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Monday review - the hot 17 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
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Bill Gates offers $5000 for Facebook sharing? It's just not that funny
Bill Gates may be a billionaire, but if he's going to splash his cash around he's got better things to do with it than give it to people who simply share a photo of him on Facebook.
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German net users targeted by Skype email malware attack
SophosLabs has intercepted a malware attack, hitting many German internet users today, disguised as an email from Skype with the title "Wir haben Ihre Bestellung geliefert".
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Windows XP death watch: 365 days remaining
On April 8th, 2014, Microsoft will terminate Extended Support for Windows XP. That means no more security updates. Be prepared and upgrade now.
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63 alleged NYC gangsters busted, thanks to their own Facebook blabbing
The alleged members of three rival drug and gun gangs apparently spoon-fed New York police, serving up allusions to their alleged crimes in slangy, atrociously spelled postings to Twitter, Facebook and...
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The 'What's Worse Security Championships finals' - Vote now
To honour the March Madness sporting finals, we adapted the concept and launched our very own What's Worse Security Championships. Join the thousands of others and place your vote now in the finals.
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Ukrainian and Russian police arrest banking Trojan masterminds
Ukrainian newspaper Kommersant reported on a joint operation by the Ukrainian and Russian federal police arresting 20 people allegedly behind the Carberp banking malware. Is this a sign that we may see...
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SSCC 106 - US DoD and BYOD, "scanner" malware, 2FA, and browser wars...
For your listening pleasure, here's the latest episode in our popular "Chet Chat" series. Senior Security Advisor Chester Wisniewski discusses the latest security news with regular guest Paul Ducklin...
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Facebook experiments with profiting from celebrity stalkers and spammers
Facebook plans to charge UK users as much as £10.68 to send messages to top-tier celebrities (think Olympic gold medallist diver Tom Daley or former children’s laureate Michael Rosen) in an effort to...
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LulzSec hackers plead guilty, admit attacks on CIA, SOCA, Sony and others
Southwark Crown Court in London has heard that three members of the LulzSec hacking gang have chosen to plead guilty to charges that they launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against a...
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Microsoft fixes 9 flaws, Adobe 3 in April's Tuesday update
As expected Microsoft released seven important and two critical fixes for Windows, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft products. Adobe followed suite releasing fixes for ColdFusion, Flash and...
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Linkless Italian phishers quote Shakespeare in an attempt to defeat security...
O, frailty, thy name is insecure pet supply website operators... Spammers think quoting Hamlet is a way to help them steal usernames and passwords - but they're wrong.
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Adobe updates are no laughing matter, but at least XKCD makes them funny
Check out this funny security-related cartoon from those amusing folks at XKCD. (If you're not busy installing Adobe updates)
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Movie site Vudu resets passwords after burglar nabs hard drives
Burglars broke into offices at video service Vudu late last month and stole hard drives containing customers' personal data, the company told customers in an email sent on Tuesday.
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Mali offers free .ML domains to anyone. What could *possibly* go wrong?
It's good news if you're a cybercriminal. But probably not something that's going to do much good for one of the world's poorest countries.
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Anatomy of an exploit – Linksys router remote password change hole
A security researcher from California has published a how-to guide detailing a number of exploits against various Linksys routers. Paul Ducklin looks at the ominous sounding "EA2700 Password Change...
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When is a password not a password? When Excel sees “VelvetSweatshop” [VIDEO]
Malware researcher Paul Baccas reveals how an Excel spreadsheet using the password "VelvetSweatshop" could be designed to put your computer at risk.
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Microsoft looks like being next with two-factor authentication
We've written recently about Apple and Automattic starting to offer two-factor authentication (2FA) for online accounts. Word on the street says that Microsoft will soon be doing the two-step, too...
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Microsoft tells all Windows 7 users to uninstall security patch, after some...
Microsoft has advised all users of Windows 7 who installed a security update to uninstall it, after some customers found their computers would not restart or applications would not load.
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Planes can be hacked remotely with Android app, researcher claims
A security research has cooked up an exploit framework and Android app that can be used, at least theoretically, to hack a plane, including changing its destination or even crashing the aircraft.
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