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The 'What's Worse Security Championships finals' - Vote now
To honour the March Madness sporting finals, we adapted the concept and launched our very own What's Worse Security Championships. Join the thousands of others and place your vote now in the finals.
The 'What's Worse Security Championships'
With March Madness Basketball in full swing in America, we thought it might be fun to try and adapt the concept of sport championships to the land of IT security.
Who reads Naked Security? The results are in....
A few weeks ago, we asked you, our readers, a little bit more about you. Here are the results of that anonymous poll.
Who reads Naked Security?
The other day, someone asked me: so who exactly reads Naked Security? And how do you know you are giving them what they want?
Monday review: the hot 20 stories of the week
In case you missed any of these stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Apache Foundation creates firestorm over user privacy choices [POLL]
The Apache Foundation has decided to ignore user tracking preferences when surfing with Internet Explorer 10 in its market dominating web server. Read on for the controversy and the opportunity to weigh in with your thoughts.
Do you have a special email address for websites that might send you spam? [POLL]
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Spam isn't all about Viagra and fake degrees.. you may also be struggling to handle unwanted email from websites that you signed-up for years ago.
Are you taking steps to avoid giving your regular address to websites that might end up spamming you?
One weekend, one million jailbreakers - what should Apple do next?
Last weekend, Chronic Dev tweeted about the latest jailbreak tool for Apple's iDevices. In just two days, nearly one million people used it.
With such clear minority interest in jailbreaking, what should Apple do next?
Over 90% of Facebook users hate having photos of them posted without approval
Facebook users overwhelmingly agree that it's unacceptable to post photos or videos of them without asking permission first. Some even think it should be illegal.
Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't provide a way to force your friends to request your approval before tagging you in a photo.
Windows 8 anti-virus has a long way to go
When testing the included unmanaged anti-virus in Windows 8 I ran across an odd quirk. It doesn't detect EICAR properly. I present my results and what to expect in this article.
Win Sophos swag by participating in our latest social media survey
Every year we run an investigation into how many of you are being hit by threats (such as spam, malware and phishing) on social networks. Well, it's that time again!
This year, to encourage you to help us, we're offering a rare and highly coveted shirt to three lucky winners.
Poll: Do you find LulzSec's activities amusing?
Are LulzSec amusing you with their DDoS attacks, website hacks and exposure of personal information? Or are you just not getting the joke?
Take our poll now.
89% say they would tell Mac-using friends to install anti-virus, poll reveals
It appears that a sea change is occurring - with more and more Mac users realising the advantages of running anti-virus software to secure their computers.
60% of Facebook users consider quitting over privacy
Over the last few days we've been running an online poll asking Facebook users if privacy concerns might make them consider quitting the service. The votes have now been counted, and reveal the extent of members' concerns regarding the popular Read more…
Rumours of Facebook privacy changes - but will it be too little too late?
Updated According to media reports, Facebook is planning to announce changes to its privacy settings within the next few days. Benjamin Cohen, a reporter for the British TV's Channel 4, has written on his blog that he has spoken to Read more…
Election day vote: What punishment for cybercriminals?
Updated to include poll results. It's election day in the United Kingdom, and the nation is on tenterhooks to see who wins what looks like being the closest vote in decades. This morning Mrs Clu-Blog and I - accompanied by Read more…
Have you ever bought via spam?
Spam is still at plague proportions, despite Bill Gates's prediction that it would be done and dusted by the start of 2006. In fact, these days we estimate that more than 95% of all email is spam. Which begs the Read more…
Sophos Survey - win a Klingon Anti-Virus T-shirt
If you ran a security suite on your computer, what technologies would you turn on and which would you leave switched off? Some of the folks at Sophos are intererested in discovering your opinion, and so we're running a very Read more…
Windows 7 podcast - IE security enhancements
Michael Argast, Head of Global Sales Engineering, and I sat down to discuss the implications of all the new security functions available in Windows 7. This will be a multi-part series of podcasts providing insight into what has changed, and Read more…
Vote for your favourite security blogger
Those terribly nice folks at SC Magazine are running a number of online polls on their homepage in the run-up to their awards ceremony at the RSA Conference. The poll for the most popular security blogger caught my eye in Read more…
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