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Chinese cyberattack on Google exposed spy data: US officials

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zdnet.com - Government officials say that Chinese hackers who breached Google's defenses were able to access years' worth of U.S. law enforcement and spying information. As reported by The Washington Post, cur...

Business

Why mobile devices have become the weakest link

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usatoday.com - Rainer Enders is CTO of Americas at NCP engineering (Photo: NCP-engineering) (Editor's note: Mobile devices have become a primary targets for hackers and cyber criminals. In this guest essay, Raine...

Society

In Hours, Thieves Took $45 Million in A.T.M. Scheme - NYTimes.com

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nytimes.com - In two precision operations that involved people in more than two dozen countries acting in close coordination and with surgical precision, thieves stole $45 million from thousands of A.T.M.'s in a...

Society

The man who 'nearly broke the internet' | Technology

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guardian.co.uk - The day Sven Olaf Kamphuis parked his huge orange Mercedes van with its German numberplates outside Bar Javis, in the Catalan town of Granollers, the owner's son snapped a picture with his mobile p...

Technology

Ow.ly - image uploaded by @fsb_hq

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Society

In global fight against cybercrime, Spain becomes a front line - CSMonitor.com

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csmonitor.com - As cybercrime increases worldwide, high-profile arrests of hackers are becoming routine in Spain, both as a target and an origin of attacks. Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS of The Christian Scienc...

Technology

Bose piraté, base de données volées

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zataz.com - Le marque de luxe de matériel hi-fi BOSE piratée. Les données clients volées. Un pirate informatique du nom de Agent 47 (tiré du jeu Hitman, ndlr zataz.com) vient d'annoncer le piratage de la marqu...

Business

Cyber Crime Costs Small Businesses £785m a Year - IBTimes UK

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ibtimes.co.uk - Small British firms lose £785m a year to cyber criminals and online fraudsters, according to a new report. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found that its members were losing on average £4,...

Business

Cybercrime Costing Small UK Companies £800m Every Year!

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bestvpnservice.com - There is no denying the fact that cybercrime is on the rise in the UK, just like any place else in the world. According to the Federation of Small Business or FSB, obstacles to the development and ...

Business

Cyber crime 'costs small companies £800m a year’ - Telegraph

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telegraph.co.uk - One in five FSB members said they had taken no steps to protect themselves from cyber crime. Mike Cherry, FSB chairman, said: “Cyber crime poses a growing threat for small firms and it isn’t someth...

Business

Safety & Security Amsterdam - Lancering Veilig Ondernemen Scan door Minister Ivo Opstelten tijdens SSA 2013

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safetysecurityamsterdam.nl - Lancering Veilig Ondernemen Scan door Minister Ivo Opstelten tijdens SSA 2013 Minister van Veiligheid en Justitie Ivo Opstelten verzorgt op 4 juni aanstaande tijdens zijn bezoek aan de vakbeurs Saf...

Society

Chinese hackers who breached Google reportedly targeted classified data

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arstechnica.com - The Chinese hackers who breached Google's corporate servers 41 months ago gained access to a database containing classified information about suspected spies, agents, and terrorists under surveilla...

Technology

New trends in the underground market, the offer of cybercrime

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securityaffairs.co - At fixed intervals I decided to take a look at what is happening in the underground black market analyzing how evolves its offer and the related sales models. In the last months it has been assiste...

Business

Security Affairs

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pinterest.com - InfoSec Institute Resources – How to profit illegally from Bitcoin … cybercrime and much more

Society

Illinois lawmakers crack down on social media 'flash mobs'

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foxnews.com - CHICAGO –  Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent "flash mobs" like those that ha...

Technology

'Nieuws over cybercrime is topje van ijsberg' - Security.NL

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security.nl - De berichten die in de media over cybercrime verschijnen zijn slechts een topje van de ijsberg, zo beweert het hoofd van de Britse inlichtingendienst GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). ...

Technology

Steeve Barbeau's blog: OSX Kitmos analysis

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blog.sbarbeau.fr - OSX Kitmos analysis On 16th of May, Sean Sullivan has published an article on F-Secure blog about a new Mac OSX malware discovered on the Mac of an African activist by Jacob Appelbaum during an Osl...

