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Personal info of 800,000 USPS employees compromised in breach

The US Postal Service has joined the ranks of private sector companies and governmental agencies that have been breached and had data stolen by hackers. According a statement …

Obama backs net neutrality, asks FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility

The US president has sided with net neutrality advocates and has encouraged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify consumer broadband service from a …

BrowserStack hacked, but it’s not shutting down

BrowserStack, the popular cross browser testing service used by over 25,000 customers around the world, including Microsoft, eBay, Adobe, Wikipedia and many others, has …

While rare, manual account hijacking is more damaging

Online accounts are a valuable resource for scammers: not only do they often contain additional personal and financial information about their owners, but they are also a …

China is building a quantum encryption network between Beijing and Shanghai

The race for setting up a secure long-distance communication network based on quantum encryption is on, and China is currently in the lead, reports Malcolm Moore. After the …

Fake malware-laden Amazon emails target UK, US shoppers

As the holiday season slowly approaches, and users increasingly turn to the Internet to do their holiday shopping before the seasonal madness begins, cyber crooks are trying …

Brazilian, Chinese govt sites host the most phishing pages

Occasionally, cyber crooks compromise websites administered by governments and make them host phishing pages. But how often does that happen? Cyvveillance researchers have …

53M customer email addresses were also stolen in Home Depot breach

US retailer Home Depot has published an update on the investigation into the breach of their payment data systems and has warned that the attackers managed to get their hands …

After Silk Road 2, global law enforcement seizes other dark markets

The takedown of online drug bazaar Silk Road 2.0 and the arrest of its alleged operator was only the first overt evidence of the success of a bigger law enforcement action. …

WireLurker: Apple blocks Trojanized apps, revokes certificate

The news that Chinese Apple users have been targeted with an unprecedented type of malware that compromises both machines running OS X and devices running iOS has resounded …

EFF: Use VPN to avoid Verizon’s tracking header

If you are a Verizon mobile customer, here is another reason to start using VPN or Tor: to protect your online movements from being tracked by website owners and third-party …

Dridex-laden spam emails targeting First World bank users

Dridex, a relatively new and improved version of the infamous Cridex/Feodo banking Trojan, is being widely disseminated via email spam campaigns. First spotted in July 2014, …

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