A new commercial malware dropper was discovered on sale at the low price of $50 in its beta form but promising the ability to allow customers to open their own botshop allowing the purchaser to rebuild the bot to sell access to others, creating their own clientele.
The voices of millions of UK taxpayers were recorded, analyzed and stored by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) without consent, according to privacy campaigners Big Brother Watch.
Researchers surveyed 1,500 U.S. customers and found that despite recent social media user data controversy, the majority of consumers still trust their apps to use their data in honorably.
Cybercriminals are delivering Monero-mining malware designed to turn entire systems into mining bots via a Drupal vulnerability that was patched back in April of this year.
Researchers are warning firms should make sure they are prepared for partial failures in IT infrastructure after a "very rare" data center glitch caused a payment meltdown on Visa systems.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups are delivering their petition to Amazon's Seattle headquarters today requesting that it stop selling surveillance technology to the government.
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