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US regulator says Anthem "refuses to cooperate" in security audit
Anthem, the health insurance giant that recently suffered a massive data breach, is "refusing to cooperate" with US regulators attempting to conduct vulnerability scans and configuration tests on its...
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Three charged over largest email hack "in the history of the internet"
Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been indicted over a series of breaches that netted more than $2 million, and over a billion email addresses.
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Apple fixes FREAK in iOS, OS X and Apple TV - and numerous other holes besides
Apple's latest security fixes are out. The FREAK bug is now fixed, but so are numerous other holes worth patching in their own right.
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Busted scammer resorts to death threats
After the Canadian man told the crook he was a thief and a scammer, the tech support scammer said he had the man's address and would send assassins.
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Armed robber caught after boasting about planned stick-up on Facebook
A man was caught trying to rob a Tesco grocery store 15 minutes after posting his plan onto Facebook.
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Apartment complex threatens residents with $10k fines for negative online...
Ahhhh, Windermere Cay: the premiere, luxury, 100% smoke-free Florida community that's just minutes from Walt Disney World and miles from letting customers write honest reviews.
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Wikimedia joins forces with others to sue NSA, DOJ over mass surveillance
The ACLU has filed a suit on behalf of rights groups against the NSA's spying program - in particular, its large-scale search and seizure of internet communications, commonly referred to as upstream...
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As easy as 123: Xen hypervisor bug found, fixed, phew...make sure you're...
Xen is often used to share one physical server amongst many different customers - and it's supposed to keep them safely apart. Sometimes, things don't quite work out...Paul Ducklin explains.
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Stolen hard drives bring more data breach pain for US health services
The Indiana State Medical Association has warned 39,090 of its clients that their private data may be at risk of leakage, after the "random" theft of a pair of backup hard drives.
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Android Lollipop 5.1 brings promised anti-theft "kill switch"
Android Lollipop 5.1 is out for some Nexus phones, and it comes with an anti-theft kill switch. Now you can use Android Device Protection to freeze your phone if it’s lost or stolen.
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Update Tuesday wrap-up, March 2015 - FREAK fixed fast, and lots more from...
Adobe published no bulletins for March 2015, so this one is all about Microsoft...
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Facebook to let marketers see what people are talking about
Pick your marketing keyword. Example: "frizz." Facebook's ready to offer (anonymised) data to the anti-frizz marketers about who's saying what.
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"Row hammering" - how to exploit a computer by overworking its memory
By overcooking your computer's memory, you may be able cause data corruption. But can you turn that into a deliberate security exploit? Google's Project Zero researchers say, "Yes!"
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4 things to consider when allowing Macs into your business
Macs are starting to make serious headway into corporate networks but they're bringing new challenges with them. We look at 4 things you'll need to deal with if you're considering allowing Macs in your...
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Facebook faces class action lawsuit over children's online purchases
Facebook must defend itself against a California class action lawsuit that claims payments taken from children violate state laws.
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SSCC 189 - Hey, is that your CPU on fire? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our weekly security podcast. Sharp, witty and educational, as usual (if we do say so ourselves)...enjoy!
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Twitter threatens revenge porn posters with account locking and suspension
Twitter says it will lock accounts of users who post intimate content without subjects' permission, until the offending material's deleted, and might suspend accounts if the intent is harassment.
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Privacy group wants to shut down "eavesdropping" Barbie
It's worried about kids' voices being recorded by a corporation that will then target ads at them, but it should be far more worried about security and privacy.
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Reboot loop! Microsoft update to fix an old update ends up breaking a new...
O! What a tangled web we weave! Microsoft reissued a broken update from back in October 2014...and promptly broke a new update from March 2015.
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New anti-terrorism unit will tackle extremist content on the web
European security officials have proposed a new online counter-terrorism unit to help combat increasing online extremism.
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