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Isle of Man taxpayers’ info leaked due to email error

Email addresses of approximately 5000 customers of the Income Tax Division (ITD) of the Isle of Man – a self-governing British Crown dependency and a tax haven for the …

Android factory reset not enough to keep data secure

If you sell or gift your old Android phone to someone, is it enough to do a factory reset to wipe all your sensitive data? And if your Android gets stolen, how sure are you …

Windows Live ID scam targets personal information

Kaspersky Lab experts are warning of a new scam that uses Windows Live ID as bait to catch personal information stored in user profiles on services like Xbox LIVE, Zune, …

Hacker leaks sensitive info of millions of Adult FriendFinder users

Information of over 3.5 million users of dating site Adult FriendFinder has been stolen and leaked online, and is being used by spammers, scammers and phishers, a Channel 4 …

Malware upsurge threatens millions of POS devices

Notable brands like Target, Neiman Marcus, PF Changs, Staples, Michaels Stores, and Home Depot have all have become victims of point of sale (POS) security breaches targeting …

Keeping passwords safe from cracking

A group of researchers from Purdue University in Indiana have come up with an effective and easy-to-implement solution for protecting passwords from attackers.These days, …

Most organizations value threat intelligence sharing

94% of respondents to an Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) study believe it is highly or somewhat valuable to share threat intelligence information between federal agencies and …

Companies stay vulnerable to web attacks for far too long

While no true security best practices exist, the key is in identifying the security metrics that mean the most to the organization and focusing on those activities to …

Company compiles massive marketing database by scraping data dumps

SalesMaple, a recently founded data analytics startup headed by PwnedList founder Steve Thomas, has made available a free database of some 30 million business contacts, which …

Personal info of 1.1M customers stolen in CareFirst breach

CareFirst, a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, has announced that they have suffered a breach in which the attackers gained access to one of their databases.“Evidence …

The rise in false fraud alerts

68% of Americans who have received a fraudulent activity alert from their credit or debit card issuer have received at least one alert in error, according to …

A first aid kit for ransomware infections

“You’ve been hit by ransomware and you don’t know what to do? Jada Cyrus has assembled a helpful “Ransomware Removal Kit” which contains …

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