A US Senate Committee has produced a 140+ page report analyzing the operation and achievements of the hugely expensive fusion center programme – and is far from satisfied with what it finds.

Hackers who employ the man-in-the-browser (MiTB) gambit to steal information from computer systems have found a way to more efficiently cast their net. According to researchers at Trusteer, a new strain of MiTB malware can adopt a “one-size-fits-all” approach to collecting compromising data from websites, eliminating the time-consuming process of parsing through specific logs for the sensitive bits.

The latest move by rightsholders in Portugal in the ongoing war against file sharers has backfired dramatically: the Portuguese Prosecutor has declared that P2P file-sharing for personal use is not illegal.

This weekend saw a leaflet paperstorm in London, with masked anons handing out flyers proclaiming #OpVendetta slated for 5th November in London. Led by Anonymous UK and Ireland, it is, we are told, “the biggest Anonymous protest in the UK” yet seen.

More than 4.5 million DSL modems have been hacked in Brazil by exploiting a vulnerability in the firmware. All affected modems used a chip from Broadcom.

The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee is about to get a new member, from a company with a strong public sector presence: President Obama intends to appoint Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES) President John Stratton to the NSTAC.

Hacktivist collective Team GhostShell is continuing its mission of drawing attention to what it perceives as societal ills, with a hack of data servers at top-rated universities across the globe.

ICANN is in the process of renegotiating the basis of the WHOIS database. Last week it reported that it “and the registrars are much closer to reaching a negotiated position on Whois verification and data retention.” But now Europe has said you can’t do that – it’s illegal.

Microsoft will be fined for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling from the EU, which had objected to the way the company was using its dominant operating system position to the advantage of its own browser.

Level 3 Communications has launched a new global security solutions portfolio meant to provide an integrated approach for enterprises, encompassing layered security services, Level 3's communications networking and professional services. The solutions will be rolled out in a managed services environment.

Indiana University and the US Navy have created an experimental Android spyware trojan that takes over a device’s camera to take photos and build a 3-D model of the mobile user’s surroundings. The information is then gathered and uploaded to a central server.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA have issued their Cloud Market Maturity report, outlining the top 10 issues with cloud adoption by businesses. They found that confidence is lowest in government regulation as a factor in driving or securing the market.