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Former Anonymous spokesman indicted for sharing stolen card data
10.12.2012
After having been arrested last September and having been detained in custody ever since, 31-year-old Barrett Brown has finally been indicted for possessing and transmitting credit card data stolen in Anonymous' Stratfor hack.
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Facebook and Google+ are prime targets for easy attacks
03.12.2012
The law created to protect children's online privacy actually increases risk, according to new research from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly).
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Chinese police swoops down on personal information thieves
26.11.2012
Eleven people have been arrested by Shanghai's Fengxian district police following the discovery that they have been selling personal information to anyone willing to pay for it.
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Over 10,000 identity fraud rings active in the U.S.
16.11.2012
There are more than 10,000 identity fraud rings in the U.S.
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Card readers in Barnes & Noble stores hacked by crooks
24.10.2012
On September 14, Barnes & Noble, the largest book retailer in the United States, has turned off the keypads in front of registers in all of their physical stores without offering an explanation about it to the customers.
Spotlight

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.

Internet Explorer best at blocking malware
Posted on 14 May 2013. | While Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly, Internet Explorer 10 continues to outperform the other browsers with a block rate of 99.96%.

Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
Posted on 14 May 2013. | You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users' mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher for help, but you would be wrong.

Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts
Posted on 13 May 2013. | Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.
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