Sophos Cloud Optix
It’s weekly roundup time. Here’s all the great stuff we’ve written in the past seven days.
General interest
• Farewell Camino – pioneering Mac browser falls behind on security, reaches end of road
• Android malware, Liberty Reserve, CSAW, Legal ransomware – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
• Australian government announces its National Cloud Computing Strategy
Law and order
• Sorry? Is a US report recommending ransomware to target copyright thieves?
• Digital currency Liberty Reserve shut down by US governement
Malware and exploits
• Android malware in pictures – a blow-by-blow account of mobile scareware
• PayPal refuses to pay bug-finding teen
Social networks
• Facebook kicks out rape jokes and gender hate speech
• Phishers try flattery with Facebook Page owners
• Social media privacy explained – In plain English
Privacy and online safety
• Harvard dean who authorized secret search of faculty email to step down
• Face recognition API for Google Glass to be released this week
Cryptography
• Certificate pinning – first for websites, now for software?
• Winners of the AusCERT 2013 #sophospuzzle (and how to solve it)
• Anatomy of a change – Google announces it will double its SSL key sizes
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