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Security
Google's elite hacker squad
"Project Zero" to hunt for bugs in world's most popular software, such as Chrome and IE.
Espionage
Germany mulls anti-high-tech spy technology: the typewriter
Abby Phillip Germany is considering going back to the trusty old typewriter to counter alleged spying by the US government.
Japan rushes to thwart cyber onslaught
Yuriy Humber and Gearoid Reidy Shortly after the alert sounded at 9.10pm, Yahoo Japan Corp.'s risk team knew it had a problem. More than 20 million usernames and passwords belonging to its customers were being dumped into a file, primed to be stolen.
Cybercrime
Microsoft says crime bust frees 4.7m PCs
Microsoft said it has freed at least 4.7 million infected personal computers from control of cyber crooks in its most successful digital crime-busting operation, which interrupted service at an internet-services firm last week.
Security
Wall Street wants cyber-war council
Carter Dougherty Trade group retains NSA director Keith Alexander to "facilitate" joint effort with government.
Security
China denies Deep Panda hacker links
China has disputed claims by CrowdStrike, a US security firm, that a group of hackers it calls "Deep Panda" is linked to unnamed Chinese government officials, saying the firm was merely seeking publicity.
Security
Why Telstra is backing TeleSign
Liam Tung As SMS revenues dry up in the face of free-messaging services like WhatsApp, Telstra is preparing to put the old cash cow to work as a secure key to your online life.
Security
Brazilian boleto bandits bilk billions
Brian Krebs With the eyes of the world on Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it seems a fitting time to spotlight a growing form of computer fraud that’s giving Brazilian banks and consumers a run for their money.
Tech
Wiggles website 'gremlins' cause major outage
Candice Barnes The official website for Australian children’s entertainers The Wiggles was temporarily shut down on Thursday morning, prompting concerns that 'cyber squatters' would take over the domain of the successful group.
Women hacking the boys' club
Jordan Robertson Tiffany Rad is turning software industry gender stereotypes on their head.
Security
Mobile anti-virus not needed: Google
Ben Grubb The majority of Android smartphone and tablet users do not need to install anti-virus and other security apps to protect them, despite dire warnings from security companies selling such products, Google’s head of Android security says.
Security
Microsoft criticised for collateral damage in cyber crime sting
Brian Krebs DNS company says Microsoft has taken down 4 million sites belonging to its customers in order to stop 2000 sites being leveraged by criminals.
Cyber crime
Microsoft to disrupt cybercrime rings with roots in Kuwait, Algeria
Microsoft has launched what it hopes will be the most successful private effort to date to crack down on cyber crime by moving to disrupt communications channels between hackers and infected PCs.
Privacy
Time to trade privacy for safety, says NSW Police Commissioner
Andrew Colley NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says Australian will have to sacrifice some of their privacy expectations in order to stay safe from terrorist attacks and criminal activity.
Surveilance
NSA's first transparency report
Ellen Nakashima US spies targeted nearly 90,000 foreign persons or organisations via American companies last year.
Cyber security
Australian companies hit by increasing number of cyber attacks
Stuart Corner Cyber criminals are wreaking havoc with the IT systems of Australian enterprises, with six in 10 companies admitting they have suffered multiple system crashes lasting up to six hours.
US-China cyber co-operation stalls
Alina Selyukh and Doina Chiacu Fledging co-operation between the United States and China on fighting cyber crime has ground to a halt since the recent US indictment of Chinese military officials on hacking charges, a senior US security official said on Thursday.
Cybercrime
'Fly' swatted over cybercrime, credit card trafficking
Brian Krebs A man who claimed responsibility for organising a campaign to send heroin to my home last summer has been arrested in Italy.
Security
Cupid Media exposed 254,000 Australian lonely hearts
Ben Grubb Australian-based dating company Cupid Media failed to take reasonable steps to secure customers' personal information, the Australian privacy commissioner has found.
Cyber security
Google Play changes open the door to rogue developers
Liam Tung Used to just clicking "yes" to pesky app permission requests? Then this Android change affects you.
