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CanSecWest Day 1 - Pen testing, social authentication, APR and Duqu
A wrap-up of the news and talks from CanSecWest 2012 in Vancouver. I highlight talks on pen testing, social authentication, vulnerability mitigation and the Duqu command and control servers.
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Suspected Anonymous hacker arrested after abortion website attack
Police have arrested a 27-year-old man, suspected of defacing and hacking into the website of Britain's largest single abortion provider.
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OMG - I just hate Rihanna video Facebook scam spreading
Messages are spreading between Facebook users, claiming that members of the social network have lost all respect for popular songstress Rihanna after watching a video.
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Smartphone apps are sending your data to China
A Sunday Times report found that many smartphone apps are collecting too much personal data and then sending it outside the EU to the US, Israel, China and India. But do these countries meet EU data...
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CanSecWest Day 2 - Smartphones, mobile security, iOS 5 and NFC
Day 2 at CanSecWest was dominated by mobile security talks. The highlights included anti-rooting technologies used in Android, iOS and a look at NFC enabled mobile phone security.
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Sophos Techknow - Busting Password Myths
Unlike the Chet Chat, where we cover a range of recent news items without much depth, in the Techknow programme we pick one topic and consider it in more detail. So if you're one of the regular Chet...
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US health insurer fined $1.5m over 2009 data breach
All healthcare providers and insurers need to know the onus is on them when it comes to training and securing personal information.
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Anonymous OS - you'd be crazy to trust it
Proceed with caution if you're thinking of downloading and installing Anonymous OS, the purported new operating system from the Anonymous collective.
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Watch out! iPhone 5 giveaway events on Facebook are clearly scams
Have you received an event invitation today about how free iPhone 5s are being given away on Facebook? Beware!
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Anatomy of an Attack comes to Wellington, New Zealand
Will you be in Wellington, New Zealand, on 27 March 2012? If so, join us for Anatomy of an Attack! Learn how cybercrooks think and operate and you will be much better placed to defend yourself.
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Proof-of-concept RDP vulnerability code discovered. Patch Windows now
SophosLabs has seen proof-of-concept code on Chinese websites which attempts to exploit the recently announced Microsoft RDP vulnerability. Patch your copies of Windows now.
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Practical IT: how to assess a third-party provider's security (part 1)
There are many security implication we as IT guys need to think about when we host applications externally. Here is a list of things to ask your provider to reduce the risk of a data or malware breach.
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Google: 130 million scam ads axed in 2011
You think malvertising's bad on Google now? It used to be a whole lot worse.
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Google subpoenaed by FBI to access a pimp's pattern-locked Samsung smartphone
The story of the Pimpin Hoes Daily gang founder Dante Dears, his pattern-locked Samsung phone, the feds, google, and subpoenas. Why couldn't the FBI get into the locked phone? Get the popcorn - this is...
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Apple's new iPad is great, but it's not free, nor called iPad 3
Within hours of the release of Apple's new iPad scammers are sending out bogus emails claiming you have won a free iPad 3 (which doesn't exist).
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Multi-word passphrases not all that secure, says Cambridge University
Think a passphrase of multiple, random dictionary words is as unguessable as long strings of gibberish, but easier to remember? Not necessarily, according to a recent study.
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A sneak peak into fake anti-virus affiliate support
Even fake anti-virus distributors need tech support as is shown in this frequently asked questions document captured from a Russian affiliate network. According to these criminals, social engineering...
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Gmail explains why it put *that* email in your spam folder
Ever wondered why an email message was quarantined in your spam folder? Well, now Google's Gmail is going to tell you.
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Hand over your Facebook username and password if you want a job
What would you do at a job interview if the interviewer requested your Facebook username and password?
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New Dr Who girl Jenna-Louise Coleman's name exploited by Twitter sex video...
Jenna-Louise Coleman is jumping onboard Doctor Who's TARDIS, and is already having her name abused by Twitter scammers.
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