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11% of Bitcoin Transactions Can Be Unmasked

December 4, 2014

The main appeal of using Bitcoin is to be able to make anonymous transactions without the fear of linking a wallet address to a real person. Now itâ€™s been discovered that 11% of Bitcoin transactions can be traced via blockchain to a public IP address. For more on this discovery, please click here:: Bitcoin Not That Anonymous Afterall
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Attention: Londoners, Do You Know Where Your Mobile Is?

December 2, 2014

According to ViaSat research, over 25,000 Londoner mobile devices were lost and left in various modes of transportation. The majority of laptops were left on trains and the majority of tablets were often misplaced in cabs. For a full article about this stunning figure, click here:: London Losers Misplace 25,000 Mobiles Whilst Traveling
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Twitter Wants to Know Whatâ€™s On Your Smart Phone

December 1, 2014

It has been recently announced that the social networking website Twitter will be starting to snoop usersâ€™ smart phones and tablets in order to â€œdeliver tailored content that you might be interested in.â€ The purpose of the data collection is for Twitter to make better recommendations on who to follow. For more details and information on how to opt out, please click here:: Twitter to start snooping at which apps you have installed- here’s how to opt out
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Craigslist Domain Overtaken By Hijackers

November 27, 2014

This past Sunday, the popular listing website Craigslist had its domain redirected to DigitalGangster(dot)Com due to a DNS hijack. After a few hours out of its control, Craigslist has regained its domain and is back at the helm. For a full article on this story, click here:: Attackers Hijack Craigslist Domain Name
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Compromised Plug-Ins Discovered in BlackHat SEO Scheme

November 26, 2014

It has been recently revealed that a group of attackers have been tricking developers into installing compromised plug-ins and WordPress Themes onto their websites since September of last year. The purpose behind this scheme is to increase the SEO rank of the websites under the attackersâ€™ control. For a full article on this story, click here:: Attackers Using Compromised Web Plug-Ins In CryptoPHP Blackhat SEO Campaign
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