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Article | 28/02/2013 Mt. Gox, the largest bitcoin exchange, comes to the US

The largest bitcoin exchange in the world will have a presence in the U.S. starting next month, a move intended to make it easier for people in the U....

Article | 28/02/2013 Bank of America says data breach occured at other company

Bank of America blamed a data breach on another company that revealed internal emails related to monitoring of hacktivist groups including Anonymous.

Article | 27/02/2013 Australian hacker fears possible arrest after raid

Dylan Wheeler, a computer security and gaming enthusiast who lives near Perth in Western Australia, could very well be in a lot of trouble.

Article | 26/02/2013 Hacking victim Bit9 blames SQL injection flaw

Bit9 said a common Web application vulnerability was responsible for allowing hackers to ironically use the security vendor's systems as a launch pad ...

Article | 26/02/2013 Second judge to join Apple-Samsung trial

The patent trial in Australia between Apple and Samsung Electronics has become so complex that a second judge has been assigned to the case.

Article | 22/02/2013 Zendesk says breach compromised email addresses

Zendesk said Thursday a hacker gained access to support information for some customers of its online help desk software.

Article | 22/02/2013 NBC.com hacked to serve up banking malware

Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account ...

Article | 21/02/2013 US students get cracking on Chinese malware code

Wesley McGrew, a research associate at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-lon...

Article | 21/02/2013 Identity fraud in US reaches highest level in three years

U.S. consumers experienced the highest level of identity theft in three years in 2012, although much of the fraud losses were absorbed by banks and me...

Article | 20/02/2013 TweetDeck filters fine-tune users' searches for specific content

Twitter has added a set of filters to its TweetDeck application, giving users an ability to finely sift through an ever-growing number of messages.

Article | 19/02/2013 Flip side to Burger King Twitter hack: Many new followers

Burger King saw a surprising upside after its Twitter account was compromised on Monday: tens of thousands of people began following its account.

Article | 18/02/2013 Kim Dotcom's Mega file-sharing service to accept bitcoin

Mega will accept the virtual currency bitcoin for subscriptions for more storage space on the file-sharing service, cofounder Kim Dotcom announced on ...

Article | 17/02/2013 Adobe to release emergency patches for Reader, Acrobat

Adobe Systems said it will release patches for two critical vulnerabilities disclosed last week that are actively being used by attackers.

Article | 15/02/2013 Opera acquires Skyfire Labs for faster mobile video delivery

Browser developer Opera Software will acquire Skyfire Labs, which develops technology to speed video delivery over mobile networks, the companies said...

Article | 15/02/2013 Reddit to accept bitcoin for premium service

The popular social-news site Reddit said it will now accept bitcoins, following blogging platform WordPress in embracing the four-year-old virtual cur...