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It’s that time of the week again – here’s your roundup of everything we wrote in the last seven days:
General interest
• INFOGRAPHIC: How many devices do you carry?
• Sophos CEO suffers from a watery end for #ComicRelief
• Do you read Naked Security via Google Reader?
• Anatomy of a problem – Bitcoin loses 25% in value due to a bug
• Chet Chat 104 – Probably the best 15-minute podcast you’ll hear today
• Chess CAPTCHA – a serious defence against spammers?
• Google Doodle celebrates Douglas Adams and HHGttG
• Helping users make better security decisions by design
Hacking and scams
• Gambler uses casino’s own surveillance system to scoop $32 million
• Hackers launch DDoS attack on security blogger’s site, send SWAT team to his home
• Google Glass pre-order scammers set up shop on the web
• Mega-hack of celebrities exposes personal details
• Bill Gates’s social security number and more published by hackers
• Equifax and Transunion say hackers stole celebrity credit reports
Law and order
• American retailer Genesco sues Visa, demands $13m in PCI-DSS data breach fines paid back
• Google: Yep, our cars steamrolled your privacy
• iPhone thief posts picture of himself on victim’s Facebook page
Malware and exploits
• US government’s vulnerability database brought down by ironic malware
• Seagate’s blog pushes malware on unsuspecting visitors
• Oh dear. SophosLabs has upset some malware authors
• HP printers in 1980s-style firmware misconfiguration boo-boo
• Malware poses as booking confirmation email from Welsh seaside hotel
Social networks
• Fake Pope on Twitter dupes thousands of followers
• Colin Powell’s Facebook account has been hacked
Cryptography
• Has HTTPS finally been cracked? Researchers deal SSL/TLS a biggish blow
Mobile devices
• Google tells ad-blocking utilities on Android: “You’re fired!”
OS and software
• Adobe tells Windows and Mac users to install critical security updates
• Microsoft to patch security vulnerabilities on Tuesday – including some rated as “critical”
• Microsoft Patch Tuesday – seven bulletins, four critical, three RCEs, and even a fix for Macs
Privacy and online safety
• Skype in hot water over failure to let French police eavesdrop
• Google Glass: the ultimate creepy stalker toy?
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