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Graham Cluley: When Apple rolled out an updated version of Mac OS X this week I grumbled about the lack of informationregarding what (if anything) was being fixed security-wise. It turns out that my attention was entirely focused in the wrong direction. Rather than worrying about the OS X update, I should have been more concerned about the simultaneously-released new update for the Mac edition of iTunes, version 11.2.

Huffington Post: Under pressure from Prime Minister David Cameron and other British officials, major UK Internet service providers are now requiring customers to opt-in or out of Internet filters that affect every device in the home. And, starting this week, most public Wi-Fi networks in the UK will have porn filters so kids can't get around parental protections when away from home and adults can't access porn with their coffee at public places.    

The Next Web: Identity theft security firm LifeLockhas pulled its popular Wallet app from availability and taken the unusual step of deleting all data stored by current users after it deemed the app non-compliant with security standards. “We have determined that certain aspects of the mobile app may not be fully compliant with payment card industry (PCI) security standards,” says LifeLock CEO and Chairman Todd Davis in a blog post announcing the move.”For that reason, we are removing...

Security Affairs: Experts at Symantec have discovered that behind the Elderwood Platform there is a still active group which is providing Zero-Day exploit used recently. Do you remember theElderwood  project? It was September 2012 when Symantec security firm published an analysis that demonstrate the link between a series of cyber attacks against more than 30 companies and the cyber espionage campaign conducted on Google three years before, so-called Operation Aurora.  

Infosecurity Magazine: NGO alleges British spooks deliberately broke Europeans' right to privacy and freedom of expression. Emboldened by its recent court victory over HMRC, NGO Privacy International has launched a legal bid to stop GCHQ unlawfully snooping on its citizens.  

Russia Today: The Federal Bureau of Investigation will aggressively crack down on cyber crime over the next few weeks, with a bureau official advising the public to anticipate indictments, searches, and multiple arrests. Robert Anderson Jr. told the Reuters Cybersecurity Summit in Washington on Wednesday that the bureau has revamped its focus on cyber crime and will show a “much more offensive side” to its enforcement efforts soon.  

SC Magazine - A libertarian website's server was hacked yesterday after the start of its fundraising drive. Foreign attackers allegedly took down Antiwar.com early Wednesday morning, according to the website. Antiwar.com devotes itself to “non-interventionism” and dedicates itself to libertarian principles and news. The group suggested that the fundraising drive had something to do with the timing of the hack and directed blame at the National Security Agency. Later, however, “foreign hackers” were attributed to...

Techworld - The service lost 280 million dogecoins and has recovered 120 million. An online wallet for the dog-themed cryptocurrency dogecoin said Thursday it lost 280 million coins, worth about US$130,000, after attackers gained access to its virtual machines on Sunday. DogeVault said it likely also lost its database containing user account information, but its passwords were encrypted using a "strong one-way hashing algorithm."  

The Telegraph - A dedicated network for the 'Internet of Things' will begin rolling out across the UK next year, in order to support the growing number of connected devices in British homes and communities. According to some forecasts, there will be 50 billion connected devices worldwide by 2020, ranging from smart energy meters, and washing machines that can be controlled remotely, to wearable devices that monitor you health and fitness.  

ITWorld - Further investigation into an exploit kit known as "Elderwood" shows the attackers using it are more numerous and possibly better funded than previously thought, according to new research from Symantec. Elderwood is a hacking platform that has attack code which abuses software vulnerabilities in programs such as Adobe Systems' Flash multimedia program and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in order to spy on computers.