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• Copyright warning issued for public Wi-Fi network operators

  The Communications Alliance has released a guide for public Wi-Fi network operators which warns that operators could be subject to litigation by copyright holders if there is evidence network users have illegally downloaded material. The guide also highlights operators’ responsibilities to keep users secure.

• Information of U.S. federal employees exposed

  A hack in July last year of a computer used by third-party services provider Serco to support the Thrift Savings Plan run by the U.S. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board resulted in unauthorized access to the personal information of about 123,201 TSP participants and payees, FRTIB said Friday.

• Mayor of New Jersey town arrested on hacking and conspiracy charges

  The mayor of West New York, New Jersey, was arrested together with his son on Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a website that criticized him and his administration.

• Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

• Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

• Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

  The story "Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches," posted on the wire Thursday, incorrectly stated the location of Onapsis in the second paragraph.

• Telstra IaaS platform gets ISO certification

  Telstra's (ASX:TLS) full infrastructure-as-a-service platform has been classified as compliant with the ISO27001 international standard for information security management.

• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates

  A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates.

• European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

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• Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

  Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

• Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

  More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

• CeBIT 2012: NAB calls for mobile app security overhaul

  Mobile malware targeting the financial services industry will continue to rise unless companies do a better job of testing apps and educating users according to National Australia Bank (NAB) head of mobile and emerging technologies, Ben Forsyth.

• Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services

  Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months.