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Sophos Techknow - The End of XP [PODCAST]
Welcome to Techknow, the podcast in which Sophos experts debate, explore and explain the often baffling world of computer security. In "The End of XP", Duck and Chet investigate the what, the why and...
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Black Friday spams are too good to be true
With the holiday season approaching and lots of super good deals being offered around the American Thanksgiving holiday, retailers aren't the only ones looking to make a buck.
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Google: US data requests have more than tripled since 2009
Worldwide requests have more than doubled since 2009, while the US - which is once again the most voracious data requester - has more than tripled its requests for information on Google customers.
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Snapchat turns its nose up at Facebook's $3 billion offer
Snapchat has reportedly thumbed its nose at Facebook's $3 billion, all-cash offer. The WSJ says Facebook's just one of many eager suitors currently wooing the supposedly-disappearing-photo service (a...
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In memoriam - Mavis Batey MBE, codebreaker extraordinaire at Bletchley Park
Mavis Batey MBE, codebreaker extraordinaire at Bletchley Park during World War II, died this week at the age of 92. Batey's big breakthrough against the Italian military's Enigma encryption machine...
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European airlines to allow gadget use during take-off and landing
European travellers will soon be able to use their personal electronic devices (PEDs) for the entire duration of their flights following a new ruling from Europe's air safety agency.
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Loyaltybuild, Amazon, Facebook and Mavis Batey MBE - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Why shouldn't you store unencrypted credit card numbers? How can you squeeze a positive result from a password breach? What sort of pressure was on the cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park? Find out the...
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Firefox 25.0.1 - the security update that wasn't?
Firefox just pushed out a minor browser update, bumping its version number from 25.0 to 25.0.1. Paul Ducklin saw Mozilla's advice that this was "a security and stability update", and went looking for...
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CryptoLocker urgent alert – here’s how YOU can help!
The UK's National Crime Agency has put out a CryptoLocker ransomware alert - the malware is still a huge problem, even after weeks of high profile coverage. Here's what YOU can do to help prevent it...
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Monday review – the hot 24 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
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Apple’s iOS 7.0.4 fixes a “too easy to buy stuff” security flaw
Apple pushed out iOS 7.0.4 last week, the fourth patch in two months. Is iOS getting buggier, or is Apple simply publishing security fixes more promptly?
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US Homeland Security must disclose ‘internet kill switch’, court rules
The kill switch - aka Standard Operating Procedure 303 - describes a shutdown and restoration process for wireless networks in the event of a national crisis that would prevent, among other things, the...
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Hackers throw 16 attacks at HealthCare.gov plus a DoS for good measure
None of the attacks have been particularly damaging, and the DDoS tool, dubbed "Destroy Obama Care", was never actually triggered. Now, the government's doing pen testing, which likewise hasn't come up...
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Cybercrime fighters ready to up their game, but will it be enough?
Microsoft's opening of a state-of-the-art Cybercrime Center offers hope of better collaboration between law enforcement and industry experts in fighting online threats. How will these developments...
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Forum software vendor vBulletin breached – apparently by vBulletin hack
Forum software vendor vBulletin has owned up to a username-and-password breach on its forum. Guess which forum software the company uses?
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US local police department pays CryptoLocker ransom
Police advice if you are hit by CryptoLocker is to take it on the chin, and not to pay up. That's a pretty hard demand to make of anyone, and all but impossible to insist on for everybody, but you...
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Google and Microsoft tackle child abuse images with search and YouTube changes
Two search giants, Google and Microsoft, have agreed on measures that should make it harder to search for child abuse images online on the open internet, while Google has made a groundbreaking move to...
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FBI: Anonymous has been exploiting Adobe flaws in year-long, ongoing assault...
An FBI memo sent out on Thursday described the attacks as "a widespread problem that should be addressed", according to Reuters.
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Facebook sues alleged Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez sex tape spammer
Not only was the Justin Bieber-Selena Gomez sex tape fake, it weaseled Facebook session account tokens out of many who clicked on it, then replicated itself onto their newsfeeds. Facebook's tried and...
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Serious Security: How to store your users’ passwords safely
Following our popular article explaining what Adobe did wrong with its users' passwords, a number of readers asked us, "Why not publish an article showing the rest of us how to do it right?" Here you...
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