected financial results for the quarter ending 31 December 2013
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January 23, 2014
23
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New Snapchat security measure easily by-passed, says researcher
A new Snapchat security measure to verify users are human is easily by-passed, says researcher
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January 23, 2014
23
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US startup aims to turn tables on hackers
US startup Shape Security is turning the tables against hackers by using one of their own techniques against them
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January 22, 2014
22
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CERT-UK to drive international cyber security collaboration
The UK’s new national computer emergency response team (CERT-UK) is set to drive international cyber security collaboration once it becomes operational
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January 22, 2014
22
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European experts divided on success of cyber security
European IT security experts are divided on the success of cyber security, it emerged at the 6th International Forum on Cyber Security in Lille
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January 21, 2014
21
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Global approach vital to fight cyber threats, says French minister
Only a global approach will be able to counter the global threats in cyberspace, says French interior minister
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January 21, 2014
21
Jan'14
ISG reports shift in outsourcing to lower value contracts
A report from sourcing advisor, Information Services Group, has reported a decline in the value of contracts during 2013
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January 20, 2014
20
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Tech firms lobby to keep open tax avoidance loopholes
Big US tech firms are lobbying the OECD not to close tax loopholes they exploit to pay less tax in the UK and elsewhere
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
NHS England database raises privacy concerns
Privacy groups have raised concerns about NHS England’s plans to create a single database of medical data
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
US telecoms companies say proposed NSA reforms fall short
US telecoms firms are unhappy about president Barack Obama’s proposed reforms to the NSA's mass collection of US phone data
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January 17, 2014
17
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Enterprise can learn from small business security, says Avira
Businesses needs to rethink their approach to security and focus on people instead of technology in the face of the consumerisation of IT, says security firm Avira
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January 17, 2014
17
Jan'14
BCS launches cyber awareness initiative
National cyber awareness that will ultimately support the UK’s digital economy is the aim of the latest initiative by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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January 17, 2014
17
Jan'14
Google fails in first attempt to block UK privacy case
Google has failed to block attempts by UK users to sue the company for bypassing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser to track online behaviour
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January 17, 2014
17
Jan'14
NSA harvested 200 million texts a day, investigation finds
The NSA is capable of collecting and storing almost 200 million text messages a day from around the world, say reports
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January 16, 2014
16
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TCS profits increase by over 30%
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) increased its profits by almost 32% and plans to recruit 55,000 people in 2014
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January 16, 2014
16
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European Parliament calls to drop Safe Harbour
Members of the European Parliament have called for an end to the EU US Safe Harbour agreement covering transfer of citizens’ data from Europe to the US
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January 16, 2014
16
Jan'14
HCL and CSC partner to modernise applications
Indian IT services firm HCL and US competitor CSC are working together to win business in the application modernisation and cloud migration segments of the application outsourcing sector
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January 15, 2014
15
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Facebook shares user data with Russian search engine Yandex
Facebook has announced it intends to share public data from its users with Russian search engine Yandex
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January 14, 2014
14
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Post Office seeks contractors for network and back-office work
The Post Office is looking for IT services firms to provide back-office IT applications and networking technologies in contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds
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January 14, 2014
14
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Target to invest $5m in cyber security awareness
Cyber breach-hit US retailer Target is to invest $5m in a cyber security education campaign
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January 14, 2014
14
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Top European IT initiative to support business in 2014?
Expanding IT to support business growth is one of the biggest areas of focus for IT departments in 2014, so what does this mean?
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January 14, 2014
14
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US transport chief highlights privacy concerns over car technology
The increasing use of computer technology in cars raises questions about privacy, says US transportation secretary Anthony Foxx
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January 14, 2014
14
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Google bets on internet of things with Nest acquisition
Google is betting on the internet of things (IoT) by acquiring smart thermostat maker Nest Labs in a deal worth $3.2bn
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January 13, 2014
13
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Neiman Marcus warns that data breach may affect customers
US retailer Neiman Marcus has warned that cyber attackers may have stolen customers' payment card information in December
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January 13, 2014
13
Jan'14
Syrian hacking group breaches Microsoft Twitter accounts
Purported members of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacktivist group have hijacked two Microsoft Twitter accounts and a blog
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January 13, 2014
13
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Government tells UK SMEs to be 'cyber streetwise'
Government is urging SMEs to become "cyber streetwise," to reduce the risk of cyber attack
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January 10, 2014
10
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France fines Google for failing to rewrite privacy policy
France’s privacy watchdog, CNIL, has fined Google €150,000 for failing to conform to EU data laws
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January 10, 2014
10
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Network-based security tops European agenda for 2014
Network-based security is the top security initiative for European companies in 2014, research shows
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January 10, 2014
10
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LinkedIn files lawsuit to identify hackers
LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit aimed at identifying hackers who by-passed security measures to copy member data
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January 10, 2014
10
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Mass surveillance must end, says EU inquiry
The European parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for an end to the collection of personal data by UK and US intelligence agencies
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January 09, 2014
09
Jan'14
NIST invested in protest-hit RSA Conference
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has paid $16,500 for a booth at the protest-hit RSA Conference 2014, it has emerged
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January 09, 2014
09
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Sky forced to update porn filter
Sky has been forced to update its porn filter after it was found to be blocking legitimate file-sharing sites
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January 09, 2014
09
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Europeans users of Yahoo have PCs turned into Bitcoin miners
Some malware distributed by Yahoo’s ad servers in the first week of the year, turned victims’ PCs into bitcoin miners
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January 07, 2014
07
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Intel phases out McAfee security brand
Intel has announced that, as it introduces new security products, it will replace the McAfee brand with that of 'Intel Security'
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January 07, 2014
07
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TCS hires IT entrepreneurs before they become startups
Could IT service providers help IT entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality before they even get to startup phase by recruiting the people with the ideas?
