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Facebook shrugs as ‘emotional contagion’ research outrages its users
Some users saw a dash more positive items in their feeds; some received a more grim daily dose, as the researchers cut out happy tidings. The researchers' conclusion: yes, emotional states are...
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Ex-boyfriend avoids jail for posting offensive update on woman's Facebook...
The case - one which involves prosecution over damage to a social media account - is reportedly unprecedented. The guilty party was facing a maximum of 10 years in prison and a €10,000 fine, with a...
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Supreme Court refuses to drag Google out of its Street View privacy wreckage
Google's planning to slurp up ever more data, from wearables, fitness apps and more. It sure would be nice for Google if the Street View fiasco would fade away and stop reminding people of how they...
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Anatomy of a buffer overflow - Google's "KeyStore" security module for Android
Here's a cautionary tale about a bug, courtesy of IBM. Not that IBM had the bug, just to be clear: Google had the bug, and IBM researchers spotted it.
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Did Facebook's emotion experiment break the law? ICO probes
Did Facebook's emotional manipulation study break data protection laws? The UK's Information Commissioner's Office is to investigate the experiment, which caused outrage after it manipulated the feeds...
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EFF sues NSA over hoarding of zero days
Wouldn't it be nice to know just how, exactly, the spy agency decides whether to silently exploit zero days for snooping purposes while leaving businesses and individuals in the dark with their bellies...
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Microsoft takes down No-IP DNS domains in cybercrime fight - right or wrong?...
Vote in our poll! Was Microsoft's takeover of 23 of another company's domain names a justifiable step in dealing with cybercrime, or a disruptive step too far?
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Remote access breach via POS system sparks yet more consumer data leak fears
A US supplier of point-of-sale (POS) equipment has informed its clients of a security breach in the remote access system it uses to log into clients' networks, meaning hackers could have used the...
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Facebook's experiment on users - what would it take for you to finally quit?...
Facebook is taking heat once again for perceived invasion of privacy, after it disclosed a research experiment conducted on users without their explicit consent. What do you think? Have you finally had...
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Coinbase wallet app in SSL/TLS SNAFU, joins the insecure mobile banking club
The popular Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has a crucial security flaw in its Android apps which could allow an attacker to steal authentication codes and access users' accounts, according to a security...
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SSCC 154: Fraud, viruses, patches and encryption (in that order!) [PODCAST]
Where does your country sit on the fraud list? Just how much can you trust SMSes on Android? Is Apple serious enough about iOS security? And will Google's End-To-End email encryption plugin save the...
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Russia's latest internet law proposal - anti-NSA, or pro-FSB?
Russia's parliament, the State Duma, has heard another internet freedom bill requiring foreign web firms to host any data on Russia citizens within Russia's borders. This would mean the likes of Google...
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SEA hacks Israeli Defence Force Twitter account, posts bogus nuclear warning
The Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Israeli Defense Force's Twitter account and posted a bogus warning about an imminent nuclear attack. The hack comes less than a week after the SEA took aim at the...
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Is Apple slack at security on iOS? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
What went wrong with PayPal's 2FA? Why did Microsoft do an email U-turn? Is Apple slack at security on iOS? It'll only take a minute to find out...
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Patch Tuesday for July 2014 - 6 bulletins, 2 RCEs, 3 EoPs and get ready to...
Here's what to expect from Microsoft in the July 2014 edition of Patch Tuesday, scheduled to ship on Tuesday 08 July 2014...
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Monday review - the hot 22 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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Student jailed for refusing to hand over password to police
Christopher Wilson, who has his own business programming artificial intelligence systems, is suspected of hacking into police websites and using a voice-changing device to make hoax telephone calls...
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Remember macro viruses? Infected Word and Excel files? They're back...
In 1995, a macro virus called Concept changed the malware landscape completely for several years. Infected Word and Excel files finally died out in the early 2000s, but as SophosLabs researcher Gabor...
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NSA catches only 10% of data legally, but is it a fair trade off?
That leaves large-scale privacy invasion on 90% of 160,000 analysed messages swept up illegally by the NSA. But credit where credit is due: the legal 10% of intercepts have significant intelligence...
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Police dog catches paedophiles by sniffing out their hidden hard drives
Police detection dogs are the latest tool in investigators' arsenal when it comes to finding gadgets that might contain illegal images of child abuse, sometimes hidden in metal tins four layers deep...
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