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Politicians in Iowa City reluctantly pass ban on drones, automatic traffic...
Will Iowa City simultaneously ban the use of drones, license plate readers, and red-light cameras - or will law enforcement have its way and introducing the controversial technology?
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Biostamps - freedom from password tyranny, or Hollywood science?
Last week Motorola execs showed off experimental biostamps - digital "tattoos" capable of authenticating you to your phone. Could this be the ultimate solution to the problem of authentication and...
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FBI and Microsoft in massive takedown of "Citadel" crimeware
Microsoft just announced the successful disruption of 1462 "Citadel" botnets. You read that correctly! Not a botnet of 1462 computers, but 1462 separate botnets...
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US upholds the right to search your laptop at the border without warrant
A statement put out by the Department of Homeland Security says that hunches and intuition are enough to justify warrantless searches, and it's not explaining anything much beyond that. It goes on to...
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US child porn suspect doesn't have to decrypt hard drives - yet
In a case that could have far-reaching implications for compelling criminal suspects to decrypt digital storage devices, a judge on Tuesday temporarily suspended a previous order that would have...
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US uses NSA-FBI PRISM program to snoop on everything and everybody
Here's a brief summary of what we know, what we don't know, and how you can at least try to protect yourself from surveillance.
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Botnet smackdown, Oracle on Java, Passwords you can eat – 60 Sec Security...
Here's our latest 60 Second Security video. From botnet takedowns to authentication tokens you swallow...here's the latest security news in a easily digestible format!
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Monday review - the hot 18 stories of the week
Missed any stories in the past seven days? Here's our weekly roundup, just in case...
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PRISM - not as bad as you thought? (And don't call it PRISM!)
Since Naked Security first wrote about the unfolding "PRISM" drama last week, a raft of new information has come to light. The conspiracy theories probably haven't been shaken, but they've certainly...
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EU to vote on harsher penalties for hackers
Illegal hackers will face at least two years in prison, botnet creators and herders are looking at three years, and those who go after critical infrastructure will be jailed for at least five - and the...
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Patch Tuesday June 2013 - Office, Windows and Flash
Right on time, Microsoft and Adobe released fixes today for Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office 2003 and 2011 and Adobe Flash Player. Time to dance that familiar dance and get those updates...
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Guntior bootkit up to new tricks
A technical analysis of the Guntior bootkit and its DLL load order abuse of the Windows Help Center.
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Hacker who helped to expose Steubenville attack could face more prison time...
The convicted rapists are serving at least one year in juvenile jail, while one of the hackers who helped to bring their crimes to light has been subjected to an FBI raid and may face hacking charges...
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Google files patent to let you unlock your phone by grimacing at it
The patent covers technology to match at least one facial landmark between the pre-funny-face and during-funny-face images. If Google develops the technology, we can prepare ourselves for grimacing...
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Was Microsoft's takedown of Citadel effective?
Last week, Microsoft took aim at more than 1,400 Citadel botnets by sinkholing their command and control infrastructure. What was the actual effect of this takedown? SophosLabs takes a look...
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Blackberry releases first security fixes for new Z10 smartphone
Blackberry released the first two security advisories for its new Z10 smartphone yesterday. One of the patches was for Adobe Flash vulnerabilities from January. Flash? On a smartphone? In 2013?
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Dozing bank clerk turns €64 into €22 million - and teaches us all a security...
Have you heard the one about the German bank clerk who turned €64 into €22 million? Even if it's an urban legend, the story offers you some surprising advice about social networking. Paul Ducklin draws...
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Internet giants call for transparency in government surveillance requests
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has vehemently denied giving the government direct access to servers. Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Google have all put out calls for transparency into the US government's...
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#Facebook gets #hashtags, which does #WTF to your #privacy?
Oh, boy! Now you won't miss snippets regarding #gameofthrones or the antics of people's #children!
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Naked Security's Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault say goodbye
The end of an era has come. After a combined service of - gulp - 29 years, Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault are saying au revoir...
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