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Man who tricked women into taking hacked webcams into shower is jailed
It's jail for a 21-year-old Californian man who tricked female victims into taking their spyware-infected laptops into the shower with them. Thousands of secretly-taken still images and videos were...
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NYC Traffic Ticket spam is really Blackhole malware attack
Have you received a traffic ticket from New York cops? Or are you actually a target for a spammed-out malware attack?
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Black Hat - Smashing the future for fun and profit
A summary from the first panel session of Black Hat 2012 where infosec luminaries Jeff Moss, Adam Shostack, Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum tackled the role of government in securing the internet.
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Google pleads for YouTube real-name use
Google is attempting to clean up YouTube commentary, by pleading with commenters to use real names when posting.
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Carly Rae Jepsen nude photos stolen by hackers
# Hey, i don't know you And this is crazy But i've nicked your photos I've hacked you baby #
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Mac malware spies on infected users through video and audio capture
After further analysis, more information has emerged about the Morcut Mac OS X malware which was discovered this week.
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Malware attack targets German internet users
A malware campaign has been sent out, seemingly just to email addresses ending in ".de", claiming that photos of the recipient can be found in the attached file.
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Black Hat - SexyDefense, maximizing the home-field advantage
Irene Michlin from SophosLabs shares her thoughts on a presentation that suggests the good guys should strike back by writing malware to target criminals.
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Anonymous hacktivists steal AAPT customer data in data retention protest
Internet security and privacy are enjoying a spirited public airing in Australia today. The wires are abuzz with claims that hackers stole 40GB of data from an ISP in protest against proposed new data...
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Outbreak: Blackhole malware attack spreading on Twitter using "It's you on...
Watch out! Malicious links are being spammed out on Twitter, designed to infect your Windows PC using the Blackhole exploit kit.
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Gillian McKeith's website seems to love spam
The website of controversial TV nutritionist Gillian McKeith has been compromised by hackers, who are using it as a staging post in their spam activities.
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Why you shouldn't forward the "Invitation FACEBOOK - Olympic Torch" chain letter
You shouldn't forward chain letters even if they're true. You definitely shouldn't forward them if they're false. And the latest false warning doing the rounds is a perennial hoax - the so-called...
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Apple to Mountain Lion users: "Tell us who your friends are if you want to...
An alert Naked Security reader and Mountain Lion early adopter has pointed us at a quirky new twist in the licensing conditions in Apple's latest OS update...
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Where are the Safari security updates for Windows and Snow Leopard? Users...
Apple released Safari 6 as part of its new Mac operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, as well as a version for Lion that fixes a whopping 121 security vulnerabilties. But what about Windows and Snow...
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Google in trouble with UK ICO over Street View data - again
Google has admitted that it still has some Street View data that the UK Information Commissioner's Office told it to get rid of in 2010.
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Fake Groupon discount emails carry malware
Cybercriminals have spammed out malware, attached to emails claiming to be related to discounts for offers on Groupon.
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Team Poison hacker jailed over Tony Blair security breach
A teenage hacker who stole private information belonging to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and clogged up the UK's national anti-terrorism telephone hotline, has been jailed for six months.
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"Almost every Android device is compromised" turns out to be only almost true
A security expert recently made an astonishing claim at a North American security event: one in three Android apps is malware-infected, and almost all devices are compromised. Sounds like terrible news...
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O2 phishing emails pose as network disruption apology
Phishers have taken advantage of the network disruption suffered by the O2 mobile network earlier this month.
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UnSteveDorkland Twitter spoofer accused of hacking newspaper group
Whoever runs the spoof Twitter account is facing four criminal charges for poking fun at a UK newspaper group's executive.
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