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Botnets inflating Twitch audiences help broadcasters earn money

Most people dream about earning a living by doing something they enjoy. For some gamers, that dream is achievable by using Twitch, the game streaming service that offers …

Slack hacked, user database compromised

Slack, the company behind the popular multi-platform enterprise collaboration app of the same name, has announced that they have suffered a data breach in February. …

British Airways freezes some frequent-flyer accounts in wake of hack

Tens of thousands of British Airways customers have had their frequent-flyer accounts temporarily frozen in the wake of a security breach. “British Airways has become …

Car hacking made cheaper and easier

Fiddling with your car’s innards will soon become easier and cheaper than ever before, as Eric Evenchick has created and made available hardware and software design …

US tech giants urge Congress to curb mass digital surveillance

As the date of the expiry of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act draws near, a wide range of tech companies, privacy advocates, and trade associations have asked the US …

“Free $20 Steam codes” offer leads to online surveys

Users of Steam, Valve Corporation’s popular gaming platform, are the targets of a new survey scam that dangles the opportunity to get $20 Steam codes for free in front …

Apple-themed “Your account has been limited” phishing emails doing rounds

Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account …

Xtube visitors redirected to exploit kit landing page

Popular adult site Xtube has been compromised to redirect visitors to sites hosting an exploit kit. “Unlike other attacks we have seen in recent times, this one does not …

Huge spam operation on Twitter uncovered

What does it take to execute a successful spam operation peddling diet pills of questionable effectiveness? For one spammer, it took some 750,000 fake Twitter accounts. …

Build A Security Culture
Review: Build A Security Culture

Author: Kai Roer Pages: 124 Publisher: IT Governance Publishing ISBN: 1849287163 Introduction Kai Roer is one of the creators of the Security Culture Toolkit, a well-regarded …

Researcher finds backdoor opened by Dell’s helper app

A security researcher has discovered a serious bug in Dell System Detect, the software Dell users are urged to use to download the appropriate drivers for their machines. The …

Multifunctional Vawtrak malware now updated via favicons

The Vawtrak (aka Snifula) multifunctional malware has been around since mid-2013. Its information-stealing, backdoor and spying capabilities deservedly earned it the …

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