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Former Pret a Manger Employee Imprisoned for Identity Theft

Nigel McCollum was sentenced to 1 1/3 to 4 years in state prison for using stolen customer data to create fraudulent credit cards in his own name.

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Two More Alleged Anonymous Hackers Arrested in Cambodia

The two men were charged with attacking the website of Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit.

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Sailor on Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Charged with Leading Hacker Group

Nicholas Knight was a systems administrator in the nuclear reactor department of the USS Harry S. Truman.

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Bitly Hacked

Users’ email addresses, encrypted passwords, API keys and OAuth tokens were compromised.

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Data Breach Roundup: April 2014

Would sharing intelligence on hackers and other threats help companies avoid data breaches? At least one expert thinks so.

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Bitly urges users to secure accounts after security breach

Link-shortening service Bitly is urging users to secure their accounts after hackers breached its systems through a compromised employee account.

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Sophos Names New VPs for Network Security and Regional Sales

As part of its efforts to accelerate the companys leadership in IT security, Sophos has named Bryan Barney as senior vice president and general manager of the organizations Network Security Group, and...

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Arbor Networks Details POS Malware in Latest 2014 Threat Intelligence Brief

Arbor Networks Arbor Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) has published its Threat Intelligence Brief 2014-6. The report analyzes point-of-sale (POS) malware and attack campaigns. Experts...

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Sentencing of Hacker Sabu Postponed to May 27, 2014

The sentencing of Hector Xavier Monsegur, also known as the hacker Sabu, has been delayed for the 7th time. His sentencing has been rescheduled for May 27, 2014 at 11:00 AM. The Government respectfully...

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FireEye Details Elevated Attack Skills by Iranian-Linked Hacker Group

FireEye has published a new report that examines the activities of a hacking group likely based in Iran that has progressed from mostly defacing websites in 2009 to more sophisticated espionage attacks...

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Ajax Security Team: The Evolution of Iranian Hackers from Defacements to...

FireEye has published a comprehensive report on the activities of the Ajax Security Team, a hacker group thats believed to be based in Iran. Whats interesting about this group is that it started by...

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UPMC Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach

The suit seeks monetary damages plus 25 years of credit monitoring and credit restoration for those affected.

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Chinese Students Charged with Hacking to Alter Phys Ed Records

The two were paid almost $13,000 by fellow students who wanted to avoid the school’s required morning run.

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Two NYC Hospitals Fined $4.8 Million for Data Breach

New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center violated HIPAA rules by exposing 6,800 patients’ protected health information.

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Adobe Patches Acrobat, Reader, Flash and Illustrator

Updates to Acrobat, Reader, Flash Player and Illustrator are for critical vulnerabilities and will be available today.

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Renowned German iPhone Hackers Pledge to Fund Snowden

The largest European hacker association, recently hailed for demonstrating weaknesses in the iPhone’s fingerprint security system, will help cover expenses that former federal contractor Edward Snowden...

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Experts Warn of PayPal Phishing Flood

Malwarebytes warns that a certain type of PayPal phishing email have been landing in the inboxes of many users over the past days. PayPal phishing scams are not uncommon. However, every once in a while...

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Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks

Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said.

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Ticketing Software Company Gingerbread Shed Hacked

Customers’ names, user names, passwords, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and credit card information may have been accessed.

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Hacker Sabu’s Sentencing Delayed for Seventh Time

Hector Xaxier Monsegur is now due to be sentenced on May 27, 2014.

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