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How one fraudster bought $309K worth of Apple products without paying a single penny

29

Jul

2014

One Apple fan ran a clever con in many Apple retail stores across the U.S., buying products worth $309,768 over 42 purchases made in 16 different states since December 2012, ComputerWorld reports, without actually having the money to pay for them. 24-year-old Sharron Laverne Parrish Jr. has been charged with wire fraud and the Secret Service claims that […]

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Hacker Mines $620K in Cryptocurrency Under Victims’ Noses

18

Jun

2014

Computerworld – A German hacker generated more than $620,000 in cryptocurrency after hijacking an unknown number of network storage devices and turning them into digital slaves to mine Dogecoin, researchers said today.

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Windows XP Die-Hards Can Slash Attack Risk By Dumping IE

13

May

2014

Computerworld – By switching to a non-Microsoft browser, Windows XP users can halve the number of vulnerabilities that apply to the OS, according to a survey of flaws Microsoft fixed in the second half of 2013.

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