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Malicious ads served to Yahoo users were designed to transform computers into a Bitcoin mining operation, according to a security firm. ...

credit card hack, Sen. Patrick Leahy reintroduces a data privacy and protection law that he...

Google gets hit with the largest fine ever levied by French privacy regulatory group CNIL, which tacked on a bit of humiliation for the company in the process. ...

Web portal now using 2,048-bit encryption keys to protect e-mail users' communication. ...

Not only did the hacker get a hold of Julian Fellowes' season 4 finale, he also breached the accounts of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tina Brown, George W. Bush, Robert Redford, and dozens more. ...

In the wake of last month's revelations that encryption firm RSA has been in cahoots with the NSA, several of the best-known security industry speakers cancel their regular appearances at the RSA Conference. ...

Snapchat remains mum on specifics of how it plans to prevent another database breach, but it has already hired a Washington lobby firm. ...

Yahoo says that mostly non-mobile Windows users in Europe were attacked, but hasn't provided any public guidance on the number of affected users or what they should do. ...

Users clicking on some ads are redirected to sites armed with code that exploits vulnerabilities in Java and installs a variety of different malware. ...

s death was an accidental drug overdose, said San Francisco's medical examiner...

The spy agency is reportedly in a race to build its own quantum computer to stay ahead of others seeking to own the mother of all decryption machines. ...

The newly formed duo can now detect, prevent, and resolve breaches -- this could have ramifications for security firm competitors and governments accused of spying on their citizens and allies. ...

The Syrian Electronic Army targets the public faces of Skype, hacking messages to its blog and to its Twitter and Facebook accounts. ...

The incident comes just days after Snapchat acknowledged a potential flaw that would allow exposure of usernames and phone numbers. ...

Leaked documents shared by Der Spiegel show that a piece of NSA spyware called DROPOUTJEEP can access pretty much everything on the iPhone. ...

All those in the orbit of the NSA are looking for cover in the wake of the revelations about what might be called the excesses of the spy agency. ...

Using just a good old fashioned saw and a USB stick full of malicious software, criminals are able to deplete cash machines of their highest value bills. ...

A pair of security researchers have figured out how to subvert tiny controller chips in flash-memory storage devices, an approach that could expose people's private data. ...

The server has since been secured, but it was on the open market for cybercrooks last week, reports Reuters. ...

Based on internal NSA documents, Der Spiegel reveals that the spy agency planted backdoors to access computers, hard drives, routers, and other devices from companies such as Cisco, Dell, Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor and Samsung. ...