Sophos Cloud Optix
Just in case you weren’t glued to Naked Security all last week, we’ve put together a helpful recap for you.
Apple
Beware! Free Apple products used as lure in text scams
Mac malware – the threat is real
Journo totally owned thanks to over-helpful iCloud support
Social networks
Are you a potentially dangerous social misfit (aka not on Facebook)?
How to report phishing to Facebook
Creepy Quora erodes users’ privacy, reveals what you have read
Mobile
Japan to test phones with scam detection systems
Vulnerability
Insecure WordPress blogs unwittingly host Blackhole malware attack
Blizzard owns up to data haemorrhage – painful but probably not too bad
Exploits posing as messages from payroll company ADP
Naughty nurse Sakura Shiratori used as a lure to infect defence firm with malware
Reuters’s Twitter, WordPress accounts hacked by apparent pro-Syrian government attackers
US Pentagon tells Missile Defense Agency workers to quit surfing porn
Privacy
Australian Privacy Commissioner lays the hard word on Google as WiFi data capture saga continues
Vote in our poll: is Google’s fine of $22.5 million enough to buy privacy?
How social engineering tricked Wal-Mart into handing over sensitive information
Law and order
Online Piracy: Challenging the ‘three strikes’ approach
Suspected Mariposa botnet mastermind goes on trial
Technology
Mars Rover Curiosity touchdown – and you think you’ve got latency issues!
Book review
The Universal Machine – a fascinating history of computers and computer scientists
I love that Apple has its own section given that most Apple malware relies on social engineering. I also love that one of the Apple stories is a standard scam which just mentions Apple products. I got a Guinness-related Scam the other day.
It's hard to tell whether Sophos hates Apple more than it hates scammers or those who have little IT "road sense".
This recap of the week's headlines from Naked Seccurity is a great idea, thanks!