32-year-old Kris Koranteng has been arrested and charged with 11 separate counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. He and his crew are thought to have sought out vulnerable love-seekers on popular dating sites including Match.com and Chemistry.com. 
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Massive cyber attack on oil and energy industry in Norway
As many as 300 oil and energy companies have been targeted in the largest ever coordinated cyber attack in Norway. 
Firefox OS app permissions will give users more privacy than Android
Mozilla’s mobile platform, Firefox OS, is behind Google’s Android in just about every way. But in one important respect, privacy, Firefox OS is trying to move ahead by giving users more control over what data apps can gather from their devices…
Social media users don’t like discussing Snowden and surveillance online
Just 42% of those surveyed said they were willing to air their views or enter a discussion on Facebook or Twitter but 86% said they would be happy to discuss the NSA surveillance program in a face-to-face setting.
“There is no inside” – How to get the most from your firewall
Firewalls are often seen as having the role of a moat surrounding the castle. But data is everywhere, so it’s time to take a new look at firewalling…
Linux hits 23 – the Time Machine that changed the world!
Linux reached the entirely respectable age of 23 this week, more or less. Paul Ducklin looks at what might have been…
“Lizard Squad” hackers force PSN offline and Sony exec from the sky
Hackers calling themselves “Lizard Squad” tweeted a bomb threat that forced a plane with Sony Online Entertainment’s president on board to divert for an emergency landing on Sunday. At the same time, a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack flooded traffic to Sony’s PlayStation Network, forcing the gaming network offline for a short time.
Do Not Track – the privacy standard that’s melting away
Do Not Track hasn’t been in the news lately but that’s only because it’s failing too slowly for the naked eye to see. It’s melting away like a giant glacier and its meltwater is slowly washing away any hope for an industry standard that puts consumers in control of who can track them.
Duping the machine – the cunning malware that throws off researchers
Traditionally, when malware detects that it is not running in a genuine victim setting, it will simply exit immediately. But there’s a certain subset of malware families that are more cunning when they detect an analysis environment…
220 million records stolen, 16 arrested in massive South Korean data breach
South Korean authorities have revealed a massive data breach that has affected over half of the country’s 50 million citizens. The stolen records include real names, account names, passwords and resident registration numbers from a number of website registrations across online game and movie ticket sites. 16 people have been arrested. 