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NBC Sochi Hack Report Fraudulent

UPDATED: Kyle Wilhoit, Senior Trend Micro Researcher, further confirmed that NBC misrepresented the ‘hacks’ in their video in his blog posts here and here and his

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Adobe Flash Player Critical Update

Adobe has released a critical patch to address a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. Release date: February 4,

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Breach Alert! Yahoo user data stolen

As evidence to why users should not use the same usernames and passwords across sites, it appears that data collected from recent breaches was used

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Scammers take advantage of Target Breach victims

Can you recognize a phishing email?  Target recently sent out an email to those affected by the data breach with information about the breach and

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Top 25 Passwords from 2013: 123456 reigns supreme

2013 crowned a new champion of the #1 password based on passwords collected from data breaches.  The top password for 2012 was ‘password,’ but 2013

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Microsoft January Security Bulletin

Today Microsoft released four security bulletins. All five have a maximum severity rating of Important. Source:https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-jan

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Target Data Breach Timeline

Updated: Originally posted by the WSJ, and sourced here from Business Insider, Target had warning last spring about a new emerging threat against POS systems.

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Target Breach now affects 110 million users

Joshua Carter, public relations manager at Target, said, “This theft is not a new breach; these are two distinct thefts as part of the same

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LinkedIn Profiles: Ripe for phishing recon

The author notes that LinkedIn has “…more than 259 million members—many who are highly paid professionals in technology, finance, and medical industries—LinkedIn holds a wealth