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With Hacker’s List, people can post want ads like Craigslist in order to obtain hackers for hire. Such postings include wanting hackers to access email accounts to see if spouses are cheating, hacking into game servers to modify their accounts, or obtain text messages and email to be used as evidence in a court trial. While the legality of these services is spotty at best, the anonymous nature prevents authorities from intervening. More on this story can be found here:: These are all the crazy things you can hire a hacker to do for you
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A Business Email Compromise (BEC) gambit is recruiting victims to receive fraudulent funds into their personal accounts in exchange for a commission. The victims are then directed to wire the funds using a wire transfer service or transfer them to a foreign account. For more details on this scam, click here:: Money Mule Scam Siphons $214Mn Worldwide
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Vormetric’s 2015 Insider Threat Report shows that 93% of organizations operating in the U.S. have left their data vulnerable to insider threats. This figure is not surprising since the majority of data breaches within major companies have had an inside source involved. For more on this finding, click here:: 93 Percent of U.S. Organizations Are Vulnerable to Insider Threats
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Last year, a number of security researchers got paid big bucks from Google for pointing out flaws and finding bugs in its open-source software and web services. More than 500 vulnerabilities were found leading a 2014 tally ending in over $1.5 million in reward money. Google is now starting a grant program to enlist additional researchers. Get the full info here:: Google Paid Over $1.5 Million in Bug Bounties in 2014
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Book2Park.com, an online parking reservation service, has been hit by the same hackers responsible the credit card data breaches of Target and Home Depot. The owner of the service, Anna Infante, confirmed they had a breach but cannot tell if any information has actually been stolen. For more on this story, click here:: Hackers continue breaching, stealing credit card data from parking services
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