Technology

Hacking with new DIY Google Dorks based hacking tool

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securityaffairs.co - A Webroot blog post announced that a new version of DIY Google Dorks based hacking tool has been released in the wild and it could be used for mass website analysis, the power of the popular search...

Politics

BBC News - China's 'state-sponsored hackers renew attacks on US'

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bbc.co.uk - State-sponsored hackers have renewed attacks on the US after a three-month hiatus, the New York Times reports. In February, Unit 61398 of the Chinese army was named as the source of many cyber-atta...

Business

Small firms lose up to �0 million to cyber crime

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freshbusinessthinking.com - By Daniel Hunter In a new report, Cyber security and fraud: the impact on small businesses, the FSB has partnered with the Home Office and the Business Department to look at issues affecting small ...

Technology

McAfee en Symantec willen dat EU gaat terughacken - Security.NL

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security.nl - Anti-virusbedrijven McAfee en Symantec willen dat er in Brussel een discussie wordt gehouden over het hacken van computers en systemen die criminelen gebruiken, maar de Europese Commissie ziet dit ...

Business

Session Tracks | RSA Conference Asia Pacific 2013

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rsaconference.com - This track will specifically study cybercrime and its effect on all stakeholders. It will bring in law enforcement perspectives and look into digital forensics techniques and strategies in tackling...

Technology

Britische Hacker gehen für Cyber-Attacken in Haft - Bis zu 32 Monate - Web - krone.at

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krone.at - "Dieser Fall sollte als Warnung für andere Cyberkriminelle dienen, dass sie nicht unsichtbar sind", sagte Staatsanwalt Andrew Hadik während des Prozesses. Die vier Mitglieder der Hackerorganisation...

Technology

Cybercrime | Hoe onderneem ik veilig op internet? | Download het whitepaper

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mkbservicedesk.nl - Cybercrime | Hoe onderneem ik veilig op internet? 60 procent van de mkb’ers maakt zich zorgen over de beveiliging van systemen tegen cybercrime. Laat je informeren, neem maatregelen en voorkom dat ...

Education

Biz Bits: People and businesses in the news

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heraldnet.com - People Sound Community Bank hired David DeBond as business development officer. DeBond has 14 years of banking experience. Previously he held positions in retail banking, including relationship sal...

Technology

InfoSec Institute Resources – How to profit illegally from Bitcoin … cybercrime and much more

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resources.infosecinstitute.com - The interest in Bitcoin, one of the most popular currency schemas is high, financial world, small savers, merchants and of course, cyber-criminals observing with interest the strong surge of its pr...

Business

BBC News - Millions hit by Yahoo Japan hack attack

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bbc.co.uk - Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan. A file of ID details for about one tenth of its 200 million members was stolen during the attack, it said. The...

Education

Appin Security's Franchise Booms on Security Reports - SFGate

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sfgate.com - Appin Security franchise chain a booming option and has opened eight centers in the last three months based on security reports. The shift away from paper records and the amplified dependence on co...

Technology

All you need to know about smartphone hacking – Nokia Conversations : the official Nokia blog

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conversations.nokia.com - According to Intel, hacks on mobile devices rose by a factor of six in 2012. And while the UK’s Leveson Inquiry has made us all hyper-aware of mobile phone hacking, it gets worse than intercepted v...

Society

Cybercrime the New Face of Organized Crime, Says Manhattan DA » The Epoch Times

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theepochtimes.com - NEW YORK—In New York City, organized crime has turned its sights to cybercrime—as was seen with last week’s ATM heist, where actors around the world managed to collectively steal $45 million practi...

Education

Chinese, Taiwanese nationals with computer gadgets held

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ph.news.yahoo.com - LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte– At least 40 Chinese and 12 Taiwanese nationals who were found with several electronic and computer gadgets and accessories in a resort in Vigan were rounded up and detaine...

Politics

Exposés of China’s Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong - NYTimes.com

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nytimes.com - The People’s Recreation Community bookstore and several others on Hong Kong’s teeming shopping streets specialize in selling books and magazines banned by the Chinese government, mostly for their l...

Business

FBI: To Fight Cybercrime, U.S. Banks Must Cooperate / Infopackets.com

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infopackets.com - International cybercriminals with advanced hacking skills are continuing to launch cyber attacks on American banks. That's why the Federal Bureau of Investigation is encouraging United States finan...

