Naked Security

Apple is introducing a new security feature called Gatekeeper in its upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion release. Read on to find out what it does and how it measures up.

Just how unique is is your private key? Is there a chance that someone else, without any malice aforethought, might unexpectedly end up with a key pair that is identical or at least dangerously similar to yours?

If these spammers want to get a higher return on their email campaign they might want to try targeting just South African internet users in future.

Canadian politician causes stir, saying anyone who objects to the "Protecting Children from Online Predators Act" sides with child pornographers. Do statements like this serve anything more than muddying the waters?

Two typosquatting sites, "Wikapedia.com" and "Twtter.com," have been forced offline and fined £100,000 ($156,000) each by a UK telephone regulatory agency. Learn tips on how you can avoid falling victim to typosquatters.

Paul Baccas reviews Bruce Schneier's latest book.

Calling IT managers... You're busy. Everyone expects everything to be working smoothly. Bet you'd like some useful articles to make your life a bit easier? Tell us what these are and be in with a chance of winning Bruce Schneier's latest book, 'Liars & Outliers'.

While the fury over Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' really, really poor choice of words continues to snowball, Vikileaks Twitter campaign was shut down last night.

Scammers are up to their old tricks on Facebook, tricking users into visiting revenue-generating survey scam websites by appearing to offer sex videos.

Our Klingon anti-virus product has been told it could receive a massive inheritance. Hmm.. does anyone smell anything a bit Ferengi about this?

Security consultant Philip Campbell Smith is alleged to have used a Trojan horse to hack into a computer belonging to Ian Hurst, a former British army intelligence officer who handled IRA informers in Northern Ireland.

The High Court in London has paved the way for what could become a nationwide ban on accessing the notorious Pirate Bay file-sharing website.

Prosecutors are keen to discover what is on the encrypted laptop of Ramona Fricosu, a Colorado woman accused of committing financial fraud. The case has raised interesting questions of whether you can be forced by law to hand over your password, or decrypt your computer.

Internet users are receiving emails claiming to contain a changelog - but the files attached are really designed to infect computers.

Ushering in tax season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual "Dirty Dozen" tax scams for 2012.

The Communications Capabilities Development Programme is the British government's attempt at rehashing the opposing Labour party's failed surveillance reforms. The Interception Modernisation Programme was the subject of much criticism; does this new programme look any better?

Want a free password for one of the world's most popular adult websites? YouPorn, one of the world's most popular porn video websites appears to have been caught with its pants down.

File sharing entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, the larger-than-life figure who was controversially busted by the cops hiding in a panic room in his $30 million mansion in New Zealand, has finally convinced a court to grant him bail.

Concerns are raised over the beta version of Firefox for Android, after it demands that users allow it to access your smartphone's ability to send and receive SMS messages. Could such a permission be a security threat for the future?

Like Lego? Here's a challenge for you.

Apple's Gatekeeper security feature leaves a lot to be desired

Researchers take another crack at SSL

Second passport for South Africans? It's spam of the day

Canadian politician accuses bill opposition of siding with child porn peddlars

Bogus Twitter and Wikipedia sites fined and booted offline

Trust and society: a review of Liars & Outliers by Bruce Schneier

We want to hear from you (and you might just get a free book out of it)

Vikileaks Twitter campaign falls over, but Vic Toews still standing

Ex-girlfriend sex videos, browser plugins and Facebook survey scams

Don't lose your Klingon inheritance. It's spam of the day

'X' is named. Alleged computer hacker at the centre of News of the World scandal

Pirate Bay faces UK web block

Alleged fraudster has until next week to decrypt her hard drive for prosecutors

Beware Changelog spammed-out malware attack

IRS releases its top 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams

IMP or CCDP? Who cares, it's still storing your data

YouPorn passwords available for download, thousands of users exposed

Megaupload's Kim Dotcom bursts the jail bubble

Firefox for Android and SMS messages? A dangerous mix

Build your own malware monster