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FTC: $1M fine to Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Selena Gomez fan site operator that unlawfully collected kid info

Artist Arena ran fan websites such as www.RihannaNow.com, www.DemiLovatoFanClub.net, www.BeiberFever.com, and www.SelenaGomez.com

Oct 4, 2012 2 mins

Cybercrime Mobile Security

Breast enhancement courtesy of Cisco

Ex-Verizon Wireless worker gets four years for fraudulently funding friend's features with Cisco gear

Oct 4, 2012 2 mins

Cellular Networks Data Breach Fraud

U.S. goes after alleged pack of Russian agents sending military high-tech to Russia

Alexander Fishenko, owner of Arc Electronics, accused of 'elaborate web of lies' to support Kremlin's desire for U.S.-made high-tech military electronics

Oct 4, 2012 2 mins

Data Center Security

Ad industry calls IE10’s ‘Do Not Track’ setting ‘unacceptable’

Privacy advocates hit back, call demands 'bizarre'

Oct 4, 2012 8 mins

Cybercrime Data Center Microsoft

Man-in-the-Browser malware scam goes universal

Utility lets scammers cull, distribute credit card data in real time

Oct 4, 2012 3 mins

Access Control Malware Small and Medium Business

Security: What if all law enforcement agencies could do instant DNA analysis?

Privacy debate starting; "Do good with biometrics and avoid evil."

Oct 4, 2012 6 mins

Security

Java developers remain bullish despite security problems

Though the platform has had issues lately, developers don't see them as deal breakers in Java deployments

Oct 4, 2012 3 mins

Access Control Java Network Security

Cyberattacks on banking websites subside — for now

Prolexic, which says it protects the top financial institutions, says the attackers have done their homework

Oct 4, 2012 3 mins

Networking Security

Encryption algorithm with ‘sponge construction’ picked to succeed SHA-2

SHA-3 features a fundamentally different architecture from SHA-2

Oct 3, 2012 4 mins

Careers Encryption Network Security

Group says it hacked systems at 100 major universities

Harvard, Stanford, Penn among those hit; breached data mostly innocuous, analyst says.

Oct 3, 2012 4 mins

Cybercrime Malware Networking