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Leaked Minecraft usernames and passwords - a storm in a security teacup?
The blocky online building environment is attracting press because about 1800 Minecraft credentials (worth about $27 USD each) have been leaked on Pastebin. But has there been a data breach at Minecraft?
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Does Facebook know you better than your friends and family do?
What if a computer could predict your behavior and understand your personality better than your coworkers, friends, siblings, even your spouse?
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Gamergate target Zoe Quinn launches network to battle online harassment
Crash Override pre-emptively warns would-be swatting victims and has gotten one police department to knock with hands, not boots.
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Big bag of fixes: Oracle's Critical Patches for Jan 2015 close 160 holes, 93...
Big bag of fixes! Oracle's Critical Patches for Jan 2015 fix 160 holes in 48 products, with 93 of those vulnerabilities remotely exploitable.
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People happily give away their (bad) passwords to TV reporter
Say hello to the people in the street who show us how social engineering works. Hint: say you're from Jimmy Kimmel, sound interested, and ask about their pet!
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Facebook update aims to reduce News Feed hoaxes
Facebook has announced a new update designed to remove bogus news stories and outright hoaxes from its users' News Feeds.
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WhatsApp issues 24 hour ban for WhatsApp Plus users
WhatsApp has started giving out day-long bans to those using a third party Android app to send and receive messages through its service.
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SSCC 182 - What would the Pirate Party do? [PODCAST]
This week's episode of our quarter-hour security podcast. Entertaining as well as accurate and educational - why not give it a listen?
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Whisper editor's out the door after scandal, internal investigation
The internal investigation into the secret-sharing app's use and/or abuse of users' data didn't find any wrongdoing, but plenty of questions are still unanswered.
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If you use either of these WordPress themes update them now
Older versions of the Platform and PageLines WordPress themes contain privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take over the website using them.
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Adobe issues emergency fix for Flash zero-day
Crooks are reportedly using a new Flash vulnerability called CVE-2015-0310. Adobe has a fix already, so grab it while it's hot!
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Silk Road 2.0 deputy arrested after 6-month attack on Tor
Brian Richard Farrell, aka " DoctorClu", was arrested last week. A search warrant shows that the drug market's kingpins were unmasked after a 6-month assault on Tor.
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School rule-breakers to hand over Facebook and Twitter passwords
US school students in the state of Illinois may be forced to give up their social media passwords if they're suspected of cyberbullying or of otherwise breaking school rules.
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Fake Facebook account case settled with DEA who admits no wrongdoing
The Feds have agreed to pay $134,000 to settle a case over having taken a phony Facebook profile out to lure suspects. Nothing in the ruling prohibits future use of such deceptive tactics.
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How the Obamacare website healthcare.gov leaks private data
HealthCare.gov, the US insurance exchange website that is a central component of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act), is sending personal information on users to third parties including Facebook,...
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Anonymous journalist Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months in jail
Barrett Brown has been sentenced to 63 months in prison on charges related to the Stratfor hack.
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Psychological profile-based security - could it work?
Fujitsu's working on technology that can assign security countermeasures based on a user's psychological profile and risk tendencies - warning them ahead of time, before an attack can be carried out...
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SCADA programmers? It's time for security by default! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here's the latest episode of our weekly 60-second security video. Enjoy the news in just one minute...
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Adobe gets second Flash zero-day patch ready 2 days early!
Good news from Adobe about CVE-2015-0311, the unpatched zero-day in Flash. The patch is now ready via auto-update - 2 days early!
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Monday review - the hot 25 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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