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12-Year-Old Racks Up $111K in Google Ad Charges
He just wanted to get the word out about his band by uploading some clips to YouTube and running a few ads with the videos.
WiFoxy: The Magical Key to Airport Wi-Fi
Get the credentials for Admiral’s Clubs and other private networks where available--and stay off open public hotspots
UK Porn Age Verification Opens Big Privacy Probs
Sites could build databases full of sensitive information, potentially linked to private sexual preferences.
Yahoo! Chooses Ads Over Privacy Responsibilities
Yahoo! smart billboards to use cell tower data, app location data and image data to identify specific individuals in position to view ads.
Jakarta Billboard Hacked to Show Porn
Enterprising motorists were quick to capture the moment via mobile phones, and the incident soon spread across social media.
Pakistani Hackers Flood Air India Pilots with Music
Jammu airport, close to the Kashmir line of control between Pakistan and India, should now be referred to as the ”JAM-mu airport.”
Jewel Thieves Also Made Off with Kim Kardashian's Cell Phones
Why steal locked phones when you have millions and millions of dollars’ worth of glittering rocks to fence?
Creeper DMV Worker Arrested for Cyber-Stalking
A Staten Island man has been arrested for misusing the DMV computers in a quest to ask a special lady out on a date.
Snowden: Movie Magic and Sobering Reminders
Directed by Oliver Stone, the film has added a serious kick-ass action overlay to the proceedings.
Nigerian-US Wire Fraud Ring: An Exercise in Gullibility and Bewilderment
Checks were sent to marks in the US, and the dupes were then asked to launder the money by sending cash on to Nigeria.
Owen Smith Tweets Login Data to 16,000 Followers
A pic showed Smith at a phone canvassing session—along with the web address, ID, username and password for the system.
Employees Practically Chum the Waters for Phish
The No. 1 problem area for end users, with 31% of best-practice questions missed, is safe social media use.
Hackers Catch Man Red-Handed— So to Speak
Cyber-baddies are demanding $10,000 from those they've filmed in the middle of pleasuring themselves, via hacked web cams.
OurMine vs. Anonymous: WikiLeaks Taken Offline
OurMine took down WikiLeaks last December—a move that prompted Anonymous to dox OurMine members. And thus a beef was born.
Katy Perry Hacked for...Gibberish Lulz
Hackers took over the most-followed Twitter account in the world this week, posting fist-bump emojis and homophobic/racist slurs.
Scammer of the Week: The Oil & Gas Networking Impresario
David Kent hacked his former site in order to populate a second site in order to sell it to the new owners of the first site. Make sense?
Pentagon Hack-Helper Just Wanted Some Cash
One would think that some kind of cloak-and-dagger spy status was Su Bin’s game, but it was all about the Benjamins—err, Maos.
Nashville Marriott on the Hook for Naked Video of Erin Andrews
$55 million may not be enough to ever wipe away the smarmy ick-factor of what happened to her in a Nashville hotel in 2008.
Anonymous: Losing Relevance?
It’s hard not to feel righteous when getting your #OpISIS on. But does the group actually accomplish anything?
