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Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week
In case you missed anything, here's everything we wrote in the past seven days.
Vote Naked Security for best security blog
Naked Security and the Sophos Security Chet Chat could be nominated for awards at this year's Social Security Blogger Awards. Will you help us out by voting for us?
Unmasked! Alleged mastermind of "Project Blitzkrieg" online attack plot against US banks
Claims are made that a cyber gang is recruiting some 100 botmasters for a Trojan attack against 30 US bank, and the plot's alleged mastermind is unmasked.
But given the alleged fraudster's flamboyant claims, can we be sure he's not a trap set by Russian law enforcement?
Monday review: the hot 18 stories of the week
It's weekly summary time.
Here's everything we've written in the last seven days.
SSCC 98 - RSA keys, Blackhole exploits, Nitol botnets and Apache takes potshots at Microsoft
Duck joins Chet to take on the latest security news.
As usual, they don't mince their words, so take a listen and enjoy a quarter-hour mix of news, opinion, advice and research..
Microsoft says "No!" to insecure certificate practices
Microsoft will be shipping an update as part of October's Patch Tuesday that will invalidate RSA certificates weaker than 1024 bits. If you are using old or weak certificates now is the time to upgrade them to a more appropriate strength.
Will iPhone 5 have a fingerprint scanner? And will anybody use it?
The internet is abuzz with whispers that Apple's iPhone 5, rumoured to be launched this week, will come with a fingerprint scanner to secure the device. If true, this could be a big step forward in iPhone's quest to become a digital wallet, but will convenience-crazy iPhone users embrace biometrics?
VIDEO: How to solve the RSA 2012 #sophospuzzle
By popular request, here is a video explaining how to solve the cryptographic puzzle we published on our RSA 2012 conference T-shirt...
Sophos wins "Best Email Security" award at RSA 2012
As regular Naked Security readers will know, I'm not usually given to marketroidistic endorsements, even of our own products. But in this case I couldn't resist it.
Our Astaro Secure Gateway 8.2 product took the crown for Best Email Security in the SC Magazine Awards at RSA 2012.
SSCC 84.66 - RSA conclusion, award winners, HB Gary and big data
Chet and Duck say goodbye to San Francisco, thank their fellow bloggers for Naked Security winning the Best Corporate Security Blog, discuss their favorite stand and talk a bit about how "big data" plays with security.
Best Corporate Security Blog awarded to Naked Security at RSA
The Social Security Blogger Awards was held once again at RSA in San Francisco last week and Naked Security is proud to have taken home another trophy.
SSCC 84.33 - RSA first impressions
RSA special Chet Chat sharing Chester's and Duck's first impressions of the first day of the RSA 2012 conference in San Francisco.
Take on the RSA 2012 #sophospuzzle and win a NERF gun!
Join in with those attending RSA 2012 and get in the running to win a NERF N-STRIKE Vulcan EBF-25.
You don't have to be at the show to enter and win!
Researchers take another crack at SSL
Just how unique is is your private key?
Is there a chance that someone else, without any malice aforethought, might unexpectedly end up with a key pair that is identical or at least dangerously similar to yours?
SSCC 83 - Patch Tuesday, Apple app privacy and RSA
This week's Chet Chat finds Paul Ducklin and Chester Wisniewski discussing the vulnerabilities patched this Tuesday in Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle products, mobile phone application privacy issues and upcoming events RSA and Anatomy of an Attack in Portland, OR and Wellington, NZ.
Calling Californians: Get into RSA 2012 in San Francisco for free!
Are you interested in security? Would you like to have some technofun for free?
If so, you can sign up for a free RSA 2012 Expo pass, using the code SC12SPH. Then stop by Booth #1817 for our cool puzzle T-shirt!
Security firm RSA blames nation state for attack on its servers
RSA has revealed that it believes two groups, working on behalf of a single nation state, hacked into its servers and stole information related to the company's SecurID two-factor authentication products.
But for some reason it's declining to say which country..
Apple, RSA, Facebook, spyware, scareware, DDoS - 90 Sec News - June 2011
Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in 90 seconds!
Looking back over last month: Apple does anti-virus, RSA replaces tokens, Facebook stays opt-out, Macbook Peeping Tom caught, Scareware gang busted, DDoSer sentenced.
SSCC 63 - RSA, Sony, Facebook faces and the future of Mac security
In this week's Chet Chat Rich Baldry joins Chet to discuss the future of Mac OS X security. They also discuss the week's news including RSA, Sony, software patches and Facebook's introduction of facial recognition software
Hackers hit IMF with 'sophisticated cyberattack', reports claim
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been hit by a major hack, according to media reports.
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