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Experts blame Apple for rise in Mac virus attacks

If Mac users think they are safe, they are very mistaken.

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Morrisons warns Facebook users of fake £250 voucher scam

Supermarket chain is the latest brand name to be used in Facebook scam

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Retailers call for police help as cost of online crime soars over £200m

Inadequate police response means many businesses see reporting crime as a waste of time

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Top 5 stories: Broadband speeds up, pirate jailed, Mars rover updates and more

A busy week in tech has seen a landmark jail sentence, upgrades on Mars and some big-name companies getting behind Windows 8

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British man sentenced to four years in jail for running file sharing website

Owner of Surfthechannel.com jailed for hosting links to pirated films and TV shows

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Wikileaks emails raise fears of global surveillance network

Alleged widespread use of surveillance technology developed by ex-CIA agents leads to concerns, while some label the reaction as hysteria

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Tilon Trojan latest malware to target UK and European banks

Sophisticated malware mutates to bypass security protection warns Trusteer

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Police will only investigate tweets amounting to 'serious harassment'

Chief constable says police need to take a 'common sense' approach to online abuse, after arrest of 17-year-old for posting offensive tweets

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Huge rise in staff theft of customer data from workplace

Fraud-prevention service says economic problems lead more employees to steal customer data leading to identity theft

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Antivirus vendor Symantec takes backstage role in web crime thriller

Creators of Norton range provide advice to new show from creators of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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Sussex Police operation to lure phone thieves shows people's good nature

Thieves don't prosper as public hand in 'lost' phones to staff in pubs and bars

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Yahoo hacked with nearly half a million passwords made public

People urged to change Yahoo passwords as hackers dump unencrpted passwords and account details online

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Rogue app found in Apple App Store and Google Play

Malware steals mobile phone contacts

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