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China blocks Instagram as Hong Kong protesters take over the streets
China has blocked Facebook's photo-sharing site Instagram, as pro-democracy protesters flooded the Central financial district in Hong Kong on Monday and chronicled it all by flooding social media sites...
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3 essential security tasks - have you done them yet?
Tomorrow marks a year since we published our '3 essential security tasks', so we thought we'd revisit it to ask if you've done them all. If you haven't, there's still time!
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Snapchat says fat spam is not its fault
Have your Snapchat friends taken to calling you fat recently? If so, don't get mad at them - their suggestion that you pop a weight loss pill is probably the result of having their account hacked.
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'Anti-Facebook' Ello: swamped with privacy-hungry refugees, bouncing back...
Either somebody really, really hates the idea of a social media platform that doesn't sell ads based on user data, or Ello is so popular it got trampled. Either way, it's been an outage-plagued few...
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How to pick a proper password [VIDEO]
Here's a short and straight-talking video that not only shows you how to pick a proper password, but also explains why you should bother...
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3 more essential security tasks you can do for your family today
Fetch your cape, family tech support hero, you've got work to do! Update it, lock it, encrypt it, and keep your nearest and dearest cybersecure.
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Head of 'StealthGenie' mobile stalking app indicted for selling spyware
The indictment alleges that StealthGenie can and has recorded all incoming/outgoing voice calls; intercepted calls to be monitored in real time; allowed the buyer to call the phone and activate it at...
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SSCC 166.5 - Special edition from the Virus Bulletin 2014 conference [PODCAST]
Sophos security expert Chester Wisniewski was at the Virus Bulletin 2014 conference in Seattle. In this special edition of the Chet Chat, Paul Ducklin puts Chet on the other side of the mic to find out...
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US Attorney General urges tech companies to leave back doors open on gadgets...
Don't lock police out of popular consumer gadgets, lest law enforcement's efforts to nab kidnappers or child predators be stymied, the US AG said, becoming the latest of a string of government...
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International hackers charged over Call of Duty and Apache helicopter...
Hackers from Australia, Canada and the US have been charged with breaking into the networks of games developers and the US Army to steal software worth at least $100m, according to prosecutors.
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Civil liberties advocates, bookstores, publishers sue to stop anti revenge...
Those seeking to outlaw revenge porn are now battling a coalition of free-speech advocates who claim the existing laws were thrown together so shabbily, they could arguably be used to criminalize a...
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Facebook says sorry to LGBT community over real-name policy, promises change
Facebook's apologised and promised to fix what turns out to be, it admits, an unsophisticated policy that doesn't reflect the importance of pseudonyms in protecting people from harassment and violence.
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Security incidents are up - and pricier! - but infosec budgets are dwindling
The number of security incidents is popping, as are associated costs to mop them up, according to a report from PcW. Global corporate security budgets, meanwhile, seem to be hiding in the closet, just...
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SSCC 167 - Avoiding the shock of Shellshock (and more!) [PODCAST]
Here's the latest episode of our weekly Chet Chat podcast! Shellshock leads the list, of course, but Snapchat, cybersecurity awareness and the iPhone 6 all get a look in too...
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JP Morgan Chase confirms breach, 76 million homes and 7 million businesses...
JP Morgan Chase has confirmed that user information including names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for 76 million households and 7 million small businesses has been stolen in one of the...
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It's only logical - the BIGGER the bank, the BIGGER the breach! 60 Sec...
Here's the latest 60 Second Security for your viewing pleasure. News, advice, opinion and research - and it only takes a minute...
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Monday review - the hot 21 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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Facebook sort-of apologizes for treating users like lab rats
Facebook says it was "unprepared" for the ruckus stirred up around its emotional contagion research, and that there were things "it should have done differently." Does that include asking for informed...
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Google responds to celebrity lawyer's $100m nude photo scandal lawsuit threat
Google has responded to a letter written by a lawyer on behalf of a dozen celebrities whose nude photos were stolen and published online.
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BadUSB - now with Do-It-Yourself instructions
Many fimware hacks are benign or even beneficial, like tweaking the ISO range on your digital camera or removing the bloatware from your mobile phone. But what if even a humble USB flash drive could be...
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