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Cybercrime
Dozens arrested in international Darkode crackdown
International law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 60 people suspected of carrying out cybercrime associated with the Darkode forum.
Karl Thomas • 15 Jul 2015
Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America
In April, ESET’s Laboratory in Latin America received a report on an executable program named "Liberty2-0.exe." Now, it asks is there a version 1.0?
Diego Perez • 14 Jul 2015
Privacy
Tour de France leader Chris Froome has had his data hacked, claims Team Sky
Yellow Jersey wearer targeted by critics who claim he has been using performance-enhancing drugs.
Graham Cluley • 14 Jul 2015
Spoofed URLs: Homograph Attacks Revisited
How homograph attacks can present a spoofed, malicious link, and a case where a secure connection doesn't guarantee a safe site.
David Harley • 14 Jul 2015
Barclays compensates customers after personal data trove uncovered
Barclays bank is to pay out around £500,000 in compensation to 2,000 customers whose personal data was found on a USB stick in a flat on the south coast.
Karl Thomas • 13 Jul 2015
Millions of records lost in huge OPM US data breach
The US Office of Personnel Management has admitted that the widely-publicised data breach in June was more wide-reaching than at first thought.
Karl Thomas • 10 Jul 2015
Aspiring singer jailed for hacking Madonna and stealing unreleased tracks
Breaking into the music business is one thing. Breaking into Madonna's computer without permission is quite another.
Graham Cluley • 10 Jul 2015
400GB of info leaked from Hacking Team
The “Hacking Team” Security Company has been hacked and more than 400 GB of confidential info has been leaked by a group of unidentified attackers.
Josep Albors • 06 Jul 2015
PCI Council updates encryption standards
A key update to the PCI standard has been issued by the PCI standards body, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).
Karl Thomas • 02 Jul 2015