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• Your secrets may not be safe with anonymous sharing app Secret

  26 Aug 2014: App startup cracks down on cyberbullying, but faces renewed scrutiny over security loopholes exploited by hackers. By Stuart Dredge

• PlayStation Network attacked by hacker group – Xbox may be next target

  25 Aug 2014: Rival hackers both claim to have brought down the PlayStation Network this weekend. The next target may well be Xbox Live. By Keith Stuart
  

• Records of up to 25,000 Homeland Security staff hacked in cyber-attack

  23 Aug 2014: Anonymous official says number could be even greater as department warns employees to check bank accounts

• What is it like for a small business when your website gets hacked?

  22 Aug 2014: 60% of British small businesses experienced a cyber security breach in 2013, and the after-effects can linger. By Elizabeth Rust

• Tony Abbott says phone hack did not compromise talks with Julie Bishop

  16 Aug 2014: The prime minister responds to a report the foreign minister’s phone was hacked saying sensitive discussions were secure

• US court orders son of Russian MP to be held on computer hacking charges

  16 Aug 2014: Roman Seleznev, arrested in the Maldives, must stay in custody on charges of stealing more than 2m credit card numbers

• Twitter suspends account which wrongly named Ferguson policeman

  15 Aug 2014: The Anonymous-related account, @TheAnonMessage, named an innocent man as the killer of Michael Brown. By Alex Hern

• Snowden: NSA accidentally caused Syria's internet blackout in 2012

  13 Aug 2014: NSA whistleblower tells Wired infiltration attempt went wrong, causing a mass outage for which the Syrian government and rebels blamed each other

• Hacking of Mail on Sunday journalists’ phones

  11 Aug 2014: Letter: Our journalists were victims of these crimes just as much as anyone else

• Animal hackers: War Kitteh sniffs out insecure Wi-fi networks

  11 Aug 2014: Def Con hacking convention showcases new security role for cats and dogs, but projects are no joke. By Tom Brewster

• Sophisticated 'Turla' hackers spying on European governments, say researchers

  7 Aug 2014: For six years, a mysterious and highly skilled group of hackers have been targeted governments across Europe and the US - and are still at large, say experts at Black Hat. By Tom Brewster

• Hacker makes $84k hijacking Bitcoin mining pool

  7 Aug 2014: Researchers investigated after their own Bitcoin mining pool was tapped, though how hackers accessed ISP infrastructure is still not known. By Tom Brewster

• A new colour for your Facebook profile? It's a scam

  7 Aug 2014: The ‘Facebook colour changer’ app has already hacked 10,000 people’s Facebook accounts, installing malicious software on their computers. By Samuel Gibbs

• Boot up: iKettles, Moto 360, Sam Sung Apple card and CryptopLocker keys

  7 Aug 2014: Plus, Foursquare 8.0, hotel Wi-Fi, US chip-and-pin and Facebook and Twitter ad crackdown. By Samuel Gibbs and Alex Hern

• One weird trick to beat the password thieves: stop worrying so much

  6 Aug 2014: Oliver Burkeman: After Russian hackers reportedly pulled off the biggest password heist in history, chilling out is the best revenge

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