Robert Lemos

Kaspersky calls for a massive effort to break the code keys used by a malicious program that encrypts its victim’s data and asks for ransom, but other experts doubt the keys can be found or that finding them will help.
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Video-content firm Revision3 accuses anti-piracy company MediaDefender — known for its aggressive tactics against file sharers — of attacking its servers over the weekend.
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Federal prosecutors charge the parent who allegedly badgered a girl to suicide with three counts of computer crime, but law experts worry about a dangerous precedent.
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Normally considered a low-level threat on the Internet, scans for default-configured secure shell servers spiked this week.
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The National Retail Federation sends a letter asking that its members be allowed to decide what credit-card data to keep.
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Numerous account holders complained over the past year that the consumer brokerage had sold or leaked e-mail addresses to pump-and-dump spammers.
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Federal prosecutors charge former security consultant Max Butler, better known amongst security researchers as “Max Vision,” alleging that he supplied and managed a ring of identity thieves.
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Twice in two weeks, the nation has been taken to task for breaching other nations’ systems, but officials continue to deny the accusations.
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Scanning a computer infected with the bot software could bring swift retribution, warns the response center for academic networks.
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One of the three Russian developers behind the MPack infection kit virtually sits down with SecurityFocus to discuss the program and making a business out of cybercrime.
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