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Security experts weigh in on the media hype around hacking.

A writer was unable to stop fraudulent transfers on a Maine town's bank account.

If what I am about to discuss is news to you, it's OK, you have a good excuse. Whether it's the debt-limit debate, continued economic conditions further eroding balance sheets, or that pesky roll out of Dodd-Frank, bankers have a lot on their plates and haven't had this much fun since the S&L crisis. Or at least since the Fall of 2008 with Tarp. And it's earning season on top of that.

Microsoft no longer tolerates obvious passwords.

Job seekers received an unexpected and unwelcome response from The Washington Post last week, when the paper alerted users of its job ad site that it had suffered a data breach.

Those ubiquitous Web ads promising a flatter stomach if you obey "one weird old tip" are actually scams to get consumers' credit card details, the Federal Trade Commission says.

Morgan Stanley sent two letters to clients explaining that their names, addresses, account and tax identification numbers had been compromised.

Booz Allen Hamilton, a contractor for the U.S. military and federal agencies, is the apparent victim of a hacking incident, The New York Times reported Monday.

Kyle McDonald was investigated after posting to his blog photos taken by the built-in webcams in the demo machines on display at an Apple Inc. retail store in New York, according to a July 8 story on Business Insider.

Another week, another theft of an entire automated teller machine.