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Whisper CTO trashes reports that it tracks even those users who turn off...
Supposedly anonymous social media app Whisper actually tracks some users - particularly newsworthy ones - even after they've specifically opted out of geolocation, according to reports.
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FBI Director James Comey says Apple and Google go "too far" with default...
FBI Director James Comey says Apple and Google go too far with default encryption settings on mobile devices, including the iPhone 6 and Nexus 6 running on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Does the FBI really...
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Facebook prowls the internet looking for your password
Facebook explains that it's keeping its eye out for credentials - email, password combinations - dropped on sites after data breaches, running them against its own users' credentials to see if password...
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Apple pushes out iOS 8.1 - kills the mobile POODLE and closes some, ahem,...
The marquee vulnerablity fixed in iOS 8.1 is, as you might expect, POODLE. But there are other cryptographic fixes in iOS 8.1 that are equally important...because cryptography is notoriously hard to...
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UK considering imprisoning 'cowardly, venomous trolls' for up to 2 years
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said that new laws would quadruple the current maximum six-month term and show his determination to "take a stand against a baying cyber-mob".
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Is your phone line a '6-figure liability waiting to happen'?
Premium-rate service scams are sticking businesses - particularly small ones using local carriers - with outrageous phone bills, to the tune of $4.73 billion globally for 2013. Many businesses aren't...
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Woman charged with planting spyware on cop's phone
A woman has been charged after eavesdropping on "sensitive law enforcement communications" by tapping the mobile phone of her police officer ex.
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OS X Yosemite Wi-Fi problems - can you help us solve them?
Most early adopters of OS X Yosemite are enjoying a refreshingly clean new look with a bunch of updated applications. But for a few, it's a Wi-Fi network merry-go-round...
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SSCC 170 - Is the best time to shop at a store right after it has a breach?...
Here's the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski, John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they turn news into advice...
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Google goes beyond two-step verification with new USB Security Key
Google's adding support for a physical USB second factor that will first verify the login site as being a true Google website, not a fake site pretending to be Google, before it hands over a...
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Do we really need strong passwords?
The idea that computer users should use long, complex passwords is one of computer security's sacred cows. But is is really necessary? Mark Stockley investigates...
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How to kill a troll
A new Pew study confirms what we already know: online harassment is a widespread disease afflicting the internet. Ignoring trolls and hoping they'll go away is actually quite effective, survey...
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Twitter invites us to say goodbye to passwords, use Digits instead
Twitter's new credentials handling scheme is called Digits, and it's hoping that mobile app developers use it to enable their users to sign in with their phone numbers as identifiers, along with...
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Has the "Sandworm" zero-day exploit burrowed back to the surface?
You may have noticed that Microsoft recently published a Security Advisory that sounds a lot like the "Sandworm" vulnerability all over again. Paul Ducklin explains...
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Hackers who threaten national security could face life sentences
Where damage to human welfare or national security is deemed serious enough, the proposed amendment to the UK's Computer Misuse Act 1990 could mean life in jail for hackers, and some experts believe...
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POODLEs, Sandworms and getting safe online - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
The week's security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-minute video. Enjoy...
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FTC takes down fake support scammers, upbeat about "getting consumers’ money...
Just paying the money back isn't really a punishment for fake support call scammers. So, what do *you* think the courts should do to punish these guys? Have your say in our poll...
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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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Facebook and Yahoo team up to block account hijackings via recycled accounts
Facebook and Yahoo have figured out how to undo the mess Yahoo made when it decided to recycle old email addresses.
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US Senate calls Whisper in for serious questioning on user tracking
Following serious allegations brought up by the Guardian, the US Senate has a few privacy-related questions it would like to ask the people in charge over at Whisper, the self-proclaimed "safest place...
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