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Hackers who stole hundreds of thousands of card details from upscale retailer Neiman Marcus set off more than 60,000 security alerts - but these were all missed by security staff at the company, according to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek.

It's not just fake tech support: call centre cold-callers are operating various kinds of insurance scams, too.

Smartphone dating app Tinder revealed more about its users than they might have wished over a period of several months last year - revealing their location to other app users to an accuracy of around 100 feet, according to The Verge’s report.

Did you know that medical data on 20,000 people may be exposed to abuse today? As a healthcare practitioner, you may not be aware of the value of the data in your care, but criminals certainly are.

The increasing use of QR codes as a way to add interactive elements, apps and websites to display advertising, competitions or print magazines could pose a risk to smartphone users, Australian researchers at Murdoch University have warned

Belkin’s WeMo home automation systems contain multiple vulnerabilities which could allow attackers to remotely control devices attached to a WeMo system - for instance, blacking out lighting in a home, or even starting fires, researchers have claimed.

A roundup of scam information, including a tax scams article, email with a link to malware, a phish, and the worlds laziest 419.

Malware dubbed ‘Moon’ due to images found within the malware has spread rapidly through many models of Linksys routers - even ones protected by passwords - it's still not clear how many are infected - or if the malware has a purpose beyond simply spreading.

A large scale cyber-theft has drained the relaunched ‘online drug bazaar’ Silk Road 2.0 of nearly all of its Bitcoin reserves - estimated to be worth $2 million or even more. The site relied on bitcoin to help anonymize transactions.