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WordPress blogs and more under global attack - check your passwords now!
If you have a web service that supports remote users, you will know that malevolent login attempts are an everyday occurrence. But hosting providers worldwide are reporting an onslaught at well above...
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Facebook Home - Great if you think privacy is dead
Facebook has introduced a new way to utilize its services on Android mobile phones. Facebook Home streamlines keeping in touch with friends, their photos, Likes and shares. The issue is how it impacts...
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Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
In case you missed anything, here's everything we wrote in the past seven days.
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How to plan what will happen to your private Google data after you die
Google has launched a new tool that lets users plan what will happen to their private data after they die. Will you use it?
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Uncool hacker blamed for unrevealing swimsuit photos of singer Victoria Justice
American singer Victoria Justice is not happy that someone (she blames a hacker) has leaked swimsuit photos of her onto the internet. And she's quite right to be upset - both with the hacker, and the...
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Sophos Techknow - Two-factor Authentication [PODCAST]
To some of us, two-factor authentication (2FA) is a welcome aspect of online security; to others, token or SMS-based login codes are just extra online hassle we'd rather do without. Duck and Chet help...
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Hacker pleads guilty to attacks on UK Police, Oxbridge university websites
A 21-year-old British man has pleaded guilty to charges that he attempted to bring down a number of websites, including those belonging to Oxford and Cambridge universities, as well as the site...
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Vote for Naked Security in the European Security Blogger Awards!
Do you like Naked Security? If so, why not vote for us in the inaugural European Security Blogger Awards?
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Syrian Electronic Army hacks NPR, vandalizes headlines
The Syrian Electronic Army appears to have hacked into accounts belonging to the NPR media network, and defaced news stories.
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FAA and security researchers at odds over airplane hack security
The avionics bigwigs FAA and EASA have said "bunk!" to a researcher's claims that his new Android app could potentially hack planes. OK, says fellow plane hacker "Renderman," if that's true, there's no...
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Researcher rewarded over $30,000 for nailing three Chrome OS security flaws
The high-risk bugs must have been poisonous indeed, given that researcher Ralf-Philipp Weinmann is looking at a $31,336 thank-you.
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Oracle and Apple ship critical Java updates - get yours today!
The security-beleaguered Java ecosystem usually gets updates just once every four months, in February, June and October. But this year, Oracle has adapted that schedule a number of times, and this is...
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Pirate Bay co-founder charged with hacking offences, attempt to steal money...
Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been charged in Sweden, on suspicion that he - and three other men - hacked into various organisations, and attempted to fraudulently withdraw money out...
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Sick malware authors exploit Boston Marathon bombing with Trojan attack
With sick inevitability, cybercriminals have exploited interest in the breaking news story of the explosions at the Boston Marathon by spreading malware.
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Seriously folks, you should know that Facebook warning about a virus...
Facebook users have been sharing a warning about a virus that "burns the entire hard disk". It's nonsense, of course. When will people learn?
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Facebook launches privacy campaign to protect teens
Facebook, under pressure to educate teenagers on staying safe on the site, has teamed up with 19 US attorneys general to launch a privacy public awareness campaign. But can these resources actually help?
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Snapchat sexting spam - how to stop messages from Honey Crush 9 and her friends
Many Snapchat users complain that they were sent photos from scantily-clad women with names such as "Honey.Crush9" inviting them to join them in a Skype conversation. Here's what happened, and how to...
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Warning! Hackers are exploiting Waco explosion news to spread malware
Once again, cybercriminals are leaping at the opportunity to take advantage of breaking news stories to spread malware.
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Apple updates Safari, gives better control over Java applets
Apple has pushed out a Safari update to go along with this week's "Java Tuesday" fix. It's supposed to give you finer-grained control over Java in your browser. Paul Ducklin puts it through its paces...
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How do you know if an anti-virus test is any good?
Anti-virus tests are a bit of a minefield. Why are they all different? How do you know who to believe? What makes one test better than another, or are they all equally brilliant/useless/biased/random?...
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