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Cyber-Attackers Focus on Small Businesses.
In its annual Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec reported that it's seeing more targeted attacks and a focus on Web attacks, instead of email being used to send malware attachments.
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How the Post Office Sniffs Out Anthrax Before It Hits Your Mailbox
The Amerithrax case of 2001, in which letters harboring Anthrax spores were delivered to media outlets and a pair of US Senators' offices, killed five people and sickened another 17.
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Germany fines Google a paltry $189,000 over Street View Wi-Fi scanning
After years of deliberation, a German provincial privacy regulator has fined Google €145,000 ($189,000)—nearly the legal maximum of €150,000—over its Wi-Fi scanning scandal.
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Security for Marathons Could Include Drones
Boston Police commissioner Edward Davis is already thinking ahead to security at next year's Boston Marathon, after bombings at last week's race left three dead and hundreds injured.
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50 Million LivingSocial Accounts Compromised After Hack
Add this to LivingSocial's growing list of woes: The money-losing daily deals site admitted Friday that it has been the victim of a cyber attack.
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Password? No Barrier for a Hacker.
No matter how carefully thought out your password, no matter how complex it is, if you type it on a keyboard, (irrespective of language or symbol), as we all must do, it is no challenge to a hacker.
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Global Gang Steals $45 Million from ATMs
Cloned debit cards were then distributed to dozens of cashers, who made coordinated mass cash withdrawals in two dozen countries.
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Thieves Stole $45 Million From ATMs Because The U.S. Uses Absurd 40-Year-Old Technology
Yesterday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn revealed that an international team of thieves had stolen close to $45 million in the biggest ATM fraud case in
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Huawei CEO breaks silence, claims company isn't a threat to U.S. security
Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei made a rare public appearance on Thursday to deny allegations that his company's telecommunications equipment poses a threat to U.S. national security.
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Terrorist Entered Witness Protection, Then Fled the United States
Should you ever be accused of terrorism, here’s what you should do: Snitch on your friends, demand to be placed under witness protection, then fly out of the country. According to a stunning report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, this is remarkably easy to do — and it’s actually happened.
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How I 'stole' $14 million from a bank: A security tester's tale
Hacking into a bank is surprisingly easy. This expert has the receipt to prove it.
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Cyberstalking: a growing new age problem
"If you were going to stalk before the internet, you actually had to go out and physically follow somebody, watch somebody and run the risk of getting found out,” Kevin Wiggins, FDLE Cyber Security Analyst, said. “The internet makes it so you can sit in your living room and do whatever you want to do from the comfort of your home and the safety of your home."
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How the FBI’s online wiretapping project could get you hacked
Security researchers argue that an FBI proposal for government-mandated back doors in communications software is a disaster waiting to happen.
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People Are Worried Microsoft's New Xbox Will Be Able To Spy On You
The Kinect camera accessory is always on. Is it a convenient feature or a privacy concern?
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Prime Numbers: What happens when you enter your credit card number online?
Prime numbers are all the rage these days. I can tell something’s up when random people start asking me about the randomness of primes—without even knowing that I’m a mathematician!
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Any iOS device can be hacked within one minute with modified charger
Security researchers have discovered a way to push software onto an iOS device using a modified charger. The team at Georgia Institute of Technology says its charger was able to upload arbitrary software to an iOS device within one minute of it being plugged in.
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France's first online election was extremely easy to rig
Reporters for Metronews found that anyone could easily cast multiple votes in Paris' mayoral primary.
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How Bitcoin Lets You Spy on Careless Companies
When Foodler jumped on the Bitcoin bandwagon a few months ago, it seemed like an interesting way to drum up new business. It's convenient for customers, and the company doesn't have to fork over the payment-processing fees that come with credit card sales. But there's a downside: If Foodler isn't careful, Bitcoin could give competitors a way to peek in on its business.
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Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama administration.
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NSA Prism: Why I'm boycotting US cloud tech - and you should too
So, America's National Security Agency has been tapping up US internet giants to gather information about foreigners online, allegedly sharing that data with Britain's GCHQ - and gobbling up details about US citizens' phone calls.
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