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Turkey arrests 32 Anonymous hackers for DDOS attacks
Turkey responded to the hacking group Anonymous with 32 arrests following attacks on government websites, according to the country's state-run news...
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Is it time for RSA to open up about SecurID hack?
For any company that makes its living selling security, it's a nightmare come true. This week, RSA Security admitted that hackers who broke into its...
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When LulzSec attacks: A survivor's story
Security start-up Unveillance fell prey to LulzSec. In this interview, founder Karim Hijazi talks about how the hack unfolded and what lessons he...
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Spanish police arrest three members of Anonymous
Spanish police said Friday they arrested three members of the Anonymous hacking group who allegedly directed attacks on banks, government websites...
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Feds seize Swiss bank account of scareware mogul
Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony...
Facebook may have privacy battle on two fronts
Facebook said it's working with European Union regulators to resolve criticism about its new facial recognition feature, but trouble may also be...
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Reports: Citigroup breached, customer credit-card info stolen
Citigroup has acknowledged that hackers broke into its network and stole credit-card information related to tens of thousands of customers in North...
Police: Mac technician installed spyware to photograph women
He was hired to fix their computers, but police say that Trevor Harwell instead installed spyware software that took candid photos of his clients in...
Facebook stirs privacy ire with facial recognition
Facebook's move to enable facial recognition across its entire social networking site is raising some eyebrows - and possibly some legal woes -- over...
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Penn. school district hit with new Mac spying lawsuit
A former student at a suburban Philadelphia high school has sued his school district for allegedly spying on him and his family using a school-issued...
Greek police arrest teen on hacking charges
Police in Greece have arrested an 18-year-old Athens man on suspicion of hacking into the Interpol website and other government sites in the U.S. and...
Microsoft pursues botnet herders via Russian newspapers
Microsoft has placed quarter-page notifications in two Russian newspapers, a legal formality required as part of its ongoing lawsuit in the U.S....
Ohio man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit software
An Ohio man faces prison time on mail fraud and copyright infringement charges for selling counterfeit software on eBay.
Four indicted in $1.5M ATM skimming operation
Three Romanian men and one Austrian man were indicted on Monday by U.S. federal prosecutors for allegedly stealing more than US$1.5 million by...
Insider's view into Web application abuse: 5 phases of an attack
With congressional hearings on data theft following the Sony PlayStation data breach of 100 million records, and news from companies such as Epsilon,...
Canada blocks extradition of Cisco suspect
A Canadian judge has blocked the extradition of a former Cisco Systems executive and slammed that company and U.S. authorities for allegedly duping...
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IRS: Top 10 things every taxpayer should know about identity theft
As part of a look at the impact of identity theft and the Internal Revenue Service, watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office issued the IRS'...
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Top 10 things every taxpayer should know about identity theft
As part of a look at the impact of identity theft and the Internal Revenue Service, watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office issued the IRS'...
Microsoft prepares to out Rustock operators
In its next legal step, the software giant will publish information on the suspected masterminds behind the Rustock botnet.
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Not even security managers immune to FakeAV infection
Can you believe it? As I sat down this morning to write this column, I got hit by a drive-by download of FakeAV.