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Microsoft defends Hotmail's cookie requirement

Log out block 'good for security'

13 Nov 12:09

Britney's Twitter feed hacked again

Satan hot on heels of toothy ladybits

12 Nov 14:40

Vint Cerf: 'Google doesn't know who you are'

Identifiers don't identify

7 Nov 00:17

Google launches privacy Dashboard service

What does Google know about me?

5 Nov 12:30

Judge spanks lawyer for leaking personal details in brief

'Negligent, inattentive electronic filing'

5 Nov 00:51

Google opens up OAuth to tackle password chores

Cleverness to dispose of onerous task of logging in

4 Nov 15:54

Amazon's EC2 brings new might to password cracking

Cloudonomics and the art of black-hat hacking

2 Nov 23:03

Computing website apologises for data gaffe

Egg/face interface

23 Oct 12:56

Data collector charged $275,000 for leaking personal data

$20 a head. 13,750 heads

20 Oct 19:46

Survey: Call centre data standards 'routinely ignored'

Poor practice creates 'vast reservoir of sensitive data'

16 Oct 09:53

ID fraud prevention week fights UK's fastest growing crime

Oo are yer?

12 Oct 11:54

UK Border Agency suspends 'flawed' asylum DNA testing

To try head measuring?

9 Oct 13:57

ID card support hits bottom under Brown

Still more popular than Gordo though

9 Oct 11:34

CBS hit for $1.2m over Chinese censorware

Net sitter firm files chicken feed damages demand

8 Oct 11:18

Bank snafu Gmail missive never opened

And never will be

30 Sep 07:02

Google shuts down bank snafu Gmail account

Court order snuffs innocent bystander

28 Sep 18:32

Phishing fraud hits two year high

Rumours of the death of email scams wildly exaggerated

28 Sep 10:33

Phishing worm spreads across Twitter

I am neither rolling on the floor nor laughing

24 Sep 10:36

Bank sues Google for identity of Gmail user

Um, we sent him 1,325 tax IDs

23 Sep 19:21

Facebook enables apps to peek at mail

Updated I'm in ur inbox, mocking ur privacy settings

23 Sep 15:37

Firms still struggling with data security standard

PCI DSS dissed

23 Sep 13:23

Facebook app flaws create Trojan download risk

Anti-social networking

21 Sep 10:05

Disconnection phone scam targets UK consumers

BT and Ofcom warn over nascent con

19 Sep 07:11

Facebook hack service smells fishy

Supposed hackers may be scamming the terminally nosey

18 Sep 14:23

Fraudsters add IM to phishing attacks

Hi! What's your mother's maiden name?

17 Sep 11:03

Men far worse than women on password security

And Brits rubbish at updating software

2 Sep 14:58

Sites pulling sneaky Flash cookie-snoop

Academics fret over privacy threat

19 Aug 12:42

Twitter hack spawns spam and scareware scams

DDoS campaign opens Pandora's Box

10 Aug 12:36

Facebook slaps faces on ads

Rogue ad network to blame for photo privacy violation, apparently

28 Jul 10:57

Canadian privacy chief flunks Facebook

Lax data policies in sharp detail

21 Jul 19:20

Moderatrix to gain even more sinister powers

Cyberbullies quail as online reputation software launches

8 Jul 11:43

Boffins guess social security numbers via public data

Success rate as high as 90%

7 Jul 00:21

China not demolishing Green Dam

Censorware not going anywhere after all

2 Jul 10:51

Hotmail hack blamed for exposing extra-marital governor frolics

Mucky affair mails leaked by prurient hacker?

30 Jun 12:13

Masked passwords must go

'Shoulder surfing is largely a phantom problem'

30 Jun 08:06

Britney Spears dead hacked

TwitPic exploit suspected in celeb fake obit assault

29 Jun 10:14

Titsup airport express lane biz may pawn flyer data

If the feds Clear it

27 Jun 05:07

DHS killing satellite self-spying program

Space cops 'not an urgent issue'

23 Jun 17:09

US city ends FaceSpaceGooHoo log-in grab

Bozeman bows

22 Jun 23:12

Facebook tackles potent click fraud scam

Disgruntled advertisers turn anti-social

22 Jun 12:25

US net nanny ratchets Chinese censorware spat

Stall the PC makers. Then sue

19 Jun 22:42

Samsung demos OLED security card

Powered by an RFID reader?

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