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Protect your teens: 7 apps and websites parents should be aware of
Teens and tweens are heading in droves to apps and social platforms where they can't bump into their dads. Here are 7 apps and websites you need to be aware of.
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The worst password in the penitentiary - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here's this week's 60 Second Security video. The latest news made educational and amusing...and it only takes a minute.
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WhatsApp revenge porn poster first to be jailed for the offence in the UK
An ex-boyfriend who swapped out his WhatsApp profile picture for a naked picture of his ex-girlfriend has been sentenced to 12 weeks in jail. Lucky for him, a proposed quadrupling of that maximum...
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Comedy spam blunder raises a smile to start the week
We all get lots of spam. Enough, even with junk folders and spam filters, to be more than merely annoying. So here's a spamming mistake to make you smile...
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Spy in the sky? Flying surveillance devices are scooping up Americans' phone...
The US Marshals Service program uses Cessna aircraft to slurp data from mobile phones in a flying range that covers most of the country's population.
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MasterCard promises (slow) death to online payment passwords
Credit card giant MasterCard has shared plans to do away with passwords in online payments, with an all-new authentication standard to eventually replace 3D Secure.
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Jailed Twitter troll: 'It was disgusting what I did'
A woman who was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail for sending abusive tweets to journalist Caroline Criado-Perez has spoken of her regret over the abuse she dished out on Twitter.
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Apple ships OS X 10.10.1 - does it fix those Wi-Fi problems?
Reader: "So Paul, has Yosemite 10.10.1 fixed the Wi-Fi problems?" Duck: "The answer is..." Find out, as they say, inside.
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Breached US State Department takes email offline to update security
The US State Department spent the weekend trying to mop up its unclassified email system and public sites in the aftermath of a recent attack.
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Anonymous e-hijacks KKK in wake of threats against Ferguson protesters
Attackers affiliating themselves with the Anonymous brand of hacktivists have resulted in two hijacked Twitter accounts, doxing of alleged Ku Klux Klan members, and 4 DDoSed sites.
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Would you allow access to Facebook at Work? [POLL]
What would you say to a variant of Facebook that you could use at work? And not just *at* work, but *for* work?
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Naked Security bids farewell to HTTP
From now on Naked Security will only be available over secure, encrypted HTTPS with Strict Transport Security and Forward Secrecy.
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Microsoft "tops up" Patch Tuesday, issues delayed fix for zero-day hole in...
Microsoft has issued a "top up" security bulletin for a fix that didn't quite make it into the November 2014 Patch Tuesday. The vulnerability can be used to turn any user into a domain administrator,...
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Google fined for not taking down "right to be forgotten" links worldwide
The "right to be forgotten" case is the first in Europe to take the power to compel link takedown outside a country's border and into the search results Google delivers worldwide.
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Senate kills bill that would have reined in NSA and rampant surveillance
Yesterday the Senate axed The USA Freedom Act, which missed the chance to be debated by just two "yes" votes. With it goes what privacy advocates had called the best opportunity yet to curb the...
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SSCC 174 - Who says law enforcement isn't tackling cybercrime? [PODCAST]
Here's the latest epsiode of our weekly Chet Chat podcast, for your listening pleasure. From a carder ring that got busted to a spamming system that ran amuck, let yourself be amused and educated at...
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Whatsapp now provides end-to-end encryption by default for messages
A new update to the Android version of WhatsApp includes an unexpected but pleasant surprise – end-to-end encryption that is enabled by default.
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"Rotten stinking hovel" hotel charges couple £100 for bad Trip Advisor review
A UK hotel has come up with a way to fend off bad online reviews: rather than upping the thread count on their sheets or, say, introducing a vacuum cleaner to the dining room a bit more frequently,...
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How to delete your old, embarrassing, now-much-easier-to-find tweets
Now might be a fine time to scrub your Twitter timeline to get rid of the more embarrassing tidbits - or perhaps take a fire hose to it, depending on just how messy your life and your tweeting history...
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Hackers blamed for unusual tweets from Jeremy Clarkson, Columbian FARC rebels
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson and Colombian militia group FARC may not have much in common, but this week they were linked by headlines blaming hackers for potentially embarrassing Twitter messages.
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