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Half of Americans in face-recognition databases: report

19

Oct

2016

A new report claims that half of all American adults have their images stored on law enforcement databases. The report, titled “The Perpetual Lineup,” from the Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown Law Center released Tuesday criticizes what the authors’ call the unchecked use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement. The authors […]

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Trade of online gaming currencies fuels cybercrime

12

Oct

2016

Though the majority of gaming companies prohibit the real-money trading of online gaming currencies, the practice is still widespread, and according to Trend Micro researchers, the money that cyber-criminals earn through it is used to mount DoS attacks, spam campaigns, perpetrate identity theft and financial fraud against a variety of business and organizations, and so […]

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Hackers auctioning NSA code disappointed in bidding

04

Oct

2016

A hacker or hackers who stole source code for National Security Agency cyber-weaponry is upset more people have not bid in an auction for the files. While samples of the source code appear to be authentic, many still find the auction suspicious. The hackers, who call themselves TheShadowBrokers, only garnered around $1,000 in bids, well […]

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