Man arrested after using Wanted poster as his Facebook profile pic
Mack Yearwood’s picture came from a “Wanted of the Week” poster.
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Hackers “find Twitter exploit” and resurrect banned accounts
Suspended Twitter accounts, including @Hitler, were temporarily reactivated by hacking group that claims to have discovered a security hole Continue reading Hackers “find Twitter exploit” and resurrect banned accounts
“Hillary Clinton hacker” Guccifer sentenced to 52 months for other crimes
The star-studded hacker cracked 100 US email accounts, including those of Colin Powell and George Bush.
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40% of Facebook users click on phishy links. Do you?
More than half of those who got a phishy email and about 40% of Facebook users clicked on a link from an unknown sender that could have been crawling with malware, for all they knew. Continue reading 40% of Facebook users click on phishy links. Do you?
Yahoo email privacy lawsuit settled
Yahoo can no longer intercept your emails in transit but can still analyze them after they hit your inbox. Continue reading Yahoo email privacy lawsuit settled
Dropbox hack leads to 68 million passwords dumped online
Dropbox is pushing password changes to users after millions of account details are released online. Continue reading Dropbox hack leads to 68 million passwords dumped online
Runaway teen hops on Facebook to ask police to use nicer mugshot
Who can blame her? The photo she sent police looks like it came from a much happier time. Continue reading Runaway teen hops on Facebook to ask police to use nicer mugshot
Fake news story hits Trending Topics after Facebook lays off staff
They got 1 hour to hand over phones and computers and to vacate the office. Facebook got 2 days before its algorithms were tricked. Continue reading Fake news story hits Trending Topics after Facebook lays off staff
Enhanced DMV facial recognition system leads to 100 arrests
The new system doubles the measurement points mapped to each digitized driver photo, enabling duplicate licenses to be spotted faster. Continue reading Enhanced DMV facial recognition system leads to 100 arrests
Russian MP’s son found guilty of stealing over 2 million US credit cards
He’s facing 4 to 40 years in prison for PoS malware that drained businesses of more than $169 million.
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