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FDA tells medical device makers and hospitals to strengthen security
The FDA hasn't seen patient deaths or injuries, but it has seen malware clogging up hospital equipment, passwords passed around like candy, and disregard for updating/patching old equipment.
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 proposed directive takes pains to protect pen testers and whistleblowers.
LinkedIn flips the two-factor authentication switch
Just in time for the one-year anniversary of getting its socks knocked off in an attack that saw 6.5 million passwords swiped. Thanks: that's a good anniversary gift, LinkedIn.
Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
NYPD detective charged with hiring email hackers to break into colleagues' personal accounts
A NYPD detective has been arrested for hiring an email hacking service to pinch the login details for at least 43 personal email accounts and one cell phone belonging to at least 30 individuals.
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.
Sony hacking suspect smashes computers to get out of prosecution
The Columbus, Ohio man has been sentenced to one year of house arrest for stymying an FBI investigation into the 2011 hacks, which saw millions of online players' data breached.
Seriously, this is how the Syrian Electronic Army hacked The Onion
Satirical news publication The Onion has gone into detail about how hackers managed to steal its passwords, access its internal emails, and hijack its Twitter account.
Sex and the City author hacked, draft of new book is leaked online
Candace Bushnell has her Twitter hacked, and her email, and a draft version of her upcoming book leaked onto the net.
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.
Former Reuters editor Matthew Keys pleads not guilty to giving logins to Anonymous
US federal prosecutors claim that journalist Matthew Keys handed over login credentials for his former employer, Los Angeles Times' parent company, Tribune Company. Keys' defense says it was the work of an imposter.
Viber flaw bypasses lock screen to give full access to Androids
Security researchers have identified a security hole in Viber that can be exploited to bypass Android smartphones' lock screen and gain full access to the device.
Twitter plays cat-and-mouse with hackers of the Syrian Electronic Army
Twitter's security team appears to be playing whack-a-mole with a group of hackers who have made a name for themselves hijacking the accounts of high profile media organisations.
Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week
In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Hosting company Hostgator hacked, suspect arrested after being "rooted with his own rootkit"
A former system administrator from hosting company Hostgator has been arrested for hacking into his former employer's network.
There's some poetic justice in how he was identified and connected with the crime...Paul Ducklin takes a look, and can't help smiling.
Pirate Bay co-founder charged with hacking offences, attempt to steal money from bank accounts
Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been charged in Sweden, on suspicion that he - and three other men - hacked into various organisations, and attempted to fraudulently withdraw money out of Nordea bank accounts.
FAA and security researchers at odds over airplane hack security
The avionics bigwigs FAA and EASA have said "bunk!" to a researcher's claims that his new Android app could potentially hack planes.
OK, says fellow plane hacker "Renderman," if that's true, there's no harm in giving public access to your test labs, now is there?
Planes can be hacked remotely with Android app, researcher claims
A security research has cooked up an exploit framework and Android app that can be used, at least theoretically, to hack a plane, including changing its destination or even crashing the aircraft.
Movie site Vudu resets passwords after burglar nabs hard drives
Burglars broke into offices at video service Vudu late last month and stole hard drives containing customers' personal data, the company told customers in an email sent on Tuesday.
17-year-old arrested for hacking into phones, stealing and distributing explicit images of children
A US teenager is charged with distributing child pornography after allegedly hacking minors' cellphones through an SMS ad that installed malware, giving him access to the phones' content.
