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C-13: Who’s the bully?

Bill C-13 is being promoted by the Conservatives as addressing cyber-bulling, but it is much more about the Harper government bullying Canadians into giving up ...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.7.148 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

Clean Out Your Computer Day with System Mechanic

February 10, 2014 is clean out your computer day and we're giving away a free copy of System Mechanic to help.

Hackers target TD Canada Trust Customers

TD Canada Trust customers beware: Criminals are targeting you with a phishing scam. The email claims to be from email@easywebcpo.td.com; an address that TD customers may ...

Hacked Within Minutes: Sochi Visitors Face Internet Minefield

According to NBC, the U.S. State Department has told Americans travelling to Sochi that they should have “no expectation of privacy,” even in their hotel ...

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Microsoft to push out penultimate XP patch on March Patch Tuesday

Plus: A fix for hacker’s delight IE 0-day…: Microsoft plans to push out five bulletins – two of which cover critical flaws – as part ...

NSA used ‘European bazaar’ to spy on EU citizens

The U.S. National Security Agency has turned the European Union into a tapping ‘bazaar’ in order to spy on as many EU citizens as possible, ...

U.S. House Subcomittee Studies Ways to Boost Personal Data Security

NEWS ANALYSIS: Two subcommittees of the House Science Committee asked IT security experts to tell them if technology is available to improve the security of ...

Mobile Attackers Move to Malicious Advertisements: Report

Web ads that direct mobile users to malicious Websites have become the top method of attempting to infect devices, Blue Coat Systems finds.

‘Dendroid’ RAT trojanizes apps, enables compromise of Android devices

A new HTTPS remote administration tool for Android-based mobile devices has been discovered for sale on underground marketplaces, according to Symantec security researchers.

Bitcoin exchange, Poloniex, loses 12.3 percent of funds

Crytocurrency exchange Poloniex announced on Tuesday that a hacker had successfully made away with 12.3 percent of its Bitcoins.

comiXology’s Phantom Zone breached by villanous Haxxor

Use of password change Kryptonite urged for all e-comics readers: E-comics outfit comiXology has written to customers advising them to change their passwords after recent ...

Twelve million hit as Korea suffers ANOTHER massive data breach

KT Corp caught with its passwords down for third time in two years: The South Korean government was forced to launch an inquiry today after ...

Feds move to dismiss 11 charges against Barrett Brown

Brown, a writer and activist who is known as one of the online faces of Anonymous, faced charges related to sharing a link to a ...

Trust issue looms large for tech companies capitalizing on personal data

As tech companies increasingly rely on analyzing and selling user data to boost revenue, trust is emerging as one of the defining issues of the ...

IPR International Partners With AFORE To Offer Encryption As A Service (EaaS)

Encryption solutions are available at the storage, virtual machine, file, and application levels

Gameover trojan uses rootkit to remain stealthy, tougher to remove

Researchers have discovered a Gameover variant of the Zeus trojan that has been modified to include the Necurs rootkit, which makes the malware tougher to ...

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