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Kaspersky beats Zango in malware classification case

Right to call spade a digging implement won

1 Jul 13:48

Chrome update completes busy browser patch week

Time for an industry patch day?

12 Jun 10:16

Chinese firm hits back at cyberspy claims

Exclusive Huawei welcomes UK.gov backdoor probe

12 Jun 09:44

Hiding secret messages in internet traffic: a new how-to

Covert messages exploit TCP

28 May 20:13

Ex-OLPC security man rocks up at Apple

Cupertino knits Krstic into security blanket

14 May 12:54

Pirate Win 7 ruse used to build botnet

Zombie torrent

13 May 13:43

Security researchers fret over Adobe PDF flaw

Double danger

30 Apr 15:46

Botnet speed test uncovers drag racers of malware

Supercharged spam powerhouses revealed

23 Apr 10:46

Zango goes titsup

Updated End of desktop adware market

21 Apr 11:20

Scammers use Ford to drive users to scareware sites

Mondeo man offered malware by black-hat SEO fiends

15 Apr 12:10

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Narrowcasting for the email classes

1 Apr 11:36

Firefox update fixes pwn2own vuln

Early arrival

30 Mar 15:34

Busted! Conficker's tell-tale heart uncovered

Researchers find super worm cure, just in time

30 Mar 11:02

BT network 'vulnerable to Chinese attack'

Spy chiefs warn over Huawei gear in 21CN

30 Mar 10:32

China rubbishes cyber-espionage claims

Spooky Ghostnet revives malware spying accusations

30 Mar 10:06

Leaked memo says Conficker pwns Parliament

Updated House of Commons systems borked

27 Mar 13:29

Intel chip flaw gets double exposure

Security researchers converge on cache vuln.

19 Mar 17:08

Government funds IT security research

Bids invited for £6m pot

19 Mar 10:51

BBC botnet 'public interest' defence rubbished by top IT lawyer

V for Vigilante

18 Mar 15:39

BBC Click paid cybercrooks to buy botnet

Your licence fees at work

16 Mar 12:32

March patch Tuesday omits Excel fix

Zero-day, nada relief

6 Mar 10:21

Firefox update tackles critical memory bugs

We can remember it for you wholesale

5 Mar 11:00

Opera lances 'extremely severe' jpg bug

Norwegian browser update guards against pillaging

4 Mar 15:46

Researcher warns of data-snooping bug in Apple's Safari

Mac or Windows, equal pwnage opportunity

13 Jan 23:12

Paris Hilton website violated by Trojan-spreaders

That's not hot

13 Jan 16:55

Hacktivist tool targets Hamas

DDoS street protest covers both side of Gaza conflict

9 Jan 15:13

Samsung digital picture frame CD infected by virus

You've been iframed

29 Dec 10:23

Firefox plug-in Trojan harvests logins

Spy on the wire

4 Dec 10:35

Rootkit unearthed in network security software

Hidden process developer linked to Sony USB fiasco

28 Nov 13:44

WordPress update kyboshes XSS flaw

Blog pwnage risk busted

27 Nov 15:07

Lame Mac Trojan limps into view

Updated Malware targets grumble-flick fans

19 Nov 12:54

Controversial ad serving firm Adzilla pulls out of the US

'We have stepped out for a little...'

14 Oct 17:07

Storm botnet blows itself out

But will the zombie network rise again?

14 Oct 14:19

Net game turns PC into undercover surveillance zombie

Smile, your webcam has been clickjacked

7 Oct 17:37

Bastard Gator child dies sudden death

'Spyware king' rests in pieces

2 Oct 22:58

Stealthy malware expands rootkit repertoire

Burrowing worm borrows Windows vuln

30 Sep 11:46

'UK's Chernobyl' spam spreads Trojan

Fallout hits inboxes

11 Sep 16:03

Parents plant spyware to snare sex predator

Court sin-bins ice hockey coach

10 Sep 11:14

Obama strumpet-sex scandal ruse spreads malware

Election-related campaign kicks off

9 Sep 15:57

Fake Twitter profile punts Orkut attack

Tainted tweets target twits

9 Sep 14:14

North Korean Mata Hari in alleged cyber-spy plot

Updated Tales of sex, spying and spyware

5 Sep 10:40

UK punters scowl at webmail ad targeting

Hands off our inboxes

2 Sep 07:02

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