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Malware, Privacy, Cybercrime
Online fraud - POS malware has now hit 1,000 U.S. firms
More than a thousand U.S. businesses have been affected by point-of-sale malware - malicious software written specifically for online fraud, to steal information such as credit card details from businesses and their customers.
Rob Waugh • 26 Aug 2014
Privacy
Twitter hacked - Cricket legend ‘Beefy’ Botham exposed
One of England’s greatest-ever cricketers, Sir Ian Botham, appeared to have been the victim of a Twitter hack yesterday as an obscene picture unexpectedly appeared on the sportsman’s feed.
Rob Waugh • 19 Aug 2014
Privacy: Workers “would pay” to stop snoopers
Online privacy has gone from being a minority concern to something that worries the man in the street - after a study of 2,000 people found a majority believed they were being listened to online, and nearly a third would pay to stop it.
Rob Waugh • 18 Aug 2014
Malware, Privacy, Scams, Cybercrime
Week in security: Blackphone unmasked, RATs vs Androids, and browsers kill cars
Blackphone, billed as a privacy tool to keep the puplic safe ruled the headlines when it was is hacked in five minutes, Meanwhile, Wi-Fi routers were also shown up - and Android users face a toothy new threat,
Rob Waugh • 15 Aug 2014
'Secure' Blackphone hacked in 5 minutes
An ultra-secure phone claimed to be the first privacy-focused smartphone on sale swiftly fell victim to a security researcher - who hacked the “super secure” Blackphone in just five minutes.
Rob Waugh • 13 Aug 2014
Week in security: FBI malware, billion password leak - Chinese hotel goes mad
With Black Hat 2014 in full swing in Las Vegas, it was never going to be a quiet week - but revelations about FBI malware and a trove of a billion passwords inspired furious debate too.
Rob Waugh • 08 Aug 2014
The state of healthcare IT security: are Americans concerned enough?
The privacy and security of medical records is a matter of concern to many Americans now that most are now stored electronically, but is there cause for concern? And who is most concerned?
Stephen Cobb • 08 Aug 2014
Online privacy - FBI 'using malware' to track site visitors
For several years, FBI agents have been taking an unusual approach to detective work online - using malware against suspects who have not been proven guilty, just visited the wrong Tor site.
Rob Waugh • 07 Aug 2014
Privacy, Cybercrime
CyberVor hacking gang steals 1.2 billion usernames and passwords
Somewhere in a small city in south central Russia, a group of men in their twenties have got away with what some are describing as one of the biggest cyber-heists in history.
Graham Cluley • 06 Aug 2014