The Information Commissioner's Office plans to quiz 50 large British businesses over whether they are complying with new rules to tell people about cookies on their sites, but does not envisage levying fines at first

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A branch of the UK Anonymous group called the ATeam has said it is using 'sophisticated' DDoS methods against the website of Information Commissioner's Office

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

McAfee has partnered with its parent company Intel on a scheme to improve the defence of critical infrastructure systems from cyberattacks

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Security researchers have reported a hidden backdoor in the ZTE Score M and Skate Android phones, which could give a hacker root access

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Apple has released a Flashback malware removal tool for users of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, having previously stopped support for that version of the operating system

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Facebook has put out an updated privacy policy with more details on cookies and targeted ads, but the changes it is proposing do not tackle all the problems, according to the Irish data protection commissioner

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After telling customers they would have to upgrade to Creative Suite 6 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash Professional to fix critical security flaws, Adobe has backtracked and is preparing to patch them for free

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Photoshop for Creative Suite 5 has a serious security flaw that Adobe is not going to patch, forcing security-conscious users to potentially pay hundreds of pounds to upgrade to Photoshop CS6

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A teenager has been arrested in Newcastle over alleged cyberattacks by the TeamPoison hacking group against Tony Blair and international law enforcement agencies

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The government will introduce a bill to intercept a wider range of internet communications, including those on social networks, and give police wider surveillance powers

(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)