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A young MIT student has invented a new system for storing data which could offer protection against unscrupulous colleagues - and even against the hi-tech tentacles of government organizations with “back doors” into corporate servers.

Bitcoin’s developers have released a new version of the software, which includes a long-awaited fix for the “transaction malleability” bug which is said to have brought down the Mt Gox exchange - and Mt Gox staff have 'found' 200,000 BTC in an abandoned wallet in the exchange.

Starting today, Gmail will use an encrypted HTTPS connection to check or send email, regardless of what platform users employ to access the service - and will use security measures when moving mails internally, citing fears over government snooping.

The Target breach, and in particular the role of respected security blogger Brian Krebs in breaking the story, has been optioned as a feature film by Sony. The studio bought the rights to the New York Times article, "Reporting From the Web’s Underbelly," with a view to creating a "cyber thriller."

Facebook’s ‘Deepface’ photo-matching software can now ‘recognize’ human faces with an accuracy just a fraction of a percentage point behind human beings - a huge leap forward in the technology, with some potentially alarming implications for privacy.

Spyware which stealthily takes photographs using Google Glass’s built-in camera and uploads them to a remote server without the user being aware has been demonstrated successfully on the eyepiece - despite Google’s policies explicitly forbidding such programs.

Malware researchers at ESET have uncovered a widespread cybercriminal operation that has seized control of tens of thousands of Unix servers. Learn more about how to check your systems for compromise, and prevent innocent computer users from being attacked.

More than 80% of business leaders do not feel fully prepared for the effects of a major cyber incident, according to a new survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit - despite 77% of companies having faced such incidents in the past two years.