Bomb hoax, busts, skimming, Twitter security, Google fined - 60 Sec Security

by Paul Ducklin on August 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

Filed Under: Data loss, Featured, Google, Law & order, Privacy, Social networks, Twitter, Video

Freeze-frame from videoIn this episode:

* Australian bomb hoaxer tracked via information he didn't intend to share.

* UK bank account holders ripped off via data they did intend to share.

* An educational look at ATM skimming.

* Twitter edges towards HTTPS by default.

* Google agrees to cough up an enormous fine.

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One Response to Bomb hoax, busts, skimming, Twitter security, Google fined - 60 Sec Security

  1. rodmartin says:
    September 16, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    the guy that got busted , went to wormwood scrubs ... not a nice place to be .. Thanks folks ..peace and love

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Paul Ducklin is a passionate security proselytiser. (That's like an evangelist, but more so!) He lives and breathes computer security, and would be happy for you to do so, too. Paul won the inaugural AusCERT Director's Award for Individual Excellence in Computer Security in 2009. Follow him on Twitter: @duckblog