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UW Medicine officials are alerting roughly 90,000 patients that their personal data was compromised in an October security breach.

Security researchers at TrenMicro have identified a new type of malware that update their configuration in a very interesting way. This means that compromised machines are configured to download JPEG files that contain encrypted configuration files/binaries without victim’s knowledge.

You have 1 new message: You've been p0wned

CPU-and-bandwidth-munching Bitcoin miners buried in freeware

A new unclassified document written by the US Army describes the threat and methods employed by the Syrian Electronic Army in its propagandist war against supporters of the rebels in Syria's civil war. Obtained by an internet journalist, it has been posted on ScribD.

A Bitcoin newcomer reportedly received over 22 Bitcoin after holding up a sign with a Bitcoin QR code.

The Netherlands is one of the six EU member states that have undertaken a formal investigation of Google's privacy compliance following the 2012 amalgamation of its various privacy policies.

One in four citizens' details spaffed over interet

Fake profiles of Baltimore media pros spread spam links, ask friends for money.

Summary: New Zealand’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner has published data breach numbers and categories in its annual report for the first time.