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Warbiking in London - insecure WiFi hotspots exposed [VIDEO]
WiFi security around London is leaving a lot to be desired. Learn more in our video, and how you can protect yourself better.
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Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders
Within 3 hours of downloading, the copyright enforcers likely have your IP address, according to researchers who put a fake pirate server online and then sat back to see who came sniffing around.
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Is Opera *really* the safest browser?
Opera, a relative minnow in the web browser market, is reckoned to be a more secure browser than the likes of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer - according to our online poll. But...
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Fingerprint scanner maker cries foul over Russian firm's security warning
Authentec, the maker of the widely used UPEK fingerprint scanner, said on Wednesday that it couldn't find any evidence to support claims by the Russian security firm Elcomsoft that its software stores...
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Microsoft RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol or Routine Darkside Probe?
Leaving RDP open to the internet is a little bit like giving a visitor a seat in the corner of your server room and saying, "I'll just leave you here while I go for lunch. Don't touch anything, will...
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Romney tax returns allegedly hacked, supposedly held for $1 million ransom
Thieves are claiming to have hacked the US presidential nominee's tax returns out of PricewaterhouseCoopers, are demanding $1 million to keep them out of public circulation, and have allegedly sent...
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Cloud storage firm flags malware as "Copyrighted Material," boots security...
A malware researcher finds herself in company with First Lady Michelle Obama and science fiction author Neil Gaiman: booted from the web by hard-headed copyright protection algorithms.
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Apache Foundation creates firestorm over user privacy choices
The Apache Foundation has decided to ignore user tracking preferences when surfing with Internet Explorer 10 in its market dominating web server. Read on for the controversy and the opportunity to...
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SSCC 97 - Black Hat and DEF CON review, broken crypto, Frak, smart meters and...
Peter Szabo from SophosLabs joins Chet to chat about 4 more talks from this year's Black Hat and DEF CON conferences. Topics include MS-CHAPv2, Frak, smart meters and hacking public transit.
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Anonymous didn't steal from the FBI after all - new conspiracy theories needed!
A techie named David Schuetz has done something so obvious, so simple, and so tellingly useful, that I'm going to go all out and call it a stroke of genius. He found the source of the "Anonymous FBI...
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Ban on in-flight gadget use: based on fear or evidence?
A recent poll shows that people use their electronic devices on planes, RF interference be damned. Is the lack of planes dropping like shot ducks proof that the ban is illogical, or is electromagnetic...
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Will iPhone 5 have a fingerprint scanner? And will anybody use it?
The internet is abuzz with whispers that AppleÃs iPhone 5, rumoured to be launched this week, will come with a fingerprint scanner to secure the device. If true, this could be a big step forward in...
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Tales of a SophosLabs intern
Julian has been interning at SophosLabs for the last two months after getting involved with the Cyber Security Challenge. Here's his story.
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Microsoft says "No!" to insecure certificate practices
Microsoft will be shipping an update as part of October's Patch Tuesday that will invalidate RSA certificates weaker than 1024 bits. If you are using old or weak certificates now is the time to upgrade...
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Patch Tuesday for September 2012 - All about Adobe
Patch Tuesday for September 2012 is here and fortunately there isn't a lot to talk about. Microsoft released two fixes, while Adobe patched critical vulnerabilities in Flash and Photoshop CS6.
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Wikipedia wins, Craigslist loses in Clickwrapped's assessment of who respects...
For a plain-English version of the gobbledygook privacy policies of the biggest sites, a tech-savvy lawyer's done us all the kindness of deciphering and rating sites such as Facebook, Google and...
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A picked pocket in Mallorca reveals chink in chip-and-PIN security
Researchers at Cambridge University are warning that a issue common to ATMs and point-of-sale terminals could enable attackers to clone secure EMV Chip and PIN cards.
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Adobe Flash security update *is* coming to IE 10 (reportedly)
Exploit kits typically target plug-ins, using vulnerabilities within them to infect the machine. Disabling plug-ins by default is therefore a good thing as far as keeping your system secure. But it...
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"Omg this is so cool!" Pinterest hack feeds spam to Twitter and Facebook
Another rash of account takeovers on the photo-sharing site Pinterest has spilled over onto Twitter and Facebook, as spammers take advantage of linked accounts.
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What is worse on Android? Malware or PUAs?
Although the number of discovered malicious apps for Android is growing at an exponential rate, the actual reports from customer devices show that potentially unwanted apps (PUAs) are also causing...
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