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Whistleblowers, crime victims laid bare by 'Anon splinter group' The identities of more than 15,000 South Africans who reported crimes or provided tip-offs to the police have been exposed following an attack on a SAPS (South African Police Service) website.…

Veteran plod 'blew $4k on romanta-rival logins' A New York detective allegedly hired hackers to spy on 19 fellow cops and at least 11 others - apparently in a bid to discover if any of them were sleeping with his ex.…

Plus Churchill and Stalin had a massive drinkathon in Moscow Intelligence files kept hidden for nearly 80 years have shown that the British government was bugging King Edward VIII's phones in the days leading up to his abdication.…

APT1 team 'retooling' as they lick their wounds - report The infamous APT1 cyberespionage crew is diminished but not defeated following its public exposure three months ago.…

PNL bug still leaving door open to hackers - security bod Security expert Raul Siles has warned that years after it was first identified, the Preferred Networks List (PNL) Wi-Fi bug remains unaddressed on many an iPhone, Android phone, and Windows or BlackBerry handset.…

The Arena Pernambuco was unveiled on 20 May with a kickabout between workers involved in its construction, with President Dilma Rousseff looking on.

Captain of Central African Republic, Eloge Enza-Yamissi speaks to FIFA.com about their quest to salvage their Brazil 2014 qualifying campaign

In the build-up to the UEFA Champions League final, FIFA.com spoke exclusively to Bayern Munich and Germany captain Philipp Lahm, who also looked ahead to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.

The venue for the first game of the FIFA Confederations Cup and seven matches at Brazil 2014 - the Estadio Nacional de Brasilia Mane Garrincha - was officially opened on Saturday.

FIFA.com and FIFA TV are pleased to present the 12th episode of the official 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Video Magazine.

Argentina have called Lionel Messi into the squad for the upcoming Brazil 2014 qualifiers despite the Barcelona forward missing the past few matches with a hamstring injury.

Lyon were denied their third consecutive UEFA Women's Champions League title after Wolfsburg shocked the French favourites with a 1-0 win, which also secured a historic treble for the German side.

With 11 member of Luiz Felipe Scolari’s FIFA Confederations Cup squad, plus the likes of Alexandre Pato, Diego Forlan, Ronaldinho and Clarence Seedorf on show, the Brasileirao 2013 promises much.

Ahead of Thursday's UEFA Women's Champions League final, FIFA.com caught up with Lyon coach Patrice Lair and midfielder Louis Necib to discuss Lyon's impressive winning streak and the team's mentality behind their success.

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter talks about his expectations for the 63rd FIFA Congress, as well as the UEFA Champions League Final and the forthcoming FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

If you've been waiting for Ultima Forever, the new iOS version of Ultima from EA, then it's here for you (kind of). The app has been spotted over on the Canadian App Store, and if you have an account over there, you can go and download it right now. The Canadian App Store is often used as a b ...

With WWDC just around the corner, time is running low. Have you ordered new business cards for the event? If you're looking for something a little more interesting than a plain white rectangle, there are lots of options out there. Moo is well known for their rounded-corner high-quality cards ...

Passbook users rejoice, as life is about to get a little easier. Skycore has announced support for cross-carrier delivery of Passbook passes via MMS. That means in the near future you will be able to send friends and family tickets, coupons, and gift cards via a simple text message, and have th ...

We first looked at Disk Drill from Clever Files back in 2011. Now in its 2.0 release, this app continues to help prevent data loss by enabling you to recover lost files that you've already deleted. The app goes beyond searching your garbage pail. This is meant for users who have already emptie ...

We looked at the original Halftone app for iOS a couple of years ago and were impressed. The app has been completely rewritten and is more touch oriented , supporting vector graphics for smooth insertion of picture elements. Halftone 2, which is iPad-only and was released today, lets you impor ...

President Obama defends the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants, and a campaign that has made America safer.

Hezbollah's support for Assad hardens European attitudes

A man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack tells a court he is not a paedophile.

The UK names the soldier killed in a machete attack on a London street on Wednesday and says two more people have been arrested.

A Russian court denies parole to a hunger-striking member of punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, despite calls for her to be freed.

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EUROPA REPORT follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter's moon Europa to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system. When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean could exist underneath Europa's icy surface and may contain single-celled life, Europa Ventures, a p ...

From above the world of Cars comes Disney's Planes, an action-packed 3D animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty (voice of Dane Cook), a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing, and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a ...

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled ...

Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was th ...

Two bartenders try to achieve their dreams through bartending. An injured Marine turns his goals to becoming a principal bartender at the best cocktail bar in the world. A young man leaves his white-collar job to buy the corner bar in his hometown years later he struggles to keep afloat. The bar ...

We're proud to say that at this evening's 2013 Information Security awards at the AusCERT conference in Australia, Sophos scooped the "Protector Award" with its Sophos RED product. Paul Ducklin says, "Well done" to the techies behind the technology...

John Hawes argued that what's needed is carefully considered defensive strategies combined with fast responses to new, unforeseen vulnerabilities. Sadly when government and big business intersect, pragmatism and speedy reactions are rarely in evidence.

John Hawes argued that what's needed is carefully considered defensive strategies combined with fast responses to new, unforeseen vulnerabilities. Sadly when government and big business intersect, pragmatism and speedy reactions are rarely in evidence.

Twitter's new two factor authentication system will be welcomed by some users, but ignored by others who will find it a nuisance. Notably, it's unlikely to be much use at all to media companies who have suffered at the hands of hackers, as Graham Cluley explains.

Twitter's new two factor authentication system will be welcomed by some users, but ignored by others who will find it a nuisance. Notably, it's unlikely to be much use at all to media companies who have suffered at the hands of hackers, as Graham Cluley explains.

Last week, we hosted over 100 guests at a summit meeting for VP9, the WebM Project’s next-generation open video codec. We were particularly happy to welcome our friends from YouTube, who spoke about their plans to support VP9 once support lands in Chrome. As discussed at the summit, we’re putti ...

Giddy up! Exciting things are happening with codec development here at the WebM Project. Of particular note is our recent announcement of an agreement with MPEG LA and eleven patent holders for a royalty-free license in support of VP8. Now that the distractions of the MPEG LA licensing initia ...

It's great to read supportive statements like this one from Jeff Jaffe stemming from our recent announcement of an agreement with MPEG LA and eleven patent holders for a royalty-free license in support of the VP8 video codec.

Today Google Inc. and MPEG LA, LLC announced agreements that will result in MPEG LA ending its efforts to form a VP8 patent pool. The arrangement with MPEG LA and 11 patent owners grants a license to Google and allows Google to sublicense any techniques that may be essential to VP8 and are owne ...

The Wikimedia Foundation — the awesome folks behind Wikipedia — has deployed an advanced HTML5 media player across its network of award-winning websites. The player accepts audio and video in the royalty-free formats associated with WebM and Ogg. Developed in collaboration with Kaltura and bu ...

John Hawes argued that what's needed is carefully considered defensive strategies combined with fast responses to new, unforeseen vulnerabilities. Sadly when government and big business intersect, pragmatism and speedy reactions are rarely in evidence.

Twitter's new two factor authentication system will be welcomed by some users, but ignored by others who will find it a nuisance. Notably, it's unlikely to be much use at all to media companies who have suffered at the hands of hackers, as Graham Cluley explains.

A NYPD detective has been arrested for hiring an email hacking service to pinch the login details for at least 43 personal email accounts and one cell phone belonging to at least 30 individuals.

With a cybercrime plan as poorly thought out as this, maybe it's no wonder the Soviet Union didn't survive.

Little blue boxes from Tiffany & Co. are the stuff of dreams for many. Don't let an unexpected email delivery - apparently from the company - make you so giddy with an excitement that you end up with a computer nightmare.

For those who couldn’t attend the live webcast, today we’re publishing the May 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page.  We fielded 13 questions on various topics during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing primarily on Internet Explorer (MS ...

Today, we are releasing 10 bulletins, addressing 33 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Before we get into the details, we wanted to first let our enterprise customers know about a change in how we’re communicating technical details within our security advisories. Starting today, custom ...

Today we’re providing Advance Notification of 10 bulletins for release on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. This release brings two Critical and eight Important-class bulletins, which address 34 unique vulnerabilities. The Critical-rated bulletins address issues in Microsoft Windows and Internet Expl ...

We have updated Security Advisory 2847140 to include an easy, one-click Fix it to address the known attack vectors. The Fix it is available to all customers and helps prevent known attacks that leverage the vulnerability to execute code and should not affect your ability to browse the Web. Addit ...

Today, we released Security Advisory 2847140 regarding an issue that impacts Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 6, 7, 9 and 10 are not affected by the vulnerability. This issue allows remote code execution if users browse to a malicious website with an affected browser. This would typically ...