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• 29 May 2013

• News: Telenor hopes to encourage phone recycling by erasing data more securely

  Norwegian operator Telenor will use special software to ensure that all personal and sensitive content is deleted from smartphones and tablets handed in by users for recycling, a change it hopes will result in fewer customers holding on to their old devices.

• News: Signature-Based Endpoint Security on Its Way Out

  Signature-based blacklisting security technologies are losing the battle against malware, says McAfee, which has streamlined its endpoint security offerings to two suites that it says provide next-generation security for all endpoints, whether PCs, tablets or ATMs.

• News: Phishing gang jailed for plundering woman's £1 million life savings

  A heartless phishing gang that stole and frittered a British woman's entire £1 million ($1.6 million) life savings on items including "gold and cheeseburgers" have been handed heavy sentences by a judge at London's Southwark Crown Court.

• News: IPS market to grow on back of worry over APT attacks

  The market for Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) will continue to grow on the back of more advanced designs and rising anxiety about the threat posed by advanced persistent threats (APTs), Frost & Sullivan has said.

• News: Microsoft moving bot-busting fight to the cloud

  Microsoft said Tuesday that it has moved its botnet-fighting capabilities to the cloud, a step that will make its response teams both faster and more effective in fighting hijacked PCs.

• News: IPS market to grow on back of worry over APT attacks

  The market for Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) will continue to grow on the back of more advanced designs and rising anxiety about the threat posed by advanced persistent threats (APTs), Frost & Sullivan has said.

• News: Spear phishing paves road for Advanced Persistent Threats

  Specialized spam can be more than it seems -- it sets up a beachhead for malware mischief

• News: Ludlam, Brandis clash on privacy in cyber debate

  Federal senators disagreed over the appropriate balance between national security and privacy laws in a debate at CeBIT today.

• News: Privacy Commissioner backs mandatory data breach notification

  The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, has said he supports the introduction of mandatory data breach notification laws in Australia – outlined by Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus – and has done so since they were first proposed in 2008 by the Australian Law Reform.

• News: New privacy laws requiring data breach notification to be introduced in Parliament

  Business and government agencies will be required to notify people when a data breach affecting their privacy occurs, according to new privacy laws that will be introduced in Parliament shortly, Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, has said.

• News: Amazon Web Services integrates with Google, Facebook for easier logins

  Using a new API announced by Amazon Web Services, developers can use Amazon.com, Facebook, or Google's sign-in systems for their cloud-based apps.

• News: Hackers exploit Ruby on Rails vulnerability to compromise servers, create botnet

  Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Ruby on Rails Web application development framework in order to compromise Web servers and create a botnet.

• News: Xbox One could spy on your living room

  Microsoft could use its Xbox One console to monitor users' viewing habits.

• News: Anonymous member pleads guilty to Stratfor hack

  A former member of a band of hackers faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a single computer hacking charge.

• News: PayPal says it will recognize under-18 security researchers

  A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding a vulnerability in its website.

• News: Kiwis concerned about govt data breaches - Unisys survey

  New Zealanders show a high level of concern about loss of their private data by government and the financial industry, according to the latest Unisys Security Index findings.

• 28 May 2013

• News: Liberty Reserve bust hits cybercriminals where it hurts

  Shutting down what is believed to be the biggest online money laundering organization will make it a lot harder for cybercriminals to operate

• News: Harvard dean who okayed secret faculty email search steps down

  Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds, who last month acknowledged authorizing a secret search of email belonging to several residential deans at the school, will step down from her position July 1.

• News: 91% of targeted attacks start with spear-phishing email

  Ninety-one percent of targeted attacks start with spear- phishing email, according to a newly released research by Trend Micro.

• Test Centre: Group test: what's the best security software?

  We've exhaustively tested every major internet security suite. Here we present the top 5.

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