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January 07, 2014
07
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Security Think Tank: Information security strategy should support the business
How should Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA and GCHQ influence future information security strategies in the UK?
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January 07, 2014
07
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Pirate Bay plans new censorship-busting browser
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay plans to take a second censorship-avoiding browser
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January 06, 2014
06
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Infosec Skills, BCS announce winners of Cyber Security Challenge
Stuart Pringle, Simon Robinson and Robert Wyllie have won over £2,000 of training and a place in the semi-final of the current UK Cyber Security Challenge
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January 06, 2014
06
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NHS collects patient care data from GPs
NHS England expands patient data collection from hospitals to include general practice, raising data protection questions
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January 06, 2014
06
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Yahoo claims malicious ads under control
Yahoo says the situation is under control after its advertising network served up malware to thousands of visitors last week
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January 03, 2014
03
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FireEye acquires Mandiant in $1bn deal
Security firm FireEye has bought Mandiant in a deal worth just over $1bn
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January 03, 2014
03
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Snapchat to implement anti-abuse security measures
Snapchat is to release an updated version of its app after hackers downloaded usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million accounts
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January 03, 2014
03
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Facebook faces lawsuit over monitoring private messages
Facebook is facing a lawsuit that claims it scans the contents of private messages to profile the user’s online activity
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January 02, 2014
02
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Apple denies creating backdoor for NSA
Apple has denied working with the US National Security Agency to create a backdoor in any of its products
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January 02, 2014
02
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Hacktivists hijack Skype social media accounts
Hacktivists have hijacked the blog and twitter accounts of Microsoft’s Skype internet voice and video calling service
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January 02, 2014
02
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Snapchat hackers expose details of 4.6 million users
Hackers have posted the usernames and mobile phone numbers of 4.6 million US Snapchat account holders online
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December 30, 2013
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Top 10 supplier profiles 2013
Are you thinking of doing business with an IT technology supplier? Check out our independent profiles of the leading technology companies.
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December 27, 2013
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Top 10 UK cyber security stories of 2013
Cyber security has moved up the national agenda in the past year, with the UK government paying increasing attention to bolstering UK cyber defences
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December 24, 2013
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Top 10 IT security stories of 2013
The need to evolve IT security strategies to match new and emerging threats has come clearly to the fore in the past year
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December 24, 2013
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Top 10 IT privacy stories of 2013
Stories related to whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about internet mass surveillance programmes by the US and the UK have dominated this year
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December 13, 2013
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Dec'13
TCS expands UK public sector footprint with Scottish deal
Scottish citizens will have a single point of access to digital local government services via a system supplier by Indian IT services firm, TCS.
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December 12, 2013
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UK cyber security progress welcomed
The UK government’s report on progress the National Cyber Security Programme has widely been welcomed by the IT security community and industry
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December 12, 2013
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UK to review laws governing spy agencies in 2014
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is calling for written submissions for its inquiry into the laws governing intelligence agencies
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December 12, 2013
12
Dec'13
Four arrested in £1m London cyber bank heist
Police have arrested four people suspected cyber criminals and seized £80,000 in cash and a live grenade after the theft of £1m from two banks
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December 12, 2013
12
Dec'13
Government to expand cyber security partnerships
The UK government introduces security kitemark pas part of plans to expanding partnerships on cyber security with the private sector in 2014
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December 11, 2013
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Research reveals widespread mobile app hacking
The top 100 paid Android apps and 56% of the top 100 paid Apple iOS apps have been hacked, research has revealed
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December 11, 2013
11
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Thirteen plead guilty to Anonymous DDoS attack on Paypal
Thirteen people have pleaded guilty to taking part in DDoS attacks on eBay’s Paypal, organised by the Anonymous hacker group in 2010
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December 11, 2013
11
Dec'13
Ransomware looks set to increase, warns Sophos
Cyber criminals are planning to produce new forms of ransomware on an unprecedented scale, according to IT security firm Sophos
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December 09, 2013
09
Dec'13
Computer system failure delays hundreds of UK flights
Hundreds of flights at several UK airports were delayed or cancelled at the weekend because of a computer failure at National Air Traffic Services (NATS)
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December 09, 2013
09
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Top tech firms call for worldwide surveillance reform
Top technology firms have joined forces to call for urgent reforms of all internet surveillance programmes
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December 06, 2013
06
Dec'13
Microsoft to protect customers from government snooping
Microsoft has announced it is to take measures to increase the security of customer data to protect against government snooping
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December 06, 2013
06
Dec'13
Microsoft leads major disruption of ZeroAccess botnet
Microsoft, the FBI and Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) have disrupted ZeroAccess, one of the world’s largest botnets
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December 05, 2013
05
Dec'13
Automation key to balancing agility and security, says AlgoSec
Automated critical business application management enables a more agile business and enhances security, says security policy management firm AlgoSec
