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Flashback Trojan: wake-up call for Mac users

Flashback Trojan: wake-up call for Mac users

The Flashback Trojan assault on 650,000 Macs should make the Apple world sit up and start taking security seriously, says Rik Ferguson Read more

29 April, 2012 by Rik Ferguson

Europe aims to open cybercrime hub in January

...said as they revealed more details about the proposed organisation. The European Cybercrime Centre in The Hague will pool information from private and public organisations... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

HMRC cybercrime teams fall behind schedule

...HMRC has missed a key deadline to create teams of cybercrime investigators and launch initiatives to counter the increased threat of web attacks... Read more

17 January, 2012 by Sade Laja

Study finds cybercrime costs on the rise

...A new annual study on the cost of cybercrime conducted by the Ponemon Institute has found that the expense of dealing... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Cybercrime police aim to save UK £500m over four years

...The head of the UK's national cybercrime policing unit says fresh funding will help it prevent £500m of damage... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cybercrime cost estimate is 'sales exercise', say experts

...Cybercrime experts have questioned a £27bn annual cybercrime cost figure released by the... Read more

18 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

US security agency hunts international cybercrime ring

...A Vietnam-based international cybercrime ring believed to be involved in identity theft, wire fraud and money... Read more

5 January, 2011 by Liau Yun Qing

UK and Kuwait to work together to fight cybercrime

...The UK has agreed to work with Kuwait on cybercrime, under a deal to share expertise on international security and counter-terrorism... Read more

10 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Teenagers arrested in cybercrime crackdown

...Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of being part of a cybercrime ring that handled stolen credentials from thousands of credit cards. The suspects... Read more

24 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Cybercrime reporting to get government boost

...is working on plans to make it easier for companies to report cybercrime, in an effort to make the UK more resilient to attack. Security... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Anonymous offshoot claims Italian cyber-police hack

...access to the systems of the Italian police force dedicated to fighting cybercrime. The Legion of Anonymous Doom, which appears to be a subset of... Read more

25 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

EU nations give nod to tougher cybercrime jail terms

...European Parliament for approval. It aims to update existing EU rules on cybercrime, introduced in 2005, which cover interference with data and systems, and illegal... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Jack Clark

UK cybersecurity spending plans revealed

...the NCSP: improving national cybersecurity, improving cyber-defence of critical infrastructure, combating cybercrime, and enhancing education and skills. Overall, the £650m will be divided between... Read more

20 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Cyber cops to save UK £500m over next four years

...taskforce, McMurdie cited Operation Poplin - in which the PCeU broke up a cybercrime scam where stolen identities were used to steal £726,000 from bank... Read more

28 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Wakefield postman wins Cyber Security Challenge

...government views the Cyber Security Challenge as part of its response to cybercrime, which has included allocating £63m to cybercrime policing. Get the latest technology... Read more

7 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

12 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

12 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

14 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

17 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

18 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

18 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

21 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

21 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

21 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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