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State of Utah outlines mistakes made allowing theft of 780K records
After losing nearly 800,000 residents personal information the State of Utah admits to not encrypting the data, leaving default passwords in place and not performing regular audits to find the mistakes.
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Anatomy of a security hole - the break that broke sudo
A recently-patched bug in the widely-used sudo command makes for interesting reading. The patch reminds us of some important points in security-related programming.
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Doctors shouldn't buddy up with patients on Facebook or Twitter, hospitals warn
Hospitals, worried about lack of professionalism and inadvertent leaking of confidential data, are warning doctors not to set up relationships with patients on Facebook and Twitter.
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What can secure software development learn from Shakespeare, Roosevelt and...
Do you know what William Shakespeare, Eleanor Roosevelt and Jawaharlal Nehru have in common with the data security expert community (and possibly you)? The Security Development Conference held in...
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Sophos anti-virus for Android updated - beta now works on tablets too!
The beta version of Sophos Mobile Security for Android has been updated to support tablets. Download a free copy now and tell us what you think!
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Facebook account cancellation malware poses as Adobe Flash update
Have you received an email asking you to confirm that you wish to cancel your account? Be on your guard.
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SSCC 91 - Utah explains data breach, Facebook hacker jailed, FlashBack...
This week's Chet Chat returns to our usual news format this week with guest Gary Korhonen (@hundredaire). Gary and Chet discuss the Utah data breach, Facebook hacker's prison term, OS X Leopard's...
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Is it a Norton or an AOL phishing scam?
A recent phishing scam targets Norton users... or is that AOL users? It seems the cybercriminals can't quite decide.
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Wales announces World's First Wikipedia Town
You might not yet have heard of Wikipedia GLAM. It's a project targeting galleries, libraries, archives and museums, aimed at "improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the cultural sector"....
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Multiply multilingual - Email scams aren't just from Nigeria
They used to be called "Letters from Nigeria", but it's not such a good name these days. Because they can come from any corner of the world, in a multitude of languages.
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Gorbachev is NOT dead - false news spreads on Twitter again
Many Twitter users have repeated the "news" today about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet statesman. Let's not let the truth get in the way of a good story..
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Rock-and-roll Google celebrates analog computing - and Bob Moog
Today's Google Doodle celebrates what would have been Bob Moog's 78th birthday. Moog was a pioneer in electronic music, using transistors to build analog computers. Are today's digital computers...
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Bredolab: Jail for man who masterminded botnet of 30 million computers
A man who was in command of a botnet of some 30 million computers worldwide has been sentenced to four years jail in Armenia.
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Has Google said your PC is infected with DNS Changer malware?
Google is warns searchers that they could lose internet access on July 9th if they were hit by the DNS Changer malware - but could cybercriminals mimic the internet giant's warning for their own...
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Comcast users phished by Constant Guard spam lure
A round of phishing emails is targeting Comcast cable internet users purporting to be a security service from the company called Constant Guard.
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Anatomy of an exploit - six, in fact - as Google reveals details of Pwnium...
Breaking into a browser isn't as easy as it was a few years ago. Back then, many browsers ran as a single monolithic process which could be leapt in a single bound. That's unusual these days, so this...
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Yahoo leaks its own private key via new Axis Chrome extension
Yahoo just released a new iOS browser called Axis, along with corresponding extensions for desktop browsers. The Chrome extension came with a little something extra: Yahoo's private key. Oops.
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How internet revenge by an ex-partner can lead to horrific violence
There are some truly horrific stories about how jilted boyfriends have used the internet to get their (sometimes violent) revenge on former partners. Are the authorities, and sites such as Craigslist,...
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Angry Birds malware - Firm fined £50,000 for profiting from fake Android apps
A firm has been fined £50,000 after Trojan versions of popular Android apps secretly sent expensive SMS messages to premium rate numbers.
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Apple's iCloud syncs stolen iPhone photos to nab thief
A Facebook user used Apple's iCloud to identify the thief who stole her iPhone on a Disney cruise. While an interesting story, what can you do to better protect your smartphone or tablet to not have to...
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