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TOR Project: Stop using Windows, disable JavaScript

The TOR Project is advising that people stop using Windows after the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox that undermined the main advantages of the privacy-centered network. read more »

Phishing attacks show sudden drop as criminals use servers for DDoS

Phishing attacks appear to be falling back to their pre-2012 levels after the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) recorded a sudden 20 percent fall in activity for the first quarter of 2013. read more »

Jimmy Wales says David Cameron's porn filters are 'ridiculous'

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, a key technology adviser to prime minister David Cameron, has slammed the government's demand that ISPs should introduce porn filters by default, saying the move is "ridiculous". read more »

Twitter introduces 'in-tweet' abuse button after complaints

Twitter has revised its guidelines around abusive behavior following bomb and rape threats made against several prominent female users of the service in the U.K. read more »

Will Smith drops in to Defcon hacker conference

American actor Will Smith captured the attention of Defcon attendees when he showed up unexpectedly at the hacker conference on Sunday apparently to do research for an upcoming movie. read more »

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In Depth

Security Manager's Journal: Suddenly, our firewall audit can't wait

After a DDoS attack was discovered by chance, 'later this year' is too long to wait. read more »

Why we can't stop malicious insiders?

Security experts have been saying for years that insiders -- malicious, careless or simply unaware -- are a greater threat to organizations, both public and private, than hackers. read more »

Westminster View: Digital Government, rights and responsibilities

It is a terrible irony if, as the Government squabbled with itself over the breadth of its mishandled Communications Data Bill, some of its most contentious provisions were already in effect via the back door as Sharmi Chakrabati, director of human rights group Liberty puts it, through the no-longer secret US spy programme, PRISM. read more »

Seven essentials for defending against DDoS attacks

Go ahead and ask CSOs from the nation's largest banks about the myriad distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks they've experienced in recent months. They're not going to tell you anything. read more »

Adobe's first CSO: Hosted services security is top priority

Adobe Systems has appointed Brad Arkin, the company's senior director of security for products and services, to become its first CSO. With a mature product security program already in place, the top priorities for Adobe's new security chief are to strengthen the security of the company's hosted services and its internal infrastructure. read more »