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Privacy watchdog takes softly-softly approach over compliance with cookie law

Information Commissioner's Office says being heavy-handed with companies that don't comply with new law initially would be inappropriate

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Government websites may not comply with new cookie law

Cabinet Office admits many Government department websites will fail to comply with amendment to PECR

  • Law
  • 17/05/2012
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Android users are a "lucrative target" for cyber criminals

Security company F-Secure's latest mobile-threat report shows worrying trend towards more sophisticated and complex malicious software attacks on Android devices

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Scams disguise malicious software as apps says Bitdefender

Cybercriminals are setting up get-rich-quick websites that download malicious software disguised as apps

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Government ploughs ahead with widely criticised 'snooping charter'

Access to all communications data is essential for purposes of anti-terorism and crime detection, says the Government, despite privacy concerns about the Communications Bill

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SOCA website hit by DDoS attack

Policy agency's website taken down by hackers

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Lookout warns of Android drive by download attack

Security company warns that infected websites are downloading a new Android Trojan

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Anti-piracy proposals would 'breach EU privacy laws'

Data watchdog warns that ACTA would break European Convention on Human Rights

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Scrambls browser plug-in offers free message encryption service

People can encrypt messages posted on social media sites, emails to protect privacy

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Trading Standards campaign urges victims of fraud to report scams

Consumer watchdogs launch scamnesty month to encourage victims to come forward

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Web users face blackout as FBI shuts down rogue DNS servers

Users infected by the DNS Changer malicious software may lose internet access unless they change DNS settings before the FBI turns off servers used by the criminals

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Serious Organised Crime Agency shuts down 36 criminal websites

UK law enforcement agency's joint operation with FBI and US Department of Justice could prevent more than £500m in fraud

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Study finds cyber crime at record levels costing the UK billions

PricewaterhouseCoopers study makes grim reading with companies showing their security procedures need tightening

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