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California looks to implement ‘kill switch’ as smartphone theft deterrent
If the smartphone 'kill switch' legislation is passed, the carrier can remotely send a trigger to any lost or stolen device to 'brick' itself. With the phone effectively useless, this should be a far...
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CarderPlanet bust, Target credit card breach, online safety for kids – 60 Sec...
What prison sentence for the man who pioneered online carding? How many credit cards did Target lose? Does your encryption software "speak" to passers-by? How to keep your kids safe online over the...
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The OpenSSL software bug that saves you from surveillance!
Bugs in pseudorandom number generators are usually cause for concern, at least in cryptographic circles. But this story is different. It's the curious case of the OpenSSL randomness bug with a happy...
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Monkeys with MUTANT BANANAS on the loose in nuclear research server farm
In the same spirit of research openness that led to the Web, CERN has let Google Street View into its server farm. Now, the nuclear boffins are running a treasure hunt amid the server racks...
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Monday review - the hot 25 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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Spammers take over Twitter Trends with sexy hashtags
Londoners awoke on Friday morning to find their automatically generated trending topics lists stuffed with sexy tags.
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Polish programmers jailed for 5 years for DDoS and cyber-extortion of online...
Two online gaming programmers from Poland have been jailed for trying to cyber-extort the owner of an online marketing company based in Manchester, UK, and the CEO of an unnamed US internet software host.
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A little thanks from Naked Security
We're feeling a bit festive so we're giving away an iPad Air and lots of tshirts. Make sure you're in with a chance of winning!
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SSCC 127 - Target, Microsoft, Apple, Gmail...and some amazing acoustics...
Chet and Duck help you to learn from recent security news, both good and bad. In this episode: the massive Target breach; Microsoft's and Apple's attitude to updates; and how to respond to Google's...
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Naked Security talks about Festive Season Security on BBC Radio 5 Live’s...
Outriders is a BBC Radio 5 Live programme that describes itself as "exploring the frontiers of the web." On this week's show, host Jamillah Knowles interviewed Naked Security's Paul Ducklin about...
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On tech support duty for family at Christmas? Get our free Threatsaurus…
Are you on tech support duty for your nearest and dearest over Christmas and New Year? Would you rather be at the snow/beach? Let the Sophos Threatsaurus help you teach your friends and family how to...
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Privacy lenses pointed at Snapchat for making phone number searches too easy
Security researchers claim that Snapchat, the controversial selfie-sharing picture site, is far too liberal with the phone numbers of its users. *If* those users are genuine - the researchers also...
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OpenSSL bug, DDoS bust, Snapchat SNAFU and a free Threatsaurus – 60 Sec...
Can a bug ever be good? What's the prison sentence for DDoS criminality? How well does Snapchat protect your data? What's a Threatsaurus, and why do you want one? Watch and find out!
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Fashion and astronomy lead the way to cost effective tamper protection
Worried about inquisitive individuals opening up your laptop while you are on the road, adding a hardware or firmware Trojan, and closing it up again without you noticing? Here's an unexpected and...
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SSCC 128 – Learning from 2013 for a safer, more secure 2014 [PODCAST]
Our weekly security podcast looks back at the big blunders of 2013 to find out what went wrong. Let Chet and Duck help you plan for a safer and more secure 2014!
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Attack dismissed as “theoretical” by Snapchat used to plunder 4.6 million...
Controversial photosharing site Snapchat is back in the news again, opening the New Year as the victim of a data breach. Hackers have turned an attack dubbed "theoretical" by Snapchat into a reality,...
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Skype’s Twitter account compromised by Syrian Electronic Army
Microsoft's Skype brand had its Twitter, Facebook and WordPress accounts hacked by a someone claiming to be the Syrian Electronic Army. The real question is, where was the two-factor?
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US court dismisses suit brought against border laptop searches
A US federal court in New York closed out the year by saying that it's OK for the government to search travelers' electronic devices at border checkpoints without reasonable suspicion that people have...
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Gaping admin access holes found in SoHo routers from Linksys, Netgear and others
For many home users, the router-slash-firewall at the edge of their network plays an vital security role. So it is always alarming to read about sloppy programming in the firmware that ships with this...
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The exact number of people* who trust Facebook is… [POLL]
...what we here at Naked Security will tell you (IF you take the poll), being all open to sharing 'n' stuff. That's in stark contrast to the zip-lipped Facebergians themselves, who are polling users...
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