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Firefox slams Chrome again in our trustworthy browser poll
Firefox once again outpaced Chrome, IE, Safari and Opera as the most trusted web browser. But many are not happy with their browser choices when it comes to privacy. Read on for some of the interesting...
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Sony offers games as part of $15m Playstation Network breach settlement
Sony has offered gamers digital goods as part of a $15m settlement in the 2011 PlayStation Network (PSN) data breach case.
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A Sysmas Carol - singing the praises of sysadmins everywhere!
Ever felt as though there should be a song for system administrators? Like a Sysmas Carol, perhaps, celebrating the 0x0C days of Sysmas? Well, here it is!
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Hacking, spamming, rogue SMSes and browsers – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
The week's security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-min video... 60 Sec Security, 26 July 2014
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Monday review - the hot 27 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
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How to break into people's homes with your mobile phone
Having a tough time breaking into your neighbor's house? Not terribly conversant with key gauges or making clay molds? Don't worry, there's an app for that!
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Panopticlick reveals the cookie you can't delete
You know about cookies, and how to delete them, but what if there was a cookie you couldn't delete, and what if the steps you took to guard your privacy made you easier to track? The EFF's Panopticlick...
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Anatomy of an iTunes phish - tips to avoid getting caught out
Even if you'd back yourself to spot a phish every time, here's a step-by-step account that might help to save your friends and family in the future...
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1,000,000 lost credit cards = £150,000 fine
A UK travel company has been fined £150,000 for putting an "internal only" parking database system on the internet without securing it first. The vulnerable system was used as a stepping stone for a...
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One hoax press release, one $300 million hole in mining company
The fake press release was pretty convincing: it was sent from a domain that riffed on the ANZ Bank name, used the bank's logo, and included the name of a PR person, along with his (NOT!) phone number....
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Hacker turns ATM into 'Doom' arcade game
Its screen now eschews balances and transfers in favor of the familiar sight of a hand wrapped around a gun, going around dark corners and blasting stuff. Where did scrap metal hacker "Aussie50" pick...
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Police slap warning banner ads on 'pirate' sites
The City of London Police has started swapping out legitimate ads on websites believed to be serving up pirated content, instead plastering them with warning banner ads.
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SSCC 158 - What do you mean, "Don't knit your own remote authentication"?...
Here's this week's Chet Chat security podcast for your listening pleasure. Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin of Sophos dissect the week's security news to see what we can learn from other people's...
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Guy brags about gift card tinkering at new job, gets house raided by feds
The new recruit showed off to a colleague, calling the gift-card tinkering "research". We'll see what Homeland Security thinks about it after they scour the electronics they seized from his house.
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How anyone can hack your Instagram account
Should you write instructions that tell everyone how to hack Instagram accounts, including advice like "wait for someone to use the Instagram iOS app"? This security researcher did, after he was denied...
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Citizens asked to trade their privacy for free Wi-Fi
The UK city of York is planning to roll out citywide free Wi-Fi. Correction: it's only "free" if you don't count the privacy you stand to lose.
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3 security mistakes small companies make and how to avoid them
Dedicated IT staff are a luxury most very small businesses do without but those organisations still need to find a way to secure their computers against cyber ciminals who aren't looking to cut them a...
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Android "FakeID" security hole causes a pre-BlackHat stir
Seems that a rogue Android app can get more privileges than it deserves simply by saying that someone trustworthy has vouched for it. It's been dubbed the "FakeID" hole...
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Beefed-up Senate bill takes a swing at the NSA
If it emerges unscathed from the chamber, it could mean an end to bulk metadata collection, an end to the secrecy the government's been operating under, and reform of the USA Patriot Act that's been...
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