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Malware, Cybercrime

Brazilian payment malware may have skimmed up to $4 billion

Brazilian payment malware may have skimmed up to $4 billion

Malware, Cybercrime

Brazilian payment malware may have skimmed up to $4 billion

Banking malware built to misdirect a Brazilian form of bank payment method targeted $3.75 billion of transactions over the past two years - and the scale of the attack may have eclipsed any single previous instance of electronic theft.

Rob Waugh03 Jul 2014


Privacy, Video

How to clean up your online profile for a job interview

How to clean up your online profile for a job interview

Privacy, Video

How to clean up your online profile for a job interview

It's easy to forget who may be reading when sharing content on social media, so clean your online profiles before a job interview with these five simple tips.

Editor03 Jul 2014


Cybercrime

Credit card breach warning from point-of-sale terminal vendor

Credit card breach warning from point-of-sale terminal vendor

Cybercrime

Credit card breach warning from point-of-sale terminal vendor

A point-of-sale and security system vendor used by restaurants including Taco Bell and Dairy Queen has warned its customers that customer credit card details may have leaked in a breach earlier this year.

Rob Waugh02 Jul 2014


Privacy

Facebook privacy policy in European probe

Facebook privacy policy in European probe

Privacy

Facebook privacy policy in European probe

European privacy regulators have demanded an explanation from Facebook over its alleged “psychological experiment”, in which thousands of unknowing site users’ News Feeds were manipulated in order to gauge their reaction.

Rob Waugh02 Jul 2014


Scams

iPhone 6 launch used as bait in scam emails

iPhone 6 launch used as bait in scam emails

Scams

iPhone 6 launch used as bait in scam emails

Eager Apple fans waiting for the latest update on the iPhone 6 launch and the rumored iWatch have been targeted with a scam email supposedly offering information on both gadgets - entitled "The wait is over. Proudly introducing the new iPhone."

Rob Waugh02 Jul 2014


Privacy

Blackphone ultra-secure Android handset goes on sale

Blackphone ultra-secure Android handset goes on sale

Privacy

Blackphone ultra-secure Android handset goes on sale

The Blackphone, a new super-secure Android handset is now on sale. The Blackphone offers encryption technology that makes snooping on calls or other communications extremely hard, even for government agencies.

Rob Waugh01 Jul 2014


Cybercrime

Krebs heroin plotter arrested selling credit cards in Italy

Krebs heroin plotter arrested selling credit cards in Italy

Cybercrime

Krebs heroin plotter arrested selling credit cards in Italy

A Ukrainian criminal who claimed to be behind a plot to send packages of heroin purchased from an online ‘dark market’ to veteran security blogger Brian Krebs has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of selling stolen credit cards.

Rob Waugh01 Jul 2014


Cybercrime

Bitcoin extortion letters threaten pizza restaurants

Bitcoin extortion letters threaten pizza restaurants

Cybercrime

Bitcoin extortion letters threaten pizza restaurants

Extorted for Bitcoin? Some U.S. pizza restaurant owners have been receiving letters threatening them with bad reviews, fake pizza orders, food contamination and, in extreme cases, even bombs.

Rob Waugh30 Jun 2014


Malware

Google Glass privacy – hack lets attackers ‘see through victim’s eyes’

Google Glass privacy – hack lets attackers ‘see through victim’s eyes’

Malware

Google Glass privacy – hack lets attackers ‘see through victim’s eyes’

A hack shown off by Dutch security researchers allows an attacker to ‘take over’ Google’s new Glass headset, and send pictures and videos from the frames’ built in camera, to another computer - in effect, seeing through their victim’s eyes

Rob Waugh30 Jun 2014