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Identity theft protection tips
More than 11.6 million adults were victims of identity theft in 2011, according to Javelin Strategy & Research. Child identity theft is also a significant problem, which …
Hacker compromises email accounts of Bush family members
A hacker by the online handle “Guccifer” has apparently managed to compromise email accounts belonging to the Bush family and some of their close friends, from …
Sony fined £250,000 for 2011 Playstation Network breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Sony £250,000 for failing to adequately protect UK gamers’ personal and possibly even financial information …
Mobile malware, botnets and attacks on the cloud to rise
ESET has published its annual review of the past year’s threat trends and compiled predictions for 2013. According to the new report, the 2013 threatscape will see major …
Bans fail to prevent data leakage
TeamDrive is warning about the serious security risks being run by companies that ban document and file sharing services, such as Google Drive and Dropbox, without providing …
Scarlett Johansson hacker gets 10 years in prison
36-year-old Florida resident Christopher Chaney has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and to pay $66,000 restitution for having hacked the email accounts of Scarlett …
ExploitHub confirms breach
ExploitHub.com, the well-known online marketplace where one can buy exploit code for disclosed vulnerabilities, has confirmed that its web application server was compromised, …
Team GhostShell leaks 1.6M account details
Hacker collective Team GhostShell, which has recently specialized in massive data leaks, has done it again and made public 1.6 million account details allegedly stolen from …
Hackers publish more info from UN atomic energy agency’s servers
Displeased with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s statement that they breached only an “old server,” anti-Israel hacker group “Parastoo” …
UN atomic energy agency confirms breach into its server
It has been confirmed that the email addresses recently leaked by anti-Israel hacker group “Parastoo” have been stolen from a server belonging to the International …
Prince William “day in the life” photo blunder reveals sensitive info
The publication of a set of pictures that were aimed at showing the everyday life of Prince William at his work at RAF Valley has inadvertently made sensitive information …
Adobe shutters forum site following breach and data leak
Adobe has confirmed that the records leaked on Tuesday by an Egyptian hackers were part of a database containing user information and login credentials for Connectusers.com, a …