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8 in 10 small UK firms hacked last year - at £65k a pop: Report

Infosec 2013 Poor security practices blamed, according to gov survey

Tech bazaar Aria puts £10K bounty on heads of DDoS varmints

Wanted preferably alive

Phishers automate attacks using 'Google hacking'

Why pay when you can pwn?

Hackers hijack hacking tools website

Ironic exploit

Stop saying 'Cyber Pearl Harbor,' RSA boss pleads

Art Coviello, executive president of RSA, used the opening keynote of the RSA conference to criticize the habits of some in the industry for spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) as a marketing tool. "I absolutely hate the term 'Cyber Pearl Harbor'," he said. "I just think it's a poor metaphor to describe the state we are …
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Sacked IT admin sentenced for hacking ex-employer

A British IT admin was ordered to pay more than £3,000 and given a three-months jail sentence after being accused of hacking into his former employer's computer system so he could install spyware and delete emails. Julius Oladiran, 46, of South Norwood, admitted making a false statement and gaining unauthorized access to …

Dragons' Den badboy's biz Expansys is soaked in red

Profits burned in Euro meltdown as re-org kicks in
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MySpace celebrity hacker downs hacking forum

A wannabe hacker succeeded only in getting a forum for a group he wanted to join taken down after hacking celebrity MySpace profiles. Tesla defaced the MySpace profiles of singers Tila Tequila and Justin Timberlake as well as actress Hilary Duff to post greetings to the Kryogenics crew. Aside from the greeting nothing malicious …
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Nanny agency hacking suspect cuffed

Scotland Yard arrested a nanny agency worker over suspected hacking offences on Monday. The unnamed woman allegedly rifled through emails in AOL accounts maintained by her former employer, Nannies Incorporated, while working for a competitor agency. The woman was arrested following an investigation by officers at the Specialist …

Bromium launches security-through-virtualisation tech in the UK

Xen dads' spookware uses VM swarms to isolate foulness

French police bust 22 youths in alleged hacking network

The French Connection

Huawei looking into critical router flaw claims

Telecoms kit maker defends its incident response system

Baby held in Indian jail alongside hacking suspect mum

Babyus corpus

UK.gov delay means hacking laws are so last century

Confusion reigns everywhere but Scotland

Germany declares hacking tools 'verboten'

Crackers

Max Vision hit with hacking charges (again)

Facing 40 years for mass identity theft

Asus: We are NOT killing off Transformer Prime

It's just that availability has been pants
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US man faces five years for hacking supervisor's PC

A former federal computer security expert faces a possible five year jail term after pleading guilty to hacking a US Department of Education computer. Kenneth Kwak, 34, of Chantilly, Virginia, admitted snooping on his supervisor's email and internet surfing activities while employed as a system auditor for the US Department of …

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Eddie Pacey

Does it do what it says on the tin? Credit insurance, that is
Funnel of cash. Credit: via SXC – http://www.sxc.hu/profile/Leonardini
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Dale Vile

Corporate decision-making's got nowt on non-techie MDs

Alexandre Mesguich

Cloud, virtualisation, mobile tech require fatter pipes

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