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Ceremony that created 19 new cardinals. and thats a quick look at stories making news on todays fox news flash. turning to this developing story, a major catch for u.s. and mexican authorities in the drug war. a drug kingpin reportedly captured in an overnight raid. the u.s. governments saying that joaquin guzman was arrested in a mexican hotel. he was on the deas most wanted list and faces multiple drug trafficking charges. his drug empire stretching through north america all the way to eur...

Malicious links and set up phony websites to steal information. attackers are most plikly to get into your apple device from untrusted and open wi-fi networks at home or coffee shops. apple urging users to download the update. if you have an iphone 4 and later generation, 5th generation ipod touches and ipad 2 and later models, a security fix for mac computers is expected soon. interestingly enough, theres some speculation that this security flaw was used by the national security agency to act a...

Do. so first, be careful obviously anytime youre storing personal information. and second, and this is the key one, dont reuse passwords. i know theyre so hard to remember but you shouldnt reuse them. starbucks says. this should have many people breathing a sigh of relief, no known impact to customers yet, no credit card information has been affected and right now the security flaw is limited to just the iphone but experts say it is very likely that other platforms are affect as well. they would...

Joe? major security flaw in the most used payment app is starting things out. we have the story and other top business news. >> if you use your phone to buy your starbucks, this security flaw could certainly kill your buzz. the coffee giant behind the most used mobile app in the nation has been storing users pass word without any encryption making those tied to the app your credit card number e-mail and location highly vulnerable to theft. all a thief has to do is steel your phone and hook it up...

Protesting the national security agencys practices. skype wasnt the only internet company hacked. another posted the user names and phone numbers of nearly 5 million snapchat users. it said it wanted to call attention to a security flaw in the photo messaging service. snapchat had already admitted the flaw several days ago. cybercrooks may try to use the information to fish and defraud snapchat users. the new year is ushering in a new era for the boy scouts. its lifting its century-long ban ...

These people over and well square up with you later. but that is voluntary. so in theory people will be turned away because their records are inaccurate or they havent played the premiums. >> wow, you gave us a lot of information. well the misplaced information, why is that happening? >> well just the other day in one state, i believe it was massachusetts, they had to go back to 16,000 who signed up and said you have to resubmit everything because we cant find everything that you sent in? >> so ...

Identify how hackers stole information from 40 million credit and debit cards over the past couple weeks. they say the security problem is fixed and a dedicated team is working with law enforcement to try to find the hackers. what can you do to protect yourself and how did they pull it off? we talk to a former hacker to try and explain. this is fascinating and scary, kevin, i must say. the more and more youre learning that we are learning about what happened at target, how do you think they pull...

A file to a target employee and if they go ahead and open that attachment, that file, it exploits a security flaw and now that hacker has complete control over that users computer. that could have been the foot in the door. but i guess what theyll do, when target does their forensic investigation theyll figure exactly how the hackers got in. >> does this speak more, do you think, poor security at target or do you think every company is vulnerable to something like this? its scary when you think ...

>> you keep worrying me you would know that and you who you would ask th. in the video. he pit over his fing sorry the print would have been warm. they will more than likely, please dont cut off your finger to get into someone elses phone. they will find a security update. there is always going to be little bugs every time they release a you in one. there is another security flaw if you push the buttons in the right order, its like playing nintendo, up, right, left, right, av. its one of those...

Some security soft wear energy asking me please send all the details to my e-mail. >> reporter: its especially tough on young people. khalil himself hasnt had a job in two years. he was hoping that facebook would reward him for the security flaw he discovered. but apparently, thats not to be. facebook says it regrets that khalil broke the terms of agreement by posting on zuckerbergs personal page. therefore, hes not eligible for a cash reward that he estimated would be anywhere from $500 to seve...