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In its upcoming 2013 suites, Russian security firm lays out a prevention plan to block phishers from reaching you.
The mayor of West New York, N.J., is arrested along with his son and accused of hijacking a site supporting the mayor's recall.
Troubled Internet pioneer forgets to publish terms of service for its new browser and also leaves the door open to an apparent vulnerability.
Credited with infecting 30 million computers around the world, Georgy Avanesov is sentenced to four years in prison in Armenia.
Add anti-cyberbullying advocates to the growing list of critics who don't like proposed New York state legislation that would strip some people of their online anonymity.
First-quarter threat report finds PC malware at the highest levels in four years, and increases on the Android platform and Mac.
CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications.
In a new hack into the U.S. Department of Justice's Web site, Anonymous claims to have grabbed "lots of shiny things such as internal emails, and the entire database dump."
The iOS security app scans what's installed on your device and tells you what kinds of information your apps have access to.
Google is using a clever Domain Name System hack to let people infected with the DNSChanger malware know that they have only a few weeks left before their Internet connection goes dead.
More than 47,000 comments in English and German on Facebook's proposed privacy policy changes is way more than needed to trigger a required vote by users.
Judge chastises plaintiff for showing no remorse after roommate apparently kills himself following the spying.
The Mac users that ZDNet Asia spoke to regarding Flashback and other new threats expressed indifference at best toward the need for antivirus safeguards.
Anonymous group AntiS3curityOPS says action is in retaliation for alleged police brutality committed during protests against NATO summit.
A security flaw allowing third parties to control MetroPCS' ZTE Score M leaves users vulnerable.
Director Robert Mueller says FBI needs to be able to "capture communications" of people under surveillance, but declines to elaborate on renewed lobbying effort reported by CNET two weeks ago.
A class-action lawsuit filed by Stewarts Law US combines 21 cases across the U.S.
What a surprise: the U.K. government was forced to reveal under Freedom of Information laws that more than 1,000 civil servants have "snooped" on British citizens' private data.
The popular video-sharing app responds to complaint from privacy advocate.
Tables turn as hacker favorites are targeted in DDoS attacks.
The two-time adviser to the U.S. government on cybersecurity is stepping down to spend more time with family, look into teaching, and ride his motorcycle on a trip out West.
The social network stops the tracking when users are on Firefox or other browsers that support the Do Not Track feature. Of course, that feature also has to be turned on.
With a new service called SceneTap set to put video cameras in bars, privacy advocates warn that a red line's about to get crossed.
Startup called Euclid Elements shows up at privacy conference to say there are no problems with recording locations of millions of smartphones (unless their owners go to the company's Web site and opt out).
According to the security firm, the makers of the Flashback malware made $14,000 from click fraud last month, but can't collect on it.
Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave.
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Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850.
(telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago.
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) ready to install.