A 26-year-old hacker who helped expose the rape of a teenage girl could spend five times longer in jail than the perpetrators he outed.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 could be open to fingerprint theft
The Samsung Galaxy S5 and other ‘unnamed Android devices’ are vulnerable to having the fingerprints they use for authentication cloned by hackers, reports Gizmodo.
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Ransomware: Should you pay the cybercriminals?
If your files are encrypted by ransomware, should you pay the ransom? We examine the options…
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Hackers spy on Kansas family through unsecured baby monitor
A Kansas family are the latest victims of a hacked nanny cam, after noticing the device purchased to monitor their three-month-old baby was also monitoring them.
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Canada commits $36.4 million to cybersecurity measures in 2015 budget
The Conservatives’ 2015-16 federal budget sees some investment in security, with $36.4 million promised over five years to address cybersecurity threats.
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The dirty secrets of webcam-hacking peeping toms and sextortionists
Virtually every computer sold today comes with a dirty little secret. It can spy on you. Learn more, and how to protect yourself.
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New malware ‘Punkey’ detected in new point-of-sale attack
A new advanced malware program targeting point-of-sale terminals is putting customer credit card details at risk, following a number of similar attacks already this year.
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1,500 iOS apps open to simple man-in-the-middle attacks
Around 1,500 apps for iPhone and iPad contain an HTTPS vulnerability making it ‘trivial’ for hackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks to steal passwords, bank details and other private information.
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Australian infosec body lobbies for mandatory security baseline
Australia’s infosec industry is lobbying for a mandatory security baseline to ensure basic IT standards are met across the country, with penalties issued to those that don’t comply.
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Target agrees to $19 million data breach settlement with MasterCard
Target has ended its dispute with MasterCard over the retail giant’s 2013 data breach by agreeing to a $19 million reimbursement to issuers.
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