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Domeen Flowers, Former IRS Employee, Accused Of Identity Theft ...

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Huffington Post One identity thief recently infiltrated the ranks of the IRS itself. Domeen Flowers, 48, formerly employed by the IRS, was arrested and indicted on Thursday for allegedly stealing taxpayers' identities from an IRS ...
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Hackers launch assault on Israeli government websites - The Guardian

Hackers launch assault on Israeli government websites - The Guardian | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
The GuardianHackers launch assault on Israeli government websitesThe GuardianA video message purporting to be from the hacking collective, Anonymous, was posted online on Sunday, warning: "We will strike any and all websites that we deem to be in ...
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Secret program gives NSA, FBI backdoor access to Apple, Google, Facebook ... - The Verge

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FBI and Microsoft in massive takedown of “Citadel” crimeware

FBI and Microsoft in massive takedown of “Citadel” crimeware | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
Microsoft just announced the successful disruption of 1462 "Citadel" botnets.
You read that correctly!
Not a botnet of 1462 computers, but 1462 separate botnets...
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Facebook Denies Giving NSA Direct Access To Its Servers; Microsoft Says It ... - Forbes

Facebook Denies Giving NSA Direct Access To Its Servers; Microsoft Says It ... - Forbes | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
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Secret Intelligence Fuels US Hacking Fight With China - Bloomberg

Secret Intelligence Fuels US Hacking Fight With China - Bloomberg | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
Business Insider Secret Intelligence Fuels US Hacking Fight With China Bloomberg (Corrects title in first paragraph.) When Barack Obama meets with President Xi Jinping at a California estate known as Sunnylands today, China's hacking will be high...
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US child porn suspect doesn’t have to decrypt hard drives – yet

US child porn suspect doesn’t have to decrypt hard drives – yet | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
In a case that could have far-reaching implications for compelling criminal suspects to decrypt digital storage devices, a judge on Tuesday temporarily suspended a previous order that would have compelled the decryption of hard drives suspected of...
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Government is tracking all US phone calls - Los Angeles Times

Government is tracking all US phone calls - Los Angeles Times | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
Government is tracking all US phone calls Los Angeles Times In addition, if investigators have "reasonable, articulable suspicion" that a phone number is part of a terrorist network, the government can seek a court warrant to search the database...
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Secret program mines Web data - Chicago Tribune

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Secret program mines Web data
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We do not provide the government with direct access to our servers, systems, or network," the company said in a statement. James R. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said ...
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Free Software Likely Carries Concealed Malware; MMPC Researcher - SPAMfighter News

Free Software Likely Carries Concealed Malware; MMPC Researcher - SPAMfighter News | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
Free Software Likely Carries Concealed Malware; MMPC Researcher SPAMfighter News According to Alden Pornasdoro, researcher with MMPC (Microsoft's Malware Protection Center), software tools available for free have the possibility of malware...
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Gone phishing - Gadget

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Gone phishing
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Phishing is based on a couple of components. The hacker purchases a mailing list of email addresses, then he or she creates an email that mimics a popular website like LinkedIn or Facebook.
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ZTE in 4G boost after 'world-first' VoTD-LTE call - Register

ZTE in 4G boost after 'world-first' VoTD-LTE call - Register | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
ZTE in 4G boost after 'world-first' VoTD-LTE call Register Chinese telecoms kit maker ZTE has moved to cement its place at the forefront of next-generation LTE services and fly the flag for the TDD variant by completing what it claims to be the...
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Data Backup, Protection Posing Problems for Small Businesses - eWeek

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Data Backup, Protection Posing Problems for Small Businesses
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"However, virtualization is capable of much more than simply increasing the scale of IT infrastructures.
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Juniper Announces DDOS Protection For The Data Center - CRN.in

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Juniper Announces DDOS Protection For The Data Center
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It provides companies with Web infrastructures protection against targeted application-level and wide-scale volumetric attacks.
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Telephone metadata and what it can tell the authorities about you - The Guardian

Telephone metadata and what it can tell the authorities about you - The Guardian | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
The Guardian Telephone metadata and what it can tell the authorities about you The Guardian Groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation say that by knowing who an individual speaks to, and when, and for how long, intelligence agencies can...
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Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say - NBCNews.com (blog)

Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say - NBCNews.com (blog) | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
NBCNews.com (blog)
Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say
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Report: NSA Collects Data Directly From Servers Of Google, Apple ...

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The Washington Post is reporting a top-secret National Security Administration data-mining program that taps directly into the Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple servers among others. “The National Security Agency and ...
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Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Yahoo, Microsoft, Paltalk, AOL And ...

Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Yahoo, Microsoft, Paltalk, AOL And ... | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
In addition we only ever comply with orders for requests about specific accounts or identifiers. If the government has a broader voluntary national security program to gather customer data we don't participate in it.” Yahoo ...
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US upholds the right to search your laptop at the border without warrant

US upholds the right to search your laptop at the border without warrant | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
A statement put out by the Department of Homeland Security says that hunches and intuition are enough to justify warrantless searches, and it's not explaining anything much beyond that.
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Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say - First Coast News

Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say - First Coast News | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
First Coast News Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say First Coast News The intrusion into the campaigns' computer networks and subsequent efforts to penetrate them were highly sophisticated and continued...
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Secret Internet surveillance by government reported - Los Angeles Times

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New Yorker Secret Internet surveillance by government reported Los Angeles Times The Post said it had obtained information about PRISM from a career intelligence officer who provided PowerPoint slides “in order to expose what he believes to be a...
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RI critics see US government's phone data collection as intrusion - The Providence Journal

RI critics see US government's phone data collection as intrusion - The Providence Journal | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
U.S. News & World Report RI critics see US government's phone data collection as intrusion The Providence Journal The order requires Verizon Business Network Services to give the NSA daily logs of information including the phone numbers, location...
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Cyber-criminals on a Buying Spree of Financial Malware, says RSA Expert - SPAMfighter News

Cyber-criminals on a Buying Spree of Financial Malware, says RSA Expert - SPAMfighter News | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
Cyber-criminals on a Buying Spree of Financial Malware, says RSA Expert SPAMfighter News The malware named "Beta Bot" reportedly, is a Trojan whose details Kessem disclosed long after criminals started trading it during January 2013 through secret...
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Facebook Zeus malware targeting bank accounts

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Principal security firms detected a new variant of Facebook Zeus malware that is exploiting the popular social network to target user’s bank accounts.
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Reports on surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security - Yahoo! News

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Reports on surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security
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Android malware proves nasty - Fudzilla

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Android malware proves nasty
Fudzilla
Android has been hit by a nasty new malicious program dubbed Obad which exploits glitches in Google's mobile operating system.
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Having incident response plan can help reduce data breach costs, according to ... - Out-Law.com

Having incident response plan can help reduce data breach costs, according to ... - Out-Law.com | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) (1) | Scoop.it
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Having incident response plan can help reduce data breach costs, according to ...
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Symantec said that there was a 15% rise in the average total cost UK firms incur as a result of a data breach incident from 2011 to 2012.
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