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My password is...no, sorry, it's completely slipped my mind - 60 Sec Security...
Here's the latest episode of our weekly "60 Second Security" video. It'll only take 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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Is your webcam or baby monitor video feed being streamed to this website?
A website is searching for and publishing streams from internet-enabled cameras secured only with default passwords. Make sure you're not one of them.
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Notes from SophosLabs: On the trail of rootkits and other malware
When an interesting new piece of malware makes the news, the first question people ask is usually, "How does it work? " And that leaves us with the question behind the question: "How do you tell what...
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Operation Onymous: 17-nation bust takes out over 400 "hidden services"
It turns out that last week's bust of Silk Road 2.0's kingpin was just a hint at what was coming: namely, a multinational crackdown on dark-market sites hidden away on the Tor network.
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Apple releases tool to fix vanishing iMessage issue
Are you an ex-iPhone owner whose iMessages have disappeared into a black hole from whence they never return? If so, Apple now has a fix for that.
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Old-time phishing scams are working just fine, Google finds
A new Google study has found that the true masterpieces of phishing are successful 45% of the time. It's just another example of how phishers may be old dogs, but they can sure learn new tricks.
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US Postal Service breached, employee and customer data stolen
The United States Postal Service on Monday warned workers that their data had been compromised, along with people who had contacted the Customer Care Center between January and August this year.
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Firefox turns 10 - celebrates by helping you to forget
The Firefox browser just turned 10. Paul Ducklin takes a trip down memory lane...
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Tor Project puzzles over how the law shredded anonymity in Operation Onymous
The Tor Project would very much like to know how identities were laid bare in the recent Operation Onymous.
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Paedophile caught after targeted girl's father impersonates her on Facebook
A paedophile was on bail waiting to be sentenced for a string of sex offences when he contacted what he thought was a 10-year-old girl, telling her she was "gorgeous" and that she should come to his...
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Online casino fined for emailing promotions to "self-excluded" gamblers
After gamblers added themselves to a voluntary "self-exclusion" list, they continued to receive promotional offers from the online gambling arm of casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. Now the...
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Patch Tuesday wrap-up, November 2014: Microsoft joins the "security hole in...
Here's what you need to know about the November 2014 Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and Adobe...
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Snapchat to warn users about third-party apps, ask them to change their...
Snapchat is now looking out for people using third-party apps, warning them that's against the terms of service, and asking them to change their Snapchat passwords.
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YouTube channel swamps police with requests for disclosure of body-cam video
A YouTube channel has been surfacing police body-cam footage. It now has some 75 videos up, showing, among other things, men with knives, break-ins, car accidents, drug smoking, and an emergency phone...
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SSCC 173 - Lest we forget [PODCAST]
Here's the latest episode of our weekly "Chet Chat" security podast. Chet and Duck take on the week's news in their inimitable way...enjoy!
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Two-factor authentication: Understanding the options
Which is better, "two-factor authentication" or "two-step verification"? Should you choose a token, SMSes or an app? John Shier helps you understand the various sorts of 2FA...
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Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond used his cat's name as a password
Convicted Stratfor attacker, Jeremy Hammond, has revealed how he thinks the Feds managed to get together the evidence they needed to send him to prison. How? It's all down to his pet-related password.
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Facebook translates its privacy policy into plain English
Facebook updated its privacy policy on Thursday, this time with an eye toward crystal-clear explanations in big fonts, bright colors and nice, short words.
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Carder.su fraudster jailed for 9 years and ordered to pay $50.8m
Cameron Harrison, a 28-year-old from the US State of Georgia, has been sentenced to 115 months in jail for buying stolen debit and credit cards from the now defunct Carder.su underground marketplace.
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