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NSA in new SHOCK 'can see public data' SCANDAL!
What you say on Twitter doesn't stay on Twitter
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/30/nsa_in_shock_can_see_public_data_scandal/

HD More seeks crowd help for vuln scanning
Project Sonar combines tools, data and research
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/30/hd_more_seeks_crowd_help_for_vuln_scanning/

London schoolboy cuffed for BIGGEST DDOS ATTACK IN HISTORY
Bet his parents wish he'd been playing computer games
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/27/london_schoolboy_arrested_for_biggest_ddos_attack_in_history/

SIM card hacker: Bug is either 'a backdoor, gross negligence, or both'
Plus: Michael Gove wants to educate the yoof on how to swap sexting for
love poems
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/27/quote_of_the_week/

Boffins: Internet transit a vulnerability
Mirror, mirror on the port, is this something I can rort?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/26/boffins_internet_transit_a_vulnerability/

Icefog hit-and-run hackers uncovered in Asia
Less persistent but more focused targeted attacks hit hundreds
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/26/icefog_hit_and_run_apt_japan_south_korea/

Krebs: Lexis-Nexis, D&B and Kroll hacked
Data-stealing botnet found in aggregators' services
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/25/krebs_lexisnexis_db_and_kroll_hacked/

UK's Get Safe Online? 'No one cares' - run the blockbuster ads instead
Something like Jack Bauer's 24 ... whatever it'll take to teach kids
how to bat away hackers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/25/gets_safe_online_has_failed_to_change_behaviours/

Dodgy 'iMessage for Android' app deep-sixed by Google
Harvesting user credentials violates store policies
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/24/dodgy_imessage_for_android_app_deepsixed_by_google/

The NSA's hiring - and they want a CIVIL LIBERTIES officer
In other news, the Spanish Inquisition want an equal opprtunities
officer
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/24/nsa_privacy_officer/

UK.gov's e-Borders zombie still lurks under the English Channel
Blighty just can't seem to get it right on entry and exit controls
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/24/uk_surrounded_by_eborder_wreckage/

How I hacked SIM cards with a single text - and the networks DON'T CARE
US and Euro telcos won't act until crims do, white hat sniffs
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/23/white_hat_sim_hacker_disillusioned_and_dismayed_by_operator_response/

RSA: That NSA crypto-algorithm we put in our products? Stop using that
Encryption key tool was dodgy in 2007, and still dodgy now
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/23/rsa_crypto_warning/

Hardbitten NYC cops: Sir, I'm gonna need you to, er, upgrade to iOS 7
Yes, really
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/23/nypd_wants_new_yorkers_to_download_ios_7/

Java updates too much of a bother? Maybe online banking's just not for
you
There's a Trojan that's got your number, and it's calling its chums to
clean you out
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/23/caphaw_banking_trojan/


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