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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."
22 million user IDs may be in the hands of hackers, after Yahoo Japan security breach
The call has gone out to Yahoo Japan's 200 million users to change their passwords, after the company warned that it suspected hackers had managed to access a file containing 22 million user IDs.
Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week
Here you go.
All the stories we wrote in the past seven days, in case you missed anything (or just want to read them again).
Using Yahoo Mail? You should turn on this privacy option as soon as possible
It has taken Yahoo a ridiculously long time, but it is finally rolling out an option that will help protect users' privacy when accessing their web-based email - HTTPS.
Hacker selling $700 exploit that hijacks Yahoo email accounts
A hacker is selling a $700 zero-day exploit for Yahoo Mail that lets an attacker leverage a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability to steal cookies and hijack accounts.
SSCC 99 - Hurricane Sandy, DMCA, do not track, Barnes and Noble and Facebook
Michael Argast rejoined Chet this halloween to catch up on the week's news including new DMCA exceptions, Hurricane Sandy scams, Yahoo! ignoring do not track, Barnes and Noble credit cards skimming and Facebook's donation to spam research.
Yahoo! rejects privacy arguments, ignores do not track from IE 10 users
Yahoo! has decided to ignore Internet Explorer 10 users privacy choices. Are IE 10 users losing out on a tailored advertising experience?
Monday review: the hot 20 stories of the week
Here you go. All the stories we wrote in the past seven days, in case you missed anything (or just want to read them again).
How Hotmail lets down its users security-wise compared to Gmail and Yahoo
Hotmail lets down its over 350 million users when it comes to security, by not giving them an easy way to tell if their account has been accessed by unauthorised third parties.
US court overturns judgement against ex-wife who read cheating hubby's emails
The case involves a woman's hacking into her former boss's Yahoo account to uncover evidence of his extramarital affair. Judges decreed that email stored in the cloud, such as Gmail or Yahoo Mail, doesn't meet the definition of "electronic storage" as written in the Stored Communications Act.
Microsoft Windows Update emails try to steal your Gmail, Yahoo, AOL passwords...
Beware any emails which claim to come from privacy@microsoft.com - it could be that you're being targeted in an attack designed to steal your AOL, Gmail, Yahoo or Windows Live password.
Outlook webmail passwords restricted to 16 chars - how does that compare with Yahoo and Gmail?
Shouldn't Outlook.com be giving users the option of having longer passwords?
That's what Yahoo and Gmail do..
SSCC 94 - internet meltdown, Microsoft's XML exploit patch, malware in the App Store, "a virus ate my homework" and password thefts galore
Paul Ducklin joins Chet once again to discuss the latest security news. This week's topics include DNS Changer, Patch Tuesday, Find and Call, San Diego's fireworks fiasco and password breaches
The worst passwords you could ever choose exposed by Yahoo Voices hack
Ninja? Princess? 123456?
Too many internet users are making poor decisions when choosing their passwords.
Yahoo Voices hacked, nearly half a million emails and passwords stolen
Yahoo Voices suffers a serious security breach, with over 450,000 unencrypted usernames and passwords posted online by hackers.
Android spam bots? What we know for sure
There is quite a lot of debate out there about Android devices participating in spamming botnets. Chet Wisniewski tries to clear the air about what we are seeing in SophosLabs.
Scarlett Johansson's stolen nude photos could cost hacker $66,179.46 and five years in prison
Prosecutors are calling for nude photo hacker Christopher Chaney to be sentenced to six years in jail, and pay damages to exposed celebrities.
Microsoft and Yahoo are selling us to politicians, Facebook and Google are keeping out of it
Microsoft and Yahoo are selling politicians the ability to target online ads to voters by name, zip code and other data they've collected from us.
Yahoo leaks its own private key via new Axis Chrome extension
Yahoo just released a new iOS browser called Axis, along with corresponding extensions for desktop browsers. The Chrome extension came with a little something extra: Yahoo's private key.
Oops.
Is Yahoo's $610 million anti-spam win meaningless?
US courts find in favour of Yahoo in a recent spam case, awarding the company a gob-smacking $610 Million. While this figure makes a great headline for the fight against fraud and spam, it begs the question, will Yahoo! ever actually see any of the cash?
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