In addition to telecoms, software and cyber security investing, the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Swarth engages in mezzanine lending, capital markets and algorithmic trading.

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Scam emails and infected websites still represent a major source of income for cyber criminals.

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Thanks to a hacker group in India, InfosecIsland has source material that demonstrates wide spread cyber espionage on the part of the Indian Government which the hackers may publish.

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This unchecked flow of data is a new source of sensitive information and creates security loopholes for serious cyber attacks.

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On Wednesday, Dan Geer, Alex Hutton and Greg Shannon plan to give a talk at the cybersecurity-focused conference SOURCE in Boston on using prediction markets to gain foresight into future events in cryptography research, cyber threats, and even data security-related regulation.

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