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Hackers, probing Clinton server, cite security lapses
Stirred by the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state, a determined band of hackers, …
UC Berkeley Hacked
The University of California, Berkeley recently began notifying approximately 1,600 people that their personal information may have been accessed when servers in the university’s …
The Snowden Effect: 750 Million People Have Taken Steps to Avoid Surveillance
Compared to the initial flood of astonishing revelations provided by Edward Snowden in the summer of 2013, things have gone relatively quiet on the …
Sony sued by former employees over hack
Before, Sony was facing down hackers. Now it has a lawsuit to deal with too. Two former Sony Pictures staffers are suing the Hollywood …
Dutch DPA fine over privacy violations could cost Google $18.6M
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has hit Google with an incremental penalty payment that could add up to as much as 15 …
Study: Malicious social media attacks on the upswing
Social media represents the next frontier of threats for IT security professionals and the companies they protect, according to a new study that details …
150 Million PayPal Accounts In Danger of Hijacking
A vulnerability that would have enabled a hacker to completely bypass the authentication system in PayPal has been patched, resulting in a $10,000 bounty …
Like The NSA And GCHQ, Germany’s Foreign Intelligence Agency Uses A Legal Loophole To Spy On Its Own Citizens
One of the striking features of the responses to Edward Snowden’s leaks about the snooping being carried out by the NSA and GCHQ is …
Survey Finds Enterprises Struggling to Secure Data in the Cloud
A recent survey of more than 1,800 IT and IT security professionals worldwide has found that 44 percent of corporate data stored in cloud …
7 Cyber Defense Best Practices for SMBs
Cyber criminals are becoming far more sophisticated as technology evolves and new and better tools become available. In a disturbing trend, attacks are increasingly …
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