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No safe haven: the global Secret Service hunt for three hackers

Aurich Lawson Dave & Buster's store #32 in Islandia, New York—a restaurant and electronic funhouse for adults—seemed an unlikely target for an international credit card theft ring. Certainly no patron drinking beer and...

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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments

Australian cops tout arrest of man for Bitcoin drug deal

Two Australian law enforcement agencies are crowing about their arrest of a man who attempted to import illicit drugs into Australia using the online drug marketplace Silk Road. In a press release  brought...

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Friday, July 27th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Try the Simple, Encrypted Chat Tool That Its Creator Says Led to Border Interrogations

Nadim Kobeissi, creator of Crypto.cat, spoke in mid-July at the HOPE conference, held at New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania every two years. Credit: Quinn Norton/Wired Twenty-one-year-old college student Nadim Kobeissi is from Canada, Lebanon and...

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Friday, July 27th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Sophisticated bank fraud attempted to steal at least $78 million

McAfee and fellow security firm Guardian Analytics released a report today that detailed a sophisticated type of bank fraud that originated in Italy and spread globally, initiating the transfer of at least $78...

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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers

Map showing the number and geographical location of Flame infections detected by Kaspersky Lab on customer machines. Courtesy of Kaspersky A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems...

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Monday, May 28th, 2012 Net News No Comments