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The US government is locking horns with the likes of Apple and Google over data access, after the department of justice demanded apple provide real-time coverage of the text messages exchange by suspects using iPhones. Apple failed to comply, saying their messaging system is encrypted and thus they were unable to do as told. Microsoft has found itself in a similar situation after the government demanded the emails of a drug trafficking suspect. As the...

Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 8000 of their SUVs over software issues. You may remember the news from this Summer about researchers hacking a land rover and causing havoc with a poor reporter inside the car. The UConnect system in their car was hacked via the digital radio. They recalled 1.4 million cars in July when the flaw was initially exposed. You can find out if your car is at risk by visiting the uconnect...

Malicious adverts have been found on the match.com site, with anyone caught out by the trap being at risk to their data being held to ransom. The attack worked by redirecting people who click on the dodgy advert through a series of links that would check what kind of software the victim is using. According to Gavin Reid, VP of threat intelligence at Lancope, "It is important to not confuse the attack at Match with...

By Martin Lee, Intelligence Manager at Alert Logic Cyber war is often in the headlines. The hype centered on state sponsored malware means that the lines defining fact and fiction often become blurred leading to increasing fear bordering on hysteria. However, cyber weapons have a very specific weakness that means that they might be less effective than anticipated in the real world. The discovery of Stuxnet in 2010 and the subsequent information leaks confirming that...

A London sexual health centre mistakenly leaked the details of nearly 800 patients who have attended HIV clinics, bosses have admitted. The 56 Dean Street clinic in Soho sent out the names and e-mail addresses of 780 people when a newsletter was issued to clinic patients. Patients were supposed to be blind-copied into the e-mail but instead the details were sent as a group e-mail. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the breach was "completely unacceptable"....

The NCA website was taken down by the notorious hacking group, Lizard Squad. The National Crime Agency, or NCA, is a UK body tasked with apprehending organised crime, having replaced the serious organised crime agency in 2013. The attack has come as an act of retaliation for the arrest of 6 people for using lizard squad’s DDoS tool by the NCA. While a DDoS may not cause long term instability for the agency, the fact...

14 Japanese banks are under attack from a new breed of Trojan – named Shifu – the Japanese word for thief. What makes this Trojan special is that it’s made from a mix of previously discovered malware, according to IBM Security X-Force staff. Austrian, Germany and other EU countries as well as Japan have been host to the attack. Not your classical banking Trojan, Shifu comes with an ability to choose multiple targets and is...

In today's news: The FBI has issued a warning after a spike in CEO fraud has claimed as much as $1.2 billion from companies across the globe. More on this story and others at www.itsecurityguru.org @IT_SecGuru

In today's news: One of the biggest online black markets within the dark web, Agora, has been shut down by its operators due to security concerns, citing fears that their servers could be traceable through vulnerabilities in the Tor hidden services protocol. More IT security news at www.itsecurityguru.org @IT_SecGuru

In today's news: Web-based Git repository service GitHub has been under a distributed denial of service, or DDoS attack. The service's status page reported a 'brief capacity overload' before the site identified the DDoS attack on Tuesday morning. More IT security news at www.itsecurityguru.org @IT_SecGuru