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SpexSec Appears and Then Drops Out?
Introduction What’s being told as similar to Anonymous, a new hacktivist surfaced and then disappeared, naming themselves SpexSec or SpexSecurity. Why they did this is unknown at this time, however,...
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Wrapping Up the DNSChanger Case
Here is all the latest data from the DNSChanger Working Group (DCWG) – which is a wrapup of the entire DNSChanger cases. (All photos link to the DCWG site where they were featured) Victim Count by DCWG...
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Anonymous: Sabu 6-month Sentencing Wait
Sabu, mole hacker of Anonymous small groups Antisec and LulzSec, now has a wait time on his sentence, because of his cooperation with the FBI. The cooperation is done to help the FBI track down hackers...
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Alleged LulzSec Member Arrested by FBI for Sony Hack
A man alleged to hacking in to Sony Pictures Entertainment computer systems has been arrested. A man named Raynaldo Rivera has been arrested, not only for hacking, but also for stealing personal...
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AntiSec theft of FBI data a lie
The Anonymous group AntiSec has claimed to have mined around 12 million Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) from a FBI laptop, after the hack was claimed to have been part of a Java vulnerability. News...
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Tech support and fake antivirus scams crackdown by FTC
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a crackdown on tech support and fake antivirus scams that have been problematic for years. The scams such as bogus computer cleanup programs,...
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FBI Report: Hacker Blackmailed over 350 Women to Strip on Webcam
The FBI has taken into custody a 27-year-old man, claiming that he hacked the accounts of Facebook users coaxing hundreds of women to strip on their webcams, while watching on Skype. The man identified...
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$200M Major Credit Card Fraud, 18 People Charged
Eighteen people have been charged in a major credit card fraud scheme. New Jersey federal prosecutors called the fraud one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever uncovered by the US Department...
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DNSChanger Suspect Pleads Guilty; 25 Year Prison Outlook Among Other Issues
One hacker/malware writer of the DNSChanger malware has pleaded guilty. Only two out of the six have been extradited to the US, so far, to be charged. Valeri Aleksejev, one suspect, has now pleaded...
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Your Webcam: a Big Security Risk?
From spyware to hackers, even sextortionists. What is this? Webcam exploitation. It’s becoming a major security risk. Some of the latest details in different news stories show that people are taking...
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