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Kmart becomes the latest retail data breach victim
Kmart has been confirmed as the latest retail chain to be breached after its parent company admitted that some customers’ debit and credit card numbers had been compromised.
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Another game developer flees her home following Gamergate death threats
US-based game developer Brianna Wu (the third woman to be driven from her home in what's being dubbed the Gamergate controversy) after a troll posted her address online and threatened to rape, kill and...
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Google ordered to forget 'endangered' man's search results by Tokyo court
Takedown-rights fever has hit Tokyo, where a District Court on Thursday issued an injunction forcing Google to take down about 120 of 230 search results about a Japanese man that implicated him in past...
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5 steps to lock down your webmail account
For most people Gmail, Outlook.com or Yahoo! Mail is their main personal account. Here are some of the most important steps to keep unwanted people out of your web-based email account.
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Dropbox passwords leaked, third-party services blamed
Hundreds of Dropbox logins were posted on Pastebin and Reddit, but it turns out they were stolen from a third-party service months ago, Dropbox says. So why did some of those passwords work, as Reddit...
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Attacker takes over Facebook page set up for 'Bucket List Baby' Shane, posts...
A Facebook page set up to chronicle the extremely short life of a baby with the rare, terminal condition of anencephaly was hijacked within days of the infant's death and set to display lewd images....
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The "Sandworm" malware - what you need to know
Fortunately, the Sandworm malware is a lot easier to deal with than the giant science fiction creature from which it takes its name. In fact, in malware terms, it's not a worm at all. Paul Ducklin...
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South Korean ID system faces overhauls following 10 years of data thefts
The South Korean government is considering reissuing national identity card ID numbers for every citizen over the age of 17, at the cost of billions of US dollars.
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U2's Bono says sorry for foisting album on everybody's iTunes
In a Facebook interview, a U2 fan - or, well, maybe just somebody who took advantage of the chance to tell off the band - asked the band to please never release an automatically downloaded album again,...
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Snapchat to address sketchy third-party apps with public API ... at some point
Oh, those darn third-party apps, their home-brewed APIs and their photo-leaking ways, Snapchat moaned on Wednesday morning, promising to cook up a public API to fix the situation... sooner or later.
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POODLE attack takes bytes out of your encrypted data - here's what to do
Heartbleed, Shellshock, Sandworm...and now POODLE. It's a security hole that could let crooks read your encrypted web traffic. Paul Ducklin takes you through how it works, and what you can do to avoid...
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'The Snappening’: stolen Snapchat photos site defaced, details of site owner...
Owner of TheSnappening.org photo site, Mudit Grover, took the stolen Snapchat images and the site down. But within hours, attackers identifying themselves as "Team Danny" allegedly took over the domain...
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SSCC 169 - Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what's the biggest breach of all?...
It's Chet Chat time! Here's this week's episode of our news-you-can-use security podcast...
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Facebook's new Safety Check lets you tell friends you're safe when disaster...
Facebook has graced its users with a new tool called Safety Check that lets people tell friends if they're OK when disaster strikes.
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Average person has 19 passwords - but 1 in 3 don’t make them strong enough
The vast majority of people are leaving themselves at risk of identity theft, fraud and extortion by not taking simple but necessary steps to protect themselves online, according to a new study.
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Apple kills the POODLE – also fixes Shellshock in case you forgot
Apple just shipped OS X 10.10 Yosemite - including a fix for the POODLE vulnerability. Mavericks and Mountain Lion also got updates to kill the POODLE. As for Lion, now three releases off the...
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"Oops! I'm sorry about that" - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here it is - this week's 60 Second Security video. News that will amuse, and it only takes a minute...
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Monday review - the hot 19 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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Four online romance scammers jailed - don't get sucked in to Advance Fee Fraud!
Advance Fee Fraud, or AFF, is an age-old scam that goes back at least to the 16th century. Here are some resources you can use to help vulnerable friends and family keep out of the clutches of online...
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Facebook: Dear DEA, please don't set up fake profiles to trap criminals
Facebook CSO Joe Sullivan sent a letter to the DEA on Friday in which he explained how law enforcement agencies need to play by the same rules as the rest of us and not lie about who they are.
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