Technology

0day: Windows Kernel EPATHOBJ Vulnerability : netsec

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reddit.com - 0day: Windows Kernel EPATHOBJ Vulnerability (seclists.org) [–]areyouretarded 2 points3 points4 points 1 hour ago First a linux local priv escalation exploit last week, now this... If someone can at...

Education

Chinese, Taiwanese nationals with computer gadgets held

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verafiles.org - LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte– At least 40 Chinese and 12 Taiwanese nationals who were found with several electronic and computer gadgets and accessories in a resort in Vigan were rounded up and detaine...

Technology

A better way to manage the Rails secret token - Daniel Fone

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daniel.fone.net.nz - tl;dr Don’t hardcode secret tokens. Load them from the environment like this… When you create a new Rails project, one of the files created will be /config/initializers/secret_token.rb. This file w...

Business

Cybercrime's easiest prey: Small businesses - Apr. 22, 2013

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money.cnn.com - A data breach investigations report from Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500), released Tuesday, showed that small businesses continue to be the most victimized of all companies. Of the 621 confirmed data bre...

Society

Dutchman 'Nearly Broke The Internet' - Business Insider

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guardian.co.uk - Brain-Controlling Magnets Exist, And Scientists Are Making Them Stronger Financial Times Website And Twitter Feeds Defaced By Syrian Hackers We're At The Beginning Of A Paradigm Shift In How Compan...

Education

Gray Hat Hacking, Second Edition: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook - CyberWar: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum CyberWar

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tobem.com - Category: Books Tags: Ethical, Gray Hat, Hackers, Hacking, Handbook 2 Comments “A fantastic book for anyone looking to learn the tools and techniques needed to break in and stay in.” –Bruce Potter,...

Education

Lockton Companies

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lockton.com - Sometimes, urgent issues go unaddressed simply because people do not know how to take the first step. Take cybersecurity. On one hand, 85 percent of the risk managers and senior executives recently...

Technology

Veilig digitaal ondernemen - Univé Verzekeringen

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unive.nl - ​Bent u voorbereid op de impact van cyberrisico’s? Denk hierbij aan een gehackt computernetwerk, een falend ICT-systeem, fraude of informatiediefstal. Deze cyberrisico’s kunnen ook uw bedrijf overk...

Technology

The 45 M$ bank heist – how did they do it?

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blog.nxp.com - We live in an age where even crime is cyber and global. Last week’s news shows that in a matter of hours, a sophisticated worldwide operation secured the cash from ATMs in over 20 countries. There ...

Environment

Telenor cyberattacks from mystery Indian hacking group

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techcentral.ie - Is India a new front line for the spread of large-scale cybercrime? According to Operation Hangover (co-authored with a Shadowserver Foundation researcher), the mysterious group they now believe wa...

Education

Cyber crime costs small firms nearly £19bn a year - Public Service

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Society

Hackers Who Breached Google in 2010 Accessed Company's Surveillance Database | Threat Level

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wired.com - Hackers who breached Google’s network in 2010 obtained access to the company’s system for tracking surveillance requests from law enforcement, according to a news report. The hackers gained access ...

Society

Ukrainian banks’ anti-cybercrime website hacked

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kyivpost.com - Web links to Kyiv Post material are allowed provided that they contain a URL hyperlink to the www.kyivpost.com material and a maximum 500-character extract of the story. Otherwise, all materials co...

Technology

Yahoo wants to make Flickr 'awesome again'

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news.cnet.com - NEW YORK -- Yahoo on Monday unveiled updates to its Flickr photo-sharing site that the company hopes will make Flickr "awesome again." Among the changes are a new redesign with larger images, the a...

Education

City of Akron files police report after Turkish group hacks website

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newsnet5.com - AKRON, Ohio - The city of Akron filed a police report involving last week’s website hacking. Turkish hackers attacked the city’s website on Thursday and stole information from 8,000 Akron taxpayers...

Society

Reporters threatened with CFAA, labeled hackers for finding security hole

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networkworld.com - Scripps News reporters discovered 170,000 Lifeline phone customer records online that contained everything needed for identity theft. After requesting an interview with the COO of TerraCom and Your...

Education

"NATO vacancies" phishing email also leads to malware

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net-security.org - "NATO vacancies" phishing email also leads to malware An interesting and very comprehensive phishing and malware-delivery campaign has been spotted by Webroot researchers. The attackers are posing ...