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Orange bitten by data breach, leaks personal data from promotional messaging...
Current reports put the size of Orange's latest data breach at 1,300,000 records. It seems that the data wasn't stolen from one of Orange's primary databases, but from an ancillary system used for...
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Snapchat agrees to settlement with FTC over privacy complaints
Snapchat and the FTC have come to terms in a settlement over the privacy practices of the controversial mobile message service company. Will Snapchat be better at protecting user privacy now that it's...
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Bitly breached, gives (shortened) details to customers on blog
Popular URL shortener Bitly is the latest cloud service to say, "Er, looks like crooks have been wandering around in our network." Paul Ducklin tries to make sense of Bitly's breach notification blog...
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Apple will notify customers when the law demands their personal data
Except, of course, if data demands come with gag orders, Apple's new guidelines say.
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US House committee unanimously votes to rein in NSA, end bulk data collection
The USA Freedom Act is a watered-down version of an earlier bill - it's been re-dubbed the "Freedumb Act" - and it's seen as a weakened compromise between the intelligence community and those concerned...
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Free Rolling Stones tickets? No, it’s a Facebook scam
Are you a Rolling Stones fan? Lots of people are, and with gigs on the 2014 tour selling out in hours, you can see why free tickets might seem worth checking out. But not all "special offer" sites are...
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Japanese man arrested for possession of five guns created with 3D printer
Police say that two of the five recovered handguns are capable of firing, though no bullets were discovered at the man's home in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo.
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Is Apple finally getting real about security? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Where does the data breach buck stop? Why do they call them "secret" links? And is Apple finally getting real about security? Find out in "60 Second Security" for 10 May 2014
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Patch Tuesday for May 2014 - 8 bulletins, 2 critical, 0/zero/zilch/zip for XP
A quick note to remind you that tomorrow is Patch Tuesday. The scorecard is "2 from 8", with eight security bulletins due, two of which are rated "Critical." XP? Not a sausage...
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Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
It's weekly roundup time! Here's all the great stuff we've written in the past seven days.
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US Navy sailor allegedly led team that hacked government computers
A US Navy systems administrator stationed on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman acted as ringleader for a gang of anti-government cyber crooks, prosecutors alleged last week.
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"Open the iPhone door, Siri!" - Apple's digital helper coughs up another lock...
A hacker has found a way to bypass the iPhone 5 lock screen to get at your contacts. Ironically, he got in by asking Siri, Apple's voice-activated "helper." Here's how to close the hole while you wait...
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Mandatory phone kill switch bill resurrected by California Senate
The first time it came up for a vote, legislators turned it down, saying the pro-consumer bill would be "bad for business". Now, after having dropped the requirement for tablets and having added 7...
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Cybercrime boss offers a Ferrari for best online scam
A top cybercrime boss has offered up a sports car to the hacker who comes up with the best online scam, according to the head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).
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Free One Direction tickets? Facebook scam goes multi-generational, targets...
Last week's Rolling Stones scammers are also targeting Tomorrowland fans and Directioners. Whether you're into rock-and-roll, dance or, er, the other sort of music, these guys have a ticket scam for...
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16-year-old Canadian boy arrested for over 30 swattings, bomb threats
Police arrested a Canadian 16-year-old who might have been the swatter of not only security journalist Brian Krebs, but also of schools, to which he allegedly made bogus threats of bombs,...
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Twitter glitch makes it more difficult to report abuse, while "mute" is on...
It's supposed to be fixed soon, but in the meantime, trolls' favorite targets are once again suffering the typical onslaught. On the plus side, Twitter on Monday also said it would be offering a "mute"...
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Patch Tuesday wrap-up, May 2014 - Adobe and Microsoft both patch multiple...
Patch Tuesday updates from both Microsoft and Adobe are out. There aren't any huge surprises this month, but both companies have critical patches for remote code execution holes...
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NSA intercepts routers, servers to slip in backdoors for overseas surveillance
US intelligence has been covertly implanting interception tools into US networking equipment heading overseas, alleges Glenn Greenwald.
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People have the right to be e-forgotten, EU court rules against Google
Some call it a privacy win, some call it a quagmire where free speech will suffer, some say it's irrelevant because plenty of US search companies are shielded by the First Amendment.
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