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- gcluley: TV tech hacked sports show's website to earn virtual cash http://t.co/zfPCm2mz20 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
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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?
Google gets funky new license plates from Nevada DMV
The Department of Motor Vehicles in Nevada, USA, has issued its first-ever official Autonomous Vehicle Testing number plates to a Google self-driving car.
The rego reads ∞AU001, in yellow and white characters on a bright red background.
Facebook clickjackers said to make over $1 million a month, agree to stop spam
A firm at the centre of allegations that its affiliates flooded Facebook with spam and clickjacking attacks has agreed to clean up its act - after earning up to $1.2 million per month in gross monthly revenues.
Fraudsters spam out scams via SMS text messages
Always take care about clicking on links sent to you out of the blue, even if they arrive on your mobile phone.
US man confesses to part in $1.3M bank and payroll phishing scam
A 31-year-old US man from Atlanta, Georgia, admitted last week that he and his gang stole more than $1.3 million USD by phishing confidential account information from e-commerce sites.
Apple offers iOS 5.1.1 update, fixes some serious vulnerabilities
Apple's latest update to iOS just came out.
Version 5.1.1 is more than just a cosmetic fix: it patches at least three security flaws, all of which should be considered serious.
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.
Firefox to introduce click-to-play option to protect against dangerous plugins
Mozilla developer Jared Wein is introducing a new security feature to Firefox 14 called click-to-play. Plugins will not load automatically when visiting websites using things like Flash and Java requiring the user to click before the content is loaded. This could prevent many common drive-by attacks on the web.
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?
BBB assistance malware attack strikes again
Once again, cybercriminals have spammed out emails claiming to come from the Better Business Bureau (BBB), with the intention of infecting Windows computers with malware.
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.
Notcom malware for Android distributed using drive-by downloads
Another Android Trojan is making the rounds, this one is distributed through drive-by downloads on compromised websites. Whether it's a proxy or a bot is not really important, make sure you don't install unsolicited packages on your phone.
Belgian bank blackmailed by hackers threatening to expose customer data
Hackers break into a Belgian bank, steal confidential customer information, and then blackmail the bank: pay us or we expose your customers' confidential data. Who is the real victim here?
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.
#EPICFAIL Pirate Bay block backfires with work-around published online
UK Courts have forced big ISPs to block access to Pirate Bay, but the effort seems to have backfired spectacularly: the file-sharing site enjoyed "12 million more visitors than it has ever had" yesterday. Find out why...
SOCA website brought down by DDoS cyber attack - for second time in a year
The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has confirmed that its website has suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, effectively preventing internet users from reaching it.
Iran makes its own anti-virus software - would you buy it?
Iran is reported to have started making its own anti-virus software.
Would you buy it?
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.
64% of people think cloud storage is risky, but 45% still go right ahead and use it
Sophos polled people at their InfoSec Europe booth last week to find out their views on security in the workplace. Here's what they found.
