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Do Not Track is based on the idea that user changes to default browser settings related to privacy should have an effect on the way service providers online handle personal data

According to a report, the security breach at credit card processing company Global Payments extends back even further than was previously believed and may affect more than seven million accounts

One hacker took over a Facebook account and received 12 months in jail while the other ran keylogging trojans and sold stolen credentials as a sideline to committing a series of burglaries; this earned 18 months in jail

The developers of the Bitcoin software have fixed a problem in the client that allowed users to perform DoS attacks on other user's nodes. Details of the nature of the vulnerability have not yet been disclosed

Following the release of 3.4.0 last week, the Apache Software Foundation has now detailed the security fixes in the new version of the open source productivity suite and said that it has already been downloaded more than one million times

The Pirate Bay fell under a DDoS attacks for which, an ex-Anonymous member has claimed responsibility while in an apparently unrelated DDoS attack Wikileaks was down for over 72 hours

The sudo developers have fixed a bug in the privilege elevating utility that would allow an attacker, under certain circumstances, to execute commands that they should not be able to access on the machine in question

RealNetworks is warning users about multiple security vulnerabilities in its RealPlayer media player application for Windows, one of which could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on a victim's system

When Avira's behaviour recognition module disabled important system processes after a Service Pack, the company issued an update to fix the problem. The catch: the update completely removes the behaviour recognition feature for the time being

Under the .secure gTLD, Artemis plans to create a form of high security zone on the internet that will offer trustworthy and secure services. Potential .secure services must meet various conditions

The headline feature of the new stable chrome is tab synchronisation, but Google has also slipped in an experimental version of Web Intents

Version 7.7.2 of QuickTime for Windows addresses a total of 17 security vulnerabilities in the media player, all of which could be could exploited by an attacker to crash the application or execute arbitrary code on a victim's system

Avira has fixed the problem in this week's Service Pack which resulted in the software blocking harmless processes. Affected users need to manually install an update to implement the fix

Avira's paid-for anti-virus software product is currently hanging users' computers and, in some cases, causing them not to boot. Users who have not yet installed the latest update should refrain from doing so

Avira's paid-for anti-virus software product is currently hanging users' computers and, in some cases, causing them not to boot. Users who have not yet installed the latest update should refrain from doing so

The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology has tested the security of several cloud storage services. It identified security problems in several areas, including encryption and data protection

Even though the operating system is no longer officially supported, Apple has published a standalone Flashback malware removal tool for computers running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, as well as a Security Update that disables older versions of the Adobe Flash Player

A security vulnerability on crowd-funding platform Kickstarter means that outsiders have been able to access details of unpublished projects. Kickstarter has reassured project backers that their personal data has not been affected

The web site of the text editor was breached last week. The attackers tried to harvest the Facebook account credentials of visitors and defaced the site. Downloads of the software do not seem to have been affected

Nearly one year after the last update arrived, Skype has issued a new hotfix release for Linux that includes a newer version of libpng, which closes a security hole