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Man charged with DDoS attack on UK police, Oxbridge university websites
A 20-year-old British man will appear in court next month, charged with attempting to bring down the websites of Oxford and Cambridge universities.
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SophosLabs wins coveted Swiss prize
The Swiss are known for their prestigious and generous gifts to those who achieve what others can only imagine. SophosLabs managed to impress the committee and earn one of these coveted prizes recently.
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Monday review - the hot 23 stories of the week
It's weekly summary time. Here's everything we've written in the last seven days.
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Hacker selling $700 exploit that hijacks Yahoo email accounts
A hacker is selling a $700 zero-day exploit for Yahoo Mail that lets an attacker leverage a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability to steal cookies and hijack accounts.
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Share via email "Friends" spam via The Daily Mail leads to 419 scam
Spammers seem not to realise that Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey and Ross stopped being Friends years ago.
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'Confidential information' in shredded Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade confetti
Some of the confetti from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was made up of shredded police documents, according to an American news station.
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US school tries to suspend student for refusing to wear RFID tracking badge
The Texas high school has been temporarily blocked from suspending the student, who objects to the mandatory tracking IDs on reasons having to do with privacy and religion.
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Holiday hucksters won't stop at Cyber Monday
While the biggest shopping days of the year in the United States are now over, the scams are likely to continue through the end of the year. Read on for tips on what to look for.
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FLAMING RETORT: Linux rootkit news "provides some comic relief"
About two weeks ago, a posting on the Full Disclosure Mailing List announced a new Linux rootkit. Indeed, the posting didn't just announce the malware, but included a fully-working sample...
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Spy agency employees caught oversharing on LinkedIn and Facebook
The Belgian press is up in arms after members of the country's state security agency were found promoting themselves and their professional affiliation on social networks. Turns out: it's not that...
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Goodbye pseudonyms! Android app store reviews will now show your Google+ name...
No more pseudonymous reviews on Google Play - from now on, any feedback you leave on Android apps will be accompanied by your name and photograph.
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Hard-coded password found in Samsung printers, security fix planned
Companies using Samsung and Dell-branded printers are being warned that a hard coded administrative account could allow remote attackers to take control of their device, according to an alert from the...
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UK cybercriminal convicted over 9000 skimmed ATM cards
Avon and Somerset Police just secured a conviction against a UK-based cybercriminal busted with data from 9000 skimmed ATM cards. If you've ever wondered whether skimming makes much money for the...
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Cyber Monday sting seizes 132 counterfeit-selling sites
Agents in the US and Europe celebrated the Cyber Monday online shopping blitz by seizing 132 domain names and shutting down dozens of sites that were allegedly selling counterfeit or falsely labeled...
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Facebook Groups privacy glitch - did social network move too fast and break...
Facebook users have been surprised to find they have been subscribed to Groups that they left years before, potentially allowing them to view sensitive and private information.
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Budget airline impersonated by Facebook hoaxer and malware spammers
Budget Australian airline Jetstar is suffering a double dose of cyberpain today. First up was a hoaxer who managed to create a Facebook persona called "Jetstar Australia". Next came a malware spam...
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PPI SMS text spammers fined £440,000 by UK Information Commissioner
The UK information commissioner has for the first time used its shut-the-hell-up powers to quash the annoyance that is spam text messaging, having fined two men nearly half a million pounds. More such...
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How to report a computer crime: Trolling
Bob Burls, a veteran computer crime investigator, explains how to report an internet troll to the authorities.
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Data on Atomic Energy Agency scientists grabbed in purported hack
A group claiming to be from Iran has claimed responsibility for a hack of the international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in an effort to expose what the group says is an Israeli nuclear weapons program.
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Internet Explorer sucks less than it used to, claims Microsoft
There are plenty of people who love to hate Microsoft Internet Explorer. But does it really suck less than it used to?
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