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People trust NSA more than Facebook - poll

The average American is more comfortable with the government's spying than with Facebook's control over their personal information, poll shows.

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Apple details requests for data

Apple said that between 9 000 and 10 000 accounts or devices were specified in data requests between December 1, 2012, and May 31 from the US government.

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Attack of the Facebook clones

Facebook cloning appears to be on the rise in SA because of the ease of this scam and its potential to lull people into a false sense of security.

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Can you take control of a plane with an app?
April 12 2013 at 14:13

An internet security consultant says he has created an app that can take over a plane’s computers, giving its user total control of the aircraft.

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Most DDOS attacks make use of a 'Botnet', which is essentially a collection of computers that are used to bombard websites with queries.

Hacking ring ‘attacked videogame firms for years’
April 12 2013 at 09:59

Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a Chinese hacking ring that they said broke into the servers of dozens of online videogaming companies.

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Banking authorities warned consumers against a new scam designed to trick people into compromising their personal information.

Latest scam targets home PC users
April 9 2013 at 10:29

Banking authorities have warned consumers against a new scam designed to trick people into compromising their personal information.

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The suspect travelled in Spain using his van 'as a mobile computing office, equipped with various antennas to scan frequencies,' an Interior Ministry statement said.

Israel ‘weathers’ cyber attack campaign
April 8 2013 at 10:49

Email messages and websites using the name of Anonymous said a campaign had been launched in solidarity with the Palestinian people”.

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File photo: The North's Uriminzokkiri Twitter and Flickr accounts stopped sending out content typical of that posted by the regime in Pyongyang, such as photos of North's leader Kim Jong Un meeting with military officials.

North Korea’s Twitter account hacked
April 5 2013 at 10:29

Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea's government-run online sites as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.

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It said that Google, which has bought two Israeli firms in the past, has a local office.

Google faces probe over ‘goldmine’ of data
April 3 2013 at 10:30

Google is facing a major probe by EU privacy watchdogs over allegations it is abusing users’ data.

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Spam, of course, is the internet equivalent of unsolicited junk mail - originally sent by email, but now reaching us via tweets or even e-books as well.

Can spam be canned?
March 28 2013 at 14:05

The crimes that spam has been accused of reads like the rap sheet of a fairly common criminal.

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Millions of web users have so far experienced disruption to popular services such as film and TV site Netflix, along with longer than usual delays in loading websites.

The ‘biggest cyber attack in history’
March 28 2013 at 10:02

A bitter feud between two online firms has slowed down internet services for millions around the world.

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Spamhaus hit by major cyberattack
March 27 2013 at 22:29

A record-breaking cyberattack targeting an anti-spam watchdog has sent ripples of disruption across the Internet.

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A South Korean police officer from Digital Forensic Investigation walks inside the Cyber Terror Response Centre at National Police Agency in Seoul.

Too early to assign blame - cyber experts
March 22 2013 at 10:40

A Chinese Internet address was the source of a cyberattack on one of the South Korean companies hit in a massive computer shutdown.

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REUTERS

People trust NSA more than Facebook - poll

AP

Apple details requests for data

Associated Press

Attack of the Facebook clones

Can you take control of a plane with an app? April 12 2013 at 14:13

Hacking ring ‘attacked videogame firms for years’ April 12 2013 at 09:59

Latest scam targets home PC users April 9 2013 at 10:29

Israel ‘weathers’ cyber attack campaign April 8 2013 at 10:49

North Korea’s Twitter account hacked April 5 2013 at 10:29

Google faces probe over ‘goldmine’ of data April 3 2013 at 10:30

Can spam be canned? March 28 2013 at 14:05

The ‘biggest cyber attack in history’ March 28 2013 at 10:02

Spamhaus hit by major cyberattack March 27 2013 at 22:29

Too early to assign blame - cyber experts March 22 2013 at 10:40

Can you take control of a plane with an app?
April 12 2013 at 14:13

Hacking ring ‘attacked videogame firms for years’
April 12 2013 at 09:59

Latest scam targets home PC users
April 9 2013 at 10:29

Israel ‘weathers’ cyber attack campaign
April 8 2013 at 10:49

North Korea’s Twitter account hacked
April 5 2013 at 10:29

Google faces probe over ‘goldmine’ of data
April 3 2013 at 10:30

Can spam be canned?
March 28 2013 at 14:05

The ‘biggest cyber attack in history’
March 28 2013 at 10:02

Spamhaus hit by major cyberattack
March 27 2013 at 22:29

Too early to assign blame - cyber experts
March 22 2013 at 10:40