Monday review - the hot 16 stories of the week
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"Nej till Google!" - Sweden tells a local council that Google's cloud is a no-go area
Swedish bureaucrats have instructed a town in the Scandinavian country to say "No" to Google.
They object to the leeway over customer data that Google grants itself in its cloud contracts...
US orders Google to hand over user info to the FBI
The judge who decided that national security letters demanding user information were unconstitutional has now ordered Google to comply with the FBI's data demands. Is this just one more golden brick in what privacy advocates have dubbed the Golden Age of Surveillance?
Google's certificate announcement contains a hidden surprise for Windows XP users
Are you an IT administrator still caring for Windows XP computers that are running Internet Explorer?
Google's latest announcement brings another good reason to upgrade your systems or switch to an alternative browser.
Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
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Patching your business, Yahoo breach, Google Glass, DDoS-for-hire - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our 60 Second Security videos are back!
We're aiming for a weekly roundup that's quick, fun and useful.
But there is a serious side: security anecdotes to use in your own "elevator advocacy."
Operation Aurora hack was counterespionage, not China picking on Tibetan activists
Claims are made that the Aurora hackers weren't just Chinese-sponsored hackers bent on messing with Tibetan activists.
Rather it was a Chinese counterintelligence operation that sought to discover if the US had uncovered the identity of clandestine agents operating within its borders.
Google's Schmidt: what we need is an internet "Delete" button
The wouldn't-it-be-nice fix would take care of the sticky situations we're getting into (and Google's getting sued about) with our personal data getting sucked up by companies and advertisers. Another fanciful idea that actually makes a lot of sense: changing our name at the age of 18, as Schmidt mused.
Pentagon OKs Androids, BlackBerrys for soldiers
The US Department of Defense has approved the use of Samsung phones running "Knox," a hardened version of Android.
Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Get up to date with everything we wrote in the past seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Catch up with all the security news from the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
Google tightens up Play Store policy, officially bans "off-market" updates...
Google has made a number of changes to its Android Play Store ecosystem recently.
There's now a rudimentary anti-virus provided with the OS, a ban on ad blockers, and, most recently, an official policy on sneaky "off-market" updates...
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?
SSCC 106 - US DoD and BYOD, "scanner" malware, 2FA, and browser wars revisited [PODCAST]
For your listening pleasure, here's the latest episode in our popular "Chet Chat" series.
Senior Security Advisor Chester Wisniewski discusses the latest security news with regular guest Paul Ducklin in an entertaining and easily-digested quarter-hour podcast.
Google announces brand new web browser core, so does Mozilla
When you wait ages for a bus, and then three come along at once, it's not a coincidence: it's a side-effect of queuing and traffic lights.
But what about when three browser vendors make announcements on the same day?
Monday review - the hot 13 stories of the week
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SSCC 105 - HP printers, Google blocks ad blockers, Apple does the 2-step, and more...
Have you joined thousands of others, and become a loyal listener to the "Chet Chat" yet?
Here's the latest Naked Security podcast, Sophos Security Chet Chat 105, discussing a range of recent and newsworthy topics from the world of computer security.
Google to pay $40,000 "consolation prize" to Pinkie Pie for not-quite breaking into Chrome OS
Renowned Chrome hacker Pinkie Pie, who scooped the prize at last year's Pwnium competition, didn't quite get across the line this year.
But Google will pay him a one-third-sized consolation prize anyway, for "honoring the spirit of the competition."
Google tells ad-blocking utilities on Android: "You're fired!" [POLL]
Today, Google did a Donald Trump, as good as saying to a number of popular ad-blocking programs, "You're fired!"
Paul Ducklin investigates, and asks what this means for security vendors, who also aim to help you block things you don't want...
Google Glass pre-order scammers set up shop on the web
Do you want to be one of the first people to get your hands on Google's internet-enabled Glass technology?
If so, be careful to keep an eye open for scammers and spammers.