August 02, 2017

Fake hot-babe spears businessmen on LinkedIn

The targets were all mid-level employees with elevated access, all young and all male.

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June 22, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg is paranoid about webcam spies – for good reason

Zuckerberg's a taper! FBI Director James Comey's a taper! We want to make you a taper, too!

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June 16, 2016

Russian snoops ‘stole Democrats’ dossier on Donald Trump’

Beyond the opposition data about Trump, intruders could read all email and chat traffic.

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April 12, 2016

Why the FBI director puts tape over his webcam – and you should too

The FBI director admitted last week that he covers his laptop's webcam with tape because "I saw somebody smarter than I am had a piece of tape over their camera"

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December 09, 2015

Campaign targets youngest cybercrooks

The average age of suspected cyber offenders has dropped from 24 to 17 over the past year, the NCA says.

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November 16, 2015

Stalking apps are “perfectly legal” in US, and banning them won’t be easy

US Senator Al Franken is introducing legislation to ban so-called stalking apps, whose developers exploit loopholes to stay within the law.

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October 09, 2015

Blackshades webcam voyeur spared jail over stolen webcam images

A hacker who used the BlackShades malware to spy on unsuspecting victims has been given a suspended jail term and ordered to do community service.

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August 14, 2015

Webcam spy sends couple photos of previous night’s Netflix snuggle session

Unbeknown to the couple, they were actually sharing their movie night with a spy who was watching them via the webcam on their laptop.

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August 10, 2015

Google profits from YouTube RAT infestation, says consumer group

YouTube has thousands of videos on stealing images and spreading malware, along with examples of stolen streams from "slave" devices.

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