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360 million account credentials found in the wild, says security firm

The list is likely to have been compiled from multiple data breaches, according to Hold Security

Android malware using TOR anonymity network makes a debut

Using TOR makes it more difficult to trace the command-and-control server

Linux snapshot: Pay rates and employers with the most job ads

Linux experts get higher pay checks, better opportunities as their skills are still hard-to-find

Samsung beefs up Knox mobile management software

Move follows Galaxy S5 with fingerprint reader

Nov’IT says flashing a new ROM onto your Android phone can make it more secure

Uhuru Mobile is a new ROM derived from Cyanogen that aims to make Android phones more secure

How CIOs Unravel IT Systems After a Business Divestiture

Microsoft’s hardware chief to move aside, make room for Nokia’s Elop

Julie Larson-Green, who now runs Surface and Xbox, takes a lower-level job with the group responsible for Office

New iOS flaw allows malicious apps to record touch screen presses

The captured touch screen data could be used to reconstruct what users typed

Hot topics in wireless and mobile for 2014: Slides from my IEEE Talk

I recently gave a “what’s hot in wireless and mobile for 2014” talk for the Boston Section of the IEEE Communications Society. They’ve posted the slides, and they’re yours for the clicking.

Bitcoins, other digital currencies stolen in massive ‘Pony’ botnet attack

700,000 credentials were stolen and 85 virtual wallets were broken into