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Court approves first-of-its-kind data breach settlement

AvMed agrees to set aside $3 million for breach victims, whether they suffered direct harm or not

Mar 18, 2014 4 mins

Cybercrime Data and Information Security

Bitcoin-stealing malware hidden in Mt. Gox data dump

Recently leaked Mt. Gox data archive contains a malicious application that steals bitcoin wallet files, a researcher from Kaspersky Lab said

By Lucian Constantin

Mar 17, 2014 3 mins

Cybercrime Malware Software Development

NSA denies Facebook snooping as Zuckerberg lays into Obama

Facebook's CEO says he called President Obama to express his 'frustration' at repeated revelations of NSA snooping

By Martyn Williams

Mar 14, 2014 3 mins

Malware Privacy Technology Industry

Phishing campaign targets Google Docs, Drive users

A fake log-in page looks legitimate since it is served up by Google over SSL, Symantec said

By Jeremy Kirk

Mar 14, 2014 2 mins

File Sharing Phishing Technology Industry

Major companies, like Target, often fail to act on malware alerts

Target paid the price for its apparent failure; other big firms follow the same pattern and could face the same fate, analyst say

By Jaikumar Vijayan

Mar 14, 2014 4 mins

Careers Malware

Researchers pocket record $400K at Pwn2Own hacking contest’s first day

Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Adobe Flash and Reader are the first technologies to fall at the convention; Safari and Chrome are today's targets

By Gregg Keizer

Mar 13, 2014 6 mins

Hacking

Android exploit eats up WhatsApp chat databases

Bad programming practices open up WhatsApp chat database backups to Android malware attack

By Serdar Yegulalp

Mar 13, 2014 3 mins

Encryption Hacking Malware

NSA’s plans reportedly involve infecting millions of computers with surveillance malware

Leaked documents show the agency was planning to expand its infrastructure for active attacks since at least 2009

By Lucian Constantin

Mar 12, 2014 6 mins

Intrusion Detection Software Malware Technology Industry

Microsoft Patch Tuesday rounds up IE flaws

In these bug fixes, Microsoft issues its penultimate round of patches for Windows XP

By Joab Jackson

Mar 12, 2014 4 mins

Careers Malware Patch Management Software

Hackers allegedly hit Mt. Gox CEO’s blog, post balance of remaining bitcoins

Hackers claim internal records show Mt. Gox has more bitcoins than it claims it lost

By Jeremy Kirk

Mar 10, 2014 5 mins

Cybercrime Hacking Security

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