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Researchers track down members of Nigerian cyber gang

A cybercriminal gang based in Nigeria has been setting up phishing and 419 scam campaigns as well as delivering information-stealing malware to targets around the world, say …

Open source crypto server for thwarting malicious insiders

Edward Snowden’s successful exfiltration of mountains of data from NSA systems and databases has once more put the spotlight back on the threat that insiders pose to …

$1M lost in attack against Bitcoin Internet Payment Services

Copenhagen-based Bitcoin Internet Payment Services (BIPS) has been hit with a DDoS attack and has had 1,295 BTC stolen (a little over $1M) mostly from the company’s own …

AutoCAD malware paves the way for future attacks

A piece of malware masquerading as an AutoCAD component with the goal of making systems vulnerable to later exploits has been analyzed by Trend Micro researchers. Unlike the …

Facebook “flaw” discloses users’ private friends list

A recently unearthed potential Facebook security vulnerability can turn out to be a boon for stalkers or social engineers trying to get their friendship request accepted by a …

Do large companies follow encryption best practices?

Following last month’s revelations of the existence of the MUSCULAR program, in which the NSA and the British GCHQ have collaborated in tapping the overseas fiber-optic …

Lavabit founder submits final arguments in potentially game-changing privacy case

The saga surrounding secure email provider Lavabit and its legal fight against the US government continues with a reply brief filed last Friday by the former, arguing that …

NSA compromised 50,000 global computer networks

The NSA has managed to compromise over 50,000 computer networks in its effort to keep abreast of the political, military and economic situation around the world, Dutch daily …

Twitter adds Forward Secrecy to thwart surveillance efforts

Following in the footsteps of Google and Facebook, Twitter has joined the ranks of Internet companies that have (or are working on) implementing Perfect Forward Secrecy, and …

Large-scale net traffic misdirections and MitM attacks detected

Man-In-the-Middle BGP route hijacking attacks are becoming regular occurrences, but it’s still impossible to tell who is behind them, and what their ultimate goal is, …

Judge denies bail for alleged Silk Road owner

Ross William Ulbricht, the alleged 29-year-old founder of black market drug website Silk Road, has been denied bail by US District Judge Kevin Fox in the Southern District of …

Fake AV update notifications deliver malware

Spam emails impersonating a variety of antivirus vendors have been spotted targeting worried users around the globe, urging them to download and run an “important system …

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