
Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster is currently an associate editor at Forbes and an award-winning journalist who covers cyber security, surveillance, and privacy. Starting his career at ITPro as a staff writer and working up to a senior staff writer role, Tom has been covering the tech industry for more than ten years and is considered one of the leading journalists in his specialism. Between his roles at ITPro and Forbes, Tom has also assumed the position of deputy editor at TechWeekEurope and worked as a freelance journalist for nine years, securing bylines in other leading technology publications.
He is a proud alum of the University of Sheffield where he secured an undergraduate degree in English Literature before undertaking a certification from General Assembly in web development. You can read his work here at ITPro, over at Forbes, and sign up for his newsletter, The Wiretap, to learn about how surveillance is used in the real world, as well as containing all the security and privacy news worth knowing.
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Researchers uncover Duqu’s secret language
News Duqu, the malware created by the same team as Stuxnet, uses its own special language to communicate with its operators, Kaspersky finds.
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Three reasons to care about the third-generation iPad
News It might not be called the iPad 3, but we give you three reasons to care about the tablet despite yesterday's underwhelming launch.
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Apple launches 'new iPad'
News The new iPad comes with 4G support, a retina display and a fresh, powerful processor.
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BT remains unhappy as Ofcom sets reduced Openreach prices
News The regulator cuts the amount Openreach can charge for its wholesale infrastructure, as BT considers an appeal.
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Mass injection wave whacks WordPress webpages
News Websense wonders why wily wrongdoers were whacking WordPress websites.
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AntiSec defaces Panda Security sites in LulzSec backlash
News After the FBI charges five men and Sabu is alleged to be an informant, Panda Security sites are targeted by AntiSec.
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Trustwave agrees to buy M86 Security
News The deal will see M86's real-time zero-day protection products in the hands of new owners.
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3 plans to end out-of-bundle charges
News The operator says its new deals will end data shocks for good.
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UPDATED: LulzSec leader betrays clan as arrests made
News Sabu has reportedly been working undercover for the FBI following an arrest last year.
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BT and TalkTalk DEA appeals denied
News The ISPs go back to the drawing board after their appeals against parts of the DEA are rejected.
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Why IT should worry about Android app data sharing
News Android and iOS apps are sending out data to parties that users have no knowledge of, making IT's job of locking down business information that much harder.
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Apple App Store surpasses 25bn download milestone
News As Apple prepares to introduce the iPad 3, the 25 billionth App Store application is downloaded.
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US files Kim Dotcom extradition papers
News The US wants Kim Dotcom and three of his Megaupload associates to face charges on American turf.
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UK court throws out Google libel case
News The High Court says Google cannot be held accountable for comments posted on its blogging service.
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Q&A: Symantec’s CISO on the source code hack
In-depth We chat with Symantec's CISO to talk about what happened during and after the source code leak saga earlier this year.
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Symantec: Security on a chip is a dead duck right now
News Symantec has a dig at rival McAfee's security on a chip concept at RSA 2012, questioning DeepSAFE's very worth.
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RSA: Back from the breach?
In-depth Reporting from RSA 2012, Tom Brewster looks at how well EMC's security division has come back from the infamous 2011 attack.
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Symantec releases a slice of O3 cloud security
News Just a third of the overall O3 package from Symantec is ready, with the rest coming at some point this year.
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RSA's Art Coviello: Security industry going through hell
News A year after the hack on RSA, Art Coviello says the entire security industry has been going through 'hell.'
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RSA and Zscaler concocting cloud authentication cure
News RSA forms a partnership with Zscaler to bring better authentication for app use outside the enterprise.
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Security giants go cloud crazy with RSA launches
News HP and RSA are two of the biggest firms launching cloudy products on the first day of the major security conference.
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Qualys brings IronBee WAF to life
News The security vendor is to release the beta of its open source WAF in April this year.
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Skype hits Windows Phone 7
News Microsoft gets its VoIP baby onto its operating system, following the $8.5 billion acquisition.
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BT PIA fibre broadband product fails to attract bidders
News Despite a price drop and an apparently successful trial, no one has yet bid for BT's PIA fibre product.
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