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Apple finally adopts HTTPS for the App Store - here's why it matters
Last year, a Googler named Dr. Elie Bursztein noticed that Apple's App Store protocols were using HTTP where HTTPS would have been much better.
Some time later, Apple has changed its ways.
Paul Ducklin explains why it matters...
Webhosting management company cPanel suffers break-in, lets slip customers' root passwords
Webhosting management company cPanel recently announced a worrying sort of compromise: the possible theft of its customers' root passwords.
Paul Ducklin looks at what happened, and what's being done to avoid a repeat of this worrying situation...
Indian two-factor authentication fraudsters busted by Delhi cops
Two more alleged cybercrooks are cooling their heels in custody this weekend.
The modern-day bank robbers are said to have run a scam that allowed them to work around the two-factor authentication protection offered by the victims' banks.
US Secret Service probed after sensitive files left on Metro train
A contractor working for the US Secret Service left two tapes full of extremely sensitive data on a Metro train, losing the extremely sensitive, personal data of staff, contact and overseas informants.
NASA suffers major data breach over stolen laptop that wasn't encrypted
The space agency is now, finally, after yet another unencrypted laptop theft, scrambling to require full disk encryption agency-wide.
Should you lie on Facebook? [VIDEO]
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A senior government official has advised users of social networks such as Facebook on how to better protect their privacy.
Don't tell social networks the truth.
FTC files complaint against Wyndham Hotels for not protecting sensitive customer information
Wyndham Hotels is being sued by the US Federal Trade Commission for lax security measures. Will suits like this raise concerns among other organizations that are careless with our personal information?
TechRadar latest site to have usernames and passwords stolen
Tech news site TechRadar is alerting users that their username, password, email address and date of birth have been accessed by hackers.
Lost USB keys back in the spotlight in Privacy Commission report
In late 2011, we published our analysis of a bunch of USB keys we'd bought at a lost property auction.
We got a number of surprises - not least that the Privacy Commissioner decided he wanted a word with us. Find out what happened next...
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?
SSCC 86 - online elections, "total internet disconnection", Facebook/privacy and PII for just 3c
In this week's episode, Paul Ducklin joins Chet to discuss online elections, "total internet disconnection", Facebook's new take on privacy, and PII at just 3c a hit.
As usual, Chet and Duck express strong opinions, with Duck even calling on those who are concerned about the erosion of online privacy "not to go quietly"...
Corrupt call center workers selling your private information for pennies
An undercover investigation in India has uncovered that some call center workers have been selling confidential information on nearly 500,000 Britons.
Lost USB keys have 66% chance of malware
We bought a stash of USB keys at a major transit authority's Lost Property auction, and took a look at the sort of information people leave on the train.
Two-thirds of the keys were infected with malware, and nothing on any of the keys was encrypted...
Steam goes public on data breach - but will it delay the launch of Skyrim?
Steam, the online empire of computer game behemoth Valve Corporation, has issued details of the hack it suffered last weekend.
If you're a Steam user, find out what you should be doing next...
iPads in the kindergarten? Some tips for better security and safety
With children as young as five now being told it's mandatory to bring an iPad into the classroom, what can be done to ensure safe and secure surfing?
Another Korean data breach - GOMTV.NET spills user account data, including passwords
GOMTV.NET, a global operation of South Korean streaming media provider Gretech, has reported a large-scale data breach. Poor password handling by Gretech made a bad thing worse.
Learn how to avoid making this sort of mistake with your own customers' data.
Anonymous hacks BART, creating even more innocent victims
Anonymous have continued their attacks today targeting the website myBART.org part of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system. They claim it is in retaliation for a police shooting earlier this summer and the recent mobile phone blackout implemented to prevent organized protests.
Macbooks, Korea, Spamford busted, phones lost, Anonymous threat - 60 Sec Security
No, the headline isn't a misprint. 90 Second News is now 60 Second Security!
Lots of readers said they'd like to see our 'news-with-a-conscience' videos more than once a month. So here you go. 60 Second Security, once every two weeks.
Codemasters warns customers after hackers steal data
UK-based game developers Codemasters has fallen foul of hackers, who have broken into their network and stolen customer information.
Sony Europe hacked by Lebanese hacker... Again
Updated with information on 14th attack against SonyPictures.RU. Sony was hacked for the 13th time, this time exposing usernames, passwords, work emails, mobile phones and web site information on 120 Sony Europe users.
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