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December 05, 2013
05
Dec'13
Hackers post millions of stolen passwords online
Security researchers have discovered more than two million stolen passwords for Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and other online services
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December 05, 2013
05
Dec'13
NSA tracks 5 billion phone records daily, Snowden docs show
The NSA tracks nearly 5 billion mobile phone records a day, according to the latest documents revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden
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December 04, 2013
04
Dec'13
Proof-of-concept malware jumps air gap with sound card
Researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept malware exfiltrating data using high-frequency transmissions inaudible to humans
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December 04, 2013
04
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The Guardian denies Snowden stories damaged national security
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger defends decision to publish stories on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden
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December 04, 2013
04
Dec'13
UK proposes formal talks on cyber security with China
Prime minister David Cameron has called on China to be more open about cyber security
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November 29, 2013
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Google could face Dutch fine over privacy policy
Google could face a fine after Dutch authorities find the firm’s 2012 privacy policy violates local data protection law
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November 29, 2013
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US admits pirating military software
The US government has agreed to pay a $50m copyright infringement settlement to a logistics software firm
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November 28, 2013
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Global real estate firm gets edge with cloud and mobile upgrade
Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has achieved competitive advatage by embracing cloud and mobility
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November 28, 2013
28
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EU calls on US to rebuild trust in post-Snowden era
The EC has called on the US to provide guarantees to restore trust in the wake of spying revelations
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November 28, 2013
28
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NSA planned to discredit Islamist radicals with porn web history
US authorities considered exposing details of visits to online porn sites to discredit prominent Islamist radicals, according to latest Snowden document
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November 28, 2013
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UK set to announce plans to tackle extremism online
The government plans to order broadband providers to block extremist websites identified by a specialist unit set
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November 27, 2013
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Many enterprises not getting value of consumerisation, says IDC
There is still a wide variety of approaches to mobility and consumerisation within the enterprise, says IDC
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November 27, 2013
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Nov'13
Years of IT staff cuts drives outsourcing resurgence
The IT outsourcing sector in the UK is going through resurgence as businesses realise they no longer have the staff to harness the latest technologies
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November 26, 2013
26
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NCA changed UK cyber crime fighting, says NCCU head
The NCA has changed the UK law enforcement landscape, says Andy Archibald, head of the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit
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November 26, 2013
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Government lays out 2014 cyber security agenda
The UK government has reiterated its commitment to addressing cyber security and laid out some plans for 2014 at the Cyber Security Summit 2013
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November 26, 2013
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IT suppliers relaxed about contract visibility
IT and BPO suppliers Atos and Capita say they are relaxed about being more open about the often obscured details of large government contracts, as outsourcing giants are put under pressure by MPs to open up to public scrutiny
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November 26, 2013
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The state of agile software development in the UK
Lately it is more surprising to hear that businesses are developing using a methodology other than agile, such is its widespread use
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November 26, 2013
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White hat Wi-Fi hacking shows vulnerability of business data
Whitehat hackers have shown that senstitive data can be sniffed easily from public Wi-Fi hotspots
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November 26, 2013
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FTSE 350 firms complete cyber risk assessment
Most FTSE 350 companies put cyber risk on the board agenda, but many need to improve how they manage that risk
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November 25, 2013
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Global public sector outsourcing far outstrips private sector
Global public sector organisations spent €7.4bn in the third quarter on IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing (BPO), compared with €4.6bn in the private sector.
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November 25, 2013
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Twitter increases protection from government snooping
Twitter has announced moves to protect users' data from snooping by government intelligence agencies
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November 25, 2013
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Racing Post warns users of website breach
The Racing Post is advising users of its website to change their passwords for other sites if they use the same one in case hackers break the encryption
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November 22, 2013
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UK CERT moves to next phase with director Chris Gibson
Chris Gibson has been confirmed at the director of the UK’s new national computer emergency response team
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November 22, 2013
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Banks and governments targeted by invisible hijacking attacks
Net monitoring firm Renesys says it has uncovered evidence of mass hijackings of network traffic
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November 22, 2013
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Samsung gets $160m off patent damages to Apple
A California court has ordered Samsung to pay a further $290m to Apple for infringing payments, taking the total in damages to $840m
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November 22, 2013
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Tim Berners-Lee calls for protection of basic rights online
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has called for bold steps to protect basic human rights online
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November 21, 2013
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CSA appoints Microsoft’s Adrienne Hall to board
The CSA has appointed Adrienne Hall, from Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, to its board of directors