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Ashley Madison hackers keep on going, post even BIGGER trove of data
The hackers behind the massive breach of user data from AshleyMadison.com are still at it – posting another larger dump of data from the cheaters’ dating site for the second time this week.
SSCC 209 – Can encryption be too good? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly podcast that turns security news into useful advice…
Cheating site Ashley Madison breached by hackers threatening to expose users
Attackers threaten to publish nude pictures, secret sexual fantasies, real names and addresses of Ashley Madison users: all as comeuppance for what they say is an unkept promise of secrecy.
Trump Hotel chain investigates potential payment card breach
Credit card hackers are said to have targeted a number of hotels, possibly as far back as February 2015.
Convicted identity thief caught after posting selfie on Twitter
Selfie-posting tax fraud fugitive Lance Ealy has been apprehended by US Marshals after four months on the run.
Mandarin Oriental hotel chain confirms credit card breach
Thieves planted malware on POS systems on some US and European Mandarin Oriental hotels. Guests, restaurant and gift shop customers: check your statements!
Hacker who plotted to send heroin to Brian Krebs arrested in Italy
I don’t envy the scriptwriters who are busy at work on the Krebs movie. The news just keeps coming! The latest: Sergei Vovnenko, known as Fly, was arrested under suspicion of trafficking in stolen credit cards as well as plotting to send heroin to the security journalist/crimefighter. 
Carwash POS systems hacked, credit card data drained
Police in the US state of Massachusetts have busted what they say is a gang of thieves who were buying stolen credit cards and using them to buy gift cards that were then sometimes exhausted of their balance, washed clean of data and reloaded with more stolen credit card data.
Sydney teen arrested as hacking hoaxster sends SWAT team to his house
Having been told that residents were tied up inside the home, and that shots had been fired, officers swooped on the Bonar Street address at 4.40 am. But it was all a hoax.