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Google and Mozilla Disable Flash Over Security Concerns
Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome browsers blocked old versions Adobe's animation software -- often used to play online videos -- following news reports that hackers were using a security bug to take over peoples' computers.
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Citi To Pay $700 Million To Consumers Over Illegal Credit Card Practices
Citibank has agreed to pay $700 million to consumers who were hurt by deceptive and illegal credit card practices, plus $70 million in fines, regulators said on Tuesday. Some 8.8 million consumers were allegedly impacted by deceptive marketing and billing for credit card services and add-on products like debt protection and credit monitoring, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. For [...]
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Hacking ring accused of making $100M on stolen news releases
Hacking ring accused of making $100M on stolen news releases
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New ATM “Shimmer” Fits Invisibly Inside The Card Slot
The wily ATM hackers are at it again with a new form of card data gathering system, a “shimmer.” These super-thin card readers slide right into the card slot and are technically invisible unless you go poking around inside the ATM.
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Police warn of 'evil spirit cleansing' scam
Ottawa police are warning of a scam that may be spreading to Ottawa in which a person, primarily from within the Chinese community, arrives at a resident’s doorstep and offers to drive away evil spirits for a fee.
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AT&T Helped NSA Spy on Internet Traffic
To save articles or get newsletters, alerts or recommendations – all free.
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Gas Jackers: Thieves outsmart gas stations
Gas stations have always been popular targets for armed robbers. Now savvy crooks don't need guns to make off with full tanks. "Gas Jackers" are armed with inside information. Thieves are outsmarting gas stations and security specialists are concerns. The I-Team has learned of a glitch that could expose those underground storage tanks to potential cyber attacks.
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IRS: Computer breach bigger than first thought; 334K victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer breach at the IRS in which thieves stole tax information from thousands of taxpayers is much bigger than the agency originally disclosed. An additional 220,000 potential victims had information…
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AP Sues FBI Over Access to Records Involving Fake News Story
AP sues over access to FBI records involving fake news story
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Coin Credit Card Missing EMV Chip
Why the Coin card device fails with no emv chip implemented.
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AVG Updates Privacy Policy Stating They Can Sell Your Browsing History to 3rd Parties
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Comcast reaches $33 million settlement with California over privacy violations
Comcast Corp has reached a $33 million settlement with California over allegations that the cable company posted personal details of customers online, state Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a statement on Thursday.
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Apple's iOS App Store Suffers 1st Major Hack
Apple Inc APPL.O said on Sunday it is cleaning up its iOS App Store to remove malicious iPhone and iPad programs identified in the first large-scale attack on the popular mobile software outlet.
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Identity theft affects millions
Victims of breaches say they feel ‘helpless’
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CEO Responds To Experian Data Breach | T-Mobile
T-Mobile CEO responds to Experian data breach from hack attack on the Experian network.
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EU Declares US Safe Harbour Act Invalid
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VTech Learning Lodge Data Breach
Data Breach on VTech Learning Lodge VTech Holdings Limited today announced that an unauthorized party accessed VTech customer data housed on our Learning Lodge app store database on November 14, 2015 HKT. Learning Lodge allows our customers to download apps, learning games, e-books and other educational content to their VTech products. Upon discovering the unauthorized …
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Hyatt Hotels Customers' Credit Cards Possibly Hacked
The company is still investigating how its system was compromised.
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Steam Store was The Target of a DoS Attack on Christmas
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America: WRITER BEWARE®
Writer Beware’s mission is to track, expose, and raise awareness of the prevalence of fraud and other questionable activities in and around the publishing industry.
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