July 1st, 2012 
hitech 
A new mobile application for Apple devices called Wickr lets people exchange files and messages without leaving digital traces that could be examined by law enforcement or cyberspies. Wickr, released on Wednesday, addresses the raft of privacy concerns that arise when a person sends a sensitive message: email providers, ISPs, mobile phone companies and social networking [...]
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Tags: apps, cell-phone, security, Wickr 
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June 6th, 2012 hitech Millions of LinkedIn passwords reportedly leaked – take action NOW by Graham Cluley on June 6, 2012 Although not yet confirmed by the business-networking website, it is being widely speculated that over six million passwords belonging to LinkedIn users have been compromised. A file containing 6,458,020 SHA-1 unsalted password hashes has been posted on the internet, and [...]
Posted in App Exclusive, Breaking News, Computer Hacking, Cyber Crime, Featured Stories, Identity Theft Watch, Social Media Threats Tags: hacked, hacker, LinkedIn, passwords, social media Comments Off
June 4th, 2012 hitech By: Mark Rockwell DHS NOC Words like “dirty bomb,” “militia,” “Amtrak,” “dock,” “power,” and “grid” are among hundreds of words that may make analysts at the Department of Homeland Security’s National Operations Center (NOC) monitoring social networks take notice, according to one of its recently revealed manuals. The list of possible trigger words was contained [...]
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May 1st, 2012 hitech New York Tops ThreatMetrix List of US Cities for Online Fraud Origination Study of Nearly a Billion E-Commerce Transactions Shows NYC to be the Leading City From Which Fraud Originates; Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Omaha Round Out the Top Five San Jose, CA – April 17, 2012 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of [...]
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