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'Honey trap' hackers stole Syria rebel plans

'Honey trap' hackers stole Syria rebel plans

3 Feb 2015

Thai junta chief defends controversial cyber law plans

Thai junta chief defends controversial cyber law plans

29 Jan 2015

Email scam nets $214m in 14 months: FBI

Email scam nets $214m in 14 months: FBI

23 Jan 2015

Kim Jong-Un - not crying, but he won't like the 'crying pig' reference. (Image extracted from YouTube)

Pro-IS hackers hijack Facebook page linked to North Korea airline

15 Jan 2015

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

31 Dec 2014

Facebook was ordered to reveal the IP addresses of two fake accounts used to post revealing revenge porn photographs taken of a woman in Tokyo. Image:

Facebook ordered to reveal revenge porn IP addresses

22 Oct 2014

Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab is due to go on trial on 29 October for sending out Tweets that allegedly insulted the Sunni royal family. Image:

Trial for 'insulting tweets' starts in Bahrain

21 Oct 2014

Mark Zuckerberg wants to help India get more people online. He is offering his assistance to India's Prime Minister Nahendra Modi. Image:

Zuckerberg's plan to get India online

10 Oct 2014

Thousands of students protesting in Hong Kong were tear-gassed by police last week. Then hacking group Anonymous threatened to sabotage "all government websites" and now five hackers have been arrested and detained. Image:

Five alleged hackers arrested in Hong Kong

7 Oct 2014

Much-mourned journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a desert by Jihadists. Videos and images are actively being deleted from social media platforms but appear again as new accounts are created. Image:

Jihadists use social media to recruit followers, spread fear

21 Aug 2014

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have been a victim of illegal phone-tapping by Istanbul police investigators. Image: Wikipedia

100 Turkish police arrested for phone-tapping

24 Jul 2014

MtGox's Chief Executive has refused to travel to the USA, fearing further prosecution after the exchange failed and investors lost million before the company went bankrupt. Image:

Angry investors demand Bitcoin answers from MtGox

24 Jul 2014

Media claim iPhone is a threat to national security

Media claim iPhone is a threat to national security

14 Jul 2014

Chinese hackers accessed US govt computers: report

Chinese hackers accessed US govt computers: report

11 Jul 2014

Bolo Bhi's Founder Sana Saleem says Pakistan is even blocking content on breast cancer from Wikipedia. Image:

'Blasphemous' content restored in Pakistan

19 Jun 2014

"Efforts to contain freedom of speech become subjective," says Human Rights Watch Director Meenakshi Ganguly. Image:

India's 'Peace Force' launches Facebook clean-up mission

18 Jun 2014

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is protected from royal slurs under lese majeste. Image:

Thai military search online for royal slurs

17 Jun 2014

Universal's Max Hole says that music streaming is likely to change the way that music is distributed to consumers worldwide. Image:

Music streaming gives record companies a boost

23 May 2014

A woman in the US has been accused of extorting money from a Detroit businessman over text messages and images in her possession. Image:

Dozens held in Philippines over global 'sextortion' ring

5 May 2014

Huawei's Eric Xu has vowed to step up security to protect the company and its modem users from security hacking. Image: Huawei.

China's Huawei vows security after alleged US hacks

1 Apr 2014

Turkey labels YouTube leak a pre-election 'plot'

Turkey labels YouTube leak a pre-election 'plot'

1 Apr 2014

Internet transition to IPv6 accelerating

Internet transition to IPv6 accelerating

1 Apr 2014

Roland Sladek says Huawei has been "invaded" by the NSA. Image: LinkedIn

China's Huawei condemns NSA spying

25 Mar 2014

Accused computer hacker, Farid Essebar has been arrested in Thailand. Image:

Thailand arrests infamous hacker wanted by Switzerland

19 Mar 2014

iranian Minister Ali Janati admits that Facebook can't remained blocked forever. Image:

Minister admits Iran cannot block Facebook forever

3 Mar 2014

Greatfire.org says that Microsoft's Bing search engine is censoring its Chinese language search results. Image: Greatfire.org

Bing accused of Chinese-language censorship

13 Feb 2014

Hong Kong's largest prostitution website - supposedly closed down by police - is still running. Image: berc

City's largest prostitution website 'paralysed' say police

6 Dec 2013

Iranian politicians use social media even though it is banned in Iran. One rule for politicians, another for ordinary people. Image: Bloomua

Police chief slams use of social media by Iranian officials

3 Dec 2013

Anti-Australia protests in Indonesia as ex-spy chief hits out

Anti-Australia protests in Indonesia as ex-spy chief hits out

26 Nov 2013

Growing threat of cybercrime in Asia Pacific region. Image:

Hackers expose Asia's weak cyber defences

11 Nov 2013