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- gcluley: TV tech hacked sports show's website to earn virtual cash http://t.co/zfPCm2mz19 minutes ago
- gcluley: Doctors shouldn't buddy up with patients on Facebook or Twitter, hospitals warn http://t.co/BJUgdb8Nabout 1 hour ago
- SophosSupport: Application control-list of apps for June release now available for review: http://t.co/RbsXuhjLabout 2 hours ago
- gcluley: Turns out that Brit jailed last week for FB hack broke into the a/c of Selena Gomez (Justin Bieber gf) http://t.co/W0iwAXBPabout 3 hours ago
- gcluley: Anatomy of a security hole - the break that broke sudo http://t.co/EEyGS0CMabout 4 hours ago
Privacy
Doctors shouldn't buddy up with patients on Facebook or Twitter, hospitals warn
Hospitals, worried about lack of professionalism and inadvertent leaking of confidential data, are warning doctors not to set up relationships with patients on Facebook and Twitter.
State of Utah outlines mistakes made allowing theft of 780K records
After losing nearly 800,000 residents personal information the State of Utah admits to not encrypting the data, leaving default passwords in place and not performing regular audits to find the mistakes.
Selena Gomez's Facebook account hacker jailed for one year
After hacking into the Facebook account of Justin Bieber's girlfriend, and accessing private messages, a 21-year-old British man is jailed.
Free Sophos Anti-Virus app for your Android
To help you better safeguard your Android phone and tablet, Sophos just published Sophos Mobile Security for Android in Google Play. Oh, and it's free!
Global Payments breach continues to bewilder, accusations abound
The fallout from the breach of payment card processor Global Payments continues to widen, yet more information does not bring more clarity. Banks are uncovering more fraud related to the incident, but information about the theft is not being released by Global Payments.
Seeing ads on Wikipedia? You may have malware
Wikipedia warns its millions of users about how cybercriminals can inject adverts into webpages.
Hidden camera: FBI seizes - and then returns - anonymizing email server [VIDEO]
The FBI, investigating bomb threats, seized the server of a group, known as May First/People Link (MF/PL), that offers encrypted data services to people fighting oppressive regimes. Four days later, they returned it. What is going on?
FTC puts Myspace on the naughty step for selling users' private information
Myspace settles charges with The FTC for sharing the private information and web browsing habits of its 25 million users with advertisers. Do you think it's enough of a slap on the wrist?
What the FBI didn't tell us about the hotel malware threat
Do you use the internet in hotels when travelling abroad? Do you think it's safe to do so?
The FBI thinks you should be careful.. but is being surprisingly coy about the details.
Security tip: When being interviewed on TV, make sure passwords aren't written behind you
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Should schools use Facebook to spy on students?
In the wake of employers requesting access to job candidates' Facebook accounts, a new issue bobs to the surface: should schools use Facebook to spy on students?
Apple update to OS X Lion exposes encryption passwords
Apple has exposed the encryption passwords of FileVault users in the most recent update to OS X Lion. Users are advised to use full disk encryption and change passwords that may have been recorded insecurely.
Olympic Games and cyber attacks - be on your guard
With the Olympics coming to London, there may be opportunities for criminals, hacktivists and mischief-makers to make a high profile attack against the event's computer systems.
But what about your own computers, and your personal data and finances?
13 million US Facebook users not using, or oblivious to, privacy controls
We already knew that people weren't doing enough to protect their privacy on Facebook, but a new report has looked into this in more details, and the numbers make for alarming reading.
Osama Bin Laden didn't encrypt his computer files - not such a mastermind then..
Ooops. If you're running a terrorist organisation, it might make sense to encrypt your files.
Clearly Osama Bin Laden didn't realise that - as some of the documents seized during the raid on his hideout in Pakistan have been made public for the first time.
Skype knew about IP address security flaw since November 2010
Skype learned about a security hole that reveals users' IP addresses about 18 months ago, according to the security researchers who discovered the vulnerability.
Google coder behind Street View data breach named
The New York Times claims to have uncovered the identity of the Google software engineer who wrote the code used by Street View cars when they controversially scooped up private Wi-Fi data including emails, text messages, browsing histories and passwords.
Privacy concerns over popular ShowIP Firefox add-on
A popular Firefox add-on appears to have started leaking private information about every website that users visit, including sensitive data which could identify individuals or reduce their security to a third-party server.
Google staff knew for years about Street View data breach
A Google engineer, responsible for data from wireless WiFi networks via Street View cars, told colleagues as long ago as 2007 that the code was collecting private data including emails, text messages, browsing histories and passwords.
ACTA update: The fight goes on...
ACTA has received considerable criticism from a number of high-profile sources, but don't write it off just yet. there is still a chance it could become law.
