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D-Link patches critical router flaws, says more fixes to come
D-Link has taken action over three serious vulnerabilities discovered in several of its home routers, and it's promising more fixes next week.
The FREAK bug in TLS/SSL - what you need to know
The FREAK bug affects TLS/SSL, the security protocol that puts the S into HTTPS and the padlock in your browser's address bar.
Paul Ducklin explains in plain English...
Google quietly drops promised encryption by default for Android Lollipop
Google has confirmed reports: that sweet encryption-by-default it promised for Android Lollipop left a sour taste when it came to device performance.
Police may charge data centre in largest ever child abuse images bust
Police might press charges against the owner of the drives that hold the child abuse image material - most likely, an Ontario data centre that houses the files.
Venmo mobile payment service under fire for security carelessness
Venmo is taking heat after a news report last week revealed security holes you could "drive a truck through," in the words of one aggrieved Venmo user whose account was drained of $2850.
Facebook explains when and why it peeps at your account
A Facebook engineer asked if it would be OK to take a look at Paavo Siljamäki's profile. Sure, he said. Then he wondered: how many employees can get in without credentials?
Is this the ultimate spam fail?
We're not sure whether we ought to laugh at cybercrime.
But sometimes you just have to smile at the antics of would-be cybercriminals.
Woman reunited with stolen iPhone thanks to accidental Facebook selfie post
A woman and her iPhone have been happily reunited, thanks to the new owner having accidentally posted a selfie onto her Facebook page that went viral.
Uber subpoenas GitHub in search for hacker of driver database
A breach of one of its databases in May 2014, in which the names and driver license numbers of 50,000 "driver partners" were stolen, is the latest entry on Uber's growing list privacy and security blunders.
Please vote for Naked Security in the 2015 Security Blogger Awards!
Along with the RSA 2015 conference in San Francisco in April come the Security Blogger Awards.
We're shortlisted, so please vote for us!
5 mobile device risks in your business
5 security risks that you need to get on top of before you let employees access corporate resources from mobile devices, and how to mitigate them.
Why you can't trust password strength meters
Website owners can employ a range of measures to help users choose better, stronger passwords and one of the most popular techniques is to include a password strength meter. The meters are designed to help users understand if their password choices will resist attempts to crack them. The trouble is, they don't.
Google performs U-turn on Blogger smut rule
Google has changed its mind over a new policy on sexually explicit content on its Blogger platform and will target commercial porn instead.
Anatomy of a certificate problem - the "PrivDog" software in the spotlight
The bug's now fixed, but when software offers to make your secure transactions more secure...
...you don't expect things to work the other way around!
Craig Brittain asks Google to remove links relating to his revenge porn antics
The guy who ignored women's pleas to take down nude images from his IsAnybodyDown site wants to have his own photos and information expunged from Google.
Old-school landline phones to protect elderly from "it's me" scammers
The new phones glow red when a call comes in from an unregistered number, to battle the "ore ore" ("it's me, it's me") fraudsters who prey on Japanese elderly.
Monday review - the hot 26 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
Bought PII from the government? PLEASE DON'T LOSE IT! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here's the latest episode of our weekly computer security roundup.
The latest news presented so you can enjoy it...in just one minute!
RIP Leonard Nimoy: a hero to Trekkies, but so much more than "Spock"
Leonard Nimoy was beloved by millions, including many of us at Naked Security and at Sophos. So it is with great sadness that we acknowledge his passing on Friday, at the age of 83, and offer this modest tribute.
Facebook Bug Bounty report for 2014: $1.3M paid out to more than 700 bug finders
Facebook just released details of how much it paid out in bug bounties for 2014.
Rewards ranged from $500 to over $50,000...
