Misco Euro crime agency takes down banking botnet Ramnit. The European police agency's Cybercrime Centre, coordinating the operation, worked with investigators from the UK, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, as well as technology companies Microsoft, Symantec and AnubisNetworks.
Financial Times Obama seeks reboot of China cyber laws. US President Barack Obama has lashed out at new Chinese cyber security regulations, elevating the increasingly contentious issue to the top of the two countries’ bilateral agenda.
Computer Weekly GCHQ opens applications for cyber security summer school. UK intelligence agency GCHQ is inviting applications to a 10-week cyber security summer school in an initiative to keep the UK safe and identify prospective recruits. According to the Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report, more than one million positions for information security professionals remain unfilled around the world.
Computer Weekly Cyber crime: what every business needs to know. Ask anyone involved in fighting cyber crime on a daily basis about what businesses should know, and the first thing they will say is that no organisation is immune. The second most frequently raised point is that no business can afford to ignore cyber crime, which is estimated to cost the global economy around $445bn a year.
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Total Telecom Telco CEOs see urgent need for privacy, data security. Chief executives from some of Europe's biggest operators opened Mobile World Congress on Monday with an urgent call for policy makers to safeguard citizens' data privacy and digital security.
BBC News Fingerprint sensor revealed by Qualcomm at MWC
The Snapdragon Sense ID 3D Fingerprint Technology is the latest product from US chipmaker Qualcomm. The firm says its ultrasonic sound wave-based solution can scan through sweat, hand lotion and condensation. Experts say it has the potential to outclass Apple's Touch ID.
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