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USBCondom prevents accidental data exchange between devices and public charging stations

A piece of malware called Krysanec is infecting Android smartphones pretending to be legitimate apps

Heartbleed blamed for cyber-security breach at US hospital group where 4.5 million records were stolen

Vital information from Malaysian investigators' computers stolen on 9 March and sent to a Chinese computer.

Facebook 'Color Scam' affects users on both mobile and PC, and gains access to personal user details.

Alex Raistrick looks at how criminals are exploiting popular business applications to bypass security

Bitcoin's value has surged to bring its price back up towards $600

Poweliks does not create files within a computer's hard-driven simply modifying the system registry

Fake ID has been detected by engineers at Bluebox Labs, and the security hole could open backdoors to multiple security scams resulting in user privacy breach.

Former Israeli intelligence officer believes Iron Dome plans stolen by Chinese hackers were just decoys.

Operation Emmental is a malware campaign targeting Swiss, Swedish and Austrian bank customers.

People preferring to access the web using old versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer run the greatest risk of being exposed to malware and related scams.

Cyber criminals intensified zero day attacks on Microsoft's browser, during the first half of 2014.

Snowden says he intends to devote much of his time to promoting easy-to-use counter-surveillance technologies.

Thousands of Israeli websites like the Tel Aviv Police Department have been brought down by Anonymous

Passwords for certain websites should be weak & widely re-used according to research by Microsoft

With the hacker who first unlocked the iPhone, Project Zero wants to make all software more secure.

Hackers get to access and modify encrypted exchanges between iOS users and Google servers.

Smartphones running Android 3.2 'Honeycomb' OS and above can secretly transmit users' Wi-Fi history.

Two hackers behind a massive ransomware campaign against Apple customers in Australia have been arrested in Russia

Investigation claims hackers are selling eBay customer login details online - days after company admits massive security breach.

Ed Smith finds Ubisoft's next-generation title Watch Dogs takes the open-world sandbox model to whole new levels.

Iranian hackers carry out sophisticated, three-year spying campaign using fake Facebook accounts to target victims in US and UK.

A new instant messaging service offers unhackable encrypted communication that holds no personal information on users

The FBI needs 2,000 more hackers to help them in the war against cybercrime, but a lot of them smoke marijuana

Security researchers at Georgia Tech Information Security Center have just revealed a jailbroken iPhone 5s running iOS 7.1.1 in a YouTube video.

US claims five Chinese military officials carried out cyber-attacks against six US companies, including a nuclear power company.

Chinese groups exploited Internet Explorer vulnerability to launch attacks on US and European companies

Hacktivist collective Anonymous warns Cambodian government to expect more attacks after two members were arrested.

Microsoft releases emergency security patch to protect vulnerability, even for Windows XP users