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It’s weekly roundup time!
Here’s all the great stuff we’ve written in the past seven days.
Cryptography
• Anatomy of a brute force attack – what about password complexity?
• How much security would you expect in a $60 light globe?
General interest
• SSCC 114 – Bitcoins, OpenX and Email privacy [PODCAST]
• Android randomness, Sniffer bins & more: 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
• HTTP error code 451: “Unavailable For Legal Reasons”
Hacking and scams
• eBay troll and fraudster ‘Ebayisajoke’ staked out and unmasked
• Baby-monitor hacker spies on and swears at sleeping 2-year-old
• CNN, Time and Washington Post redirect users to SEA site
• Miss Teen USA 2013 says sextortionist hacked webcam
Law and order
• Two Canadian men charged in connection with suicide victim
• Aussie ATM criminals embrace 3D printers for cashpoint crimes
OS and software
• Heads up for Patch Tuesday: 8 bulletins, 3 critical, reboot needed
• Patch Tuesday for August 2013 – 3 critical, 5 important
• Microsoft pulls critical Patch Tuesday fix for Exchange 2013
• LastPass gets patch against password leakage bug
Privacy and online safety
• London says media company’s spying rubbish bins stink
• Fired flight attendant forced to give employer access to Facebook
• Google says people can’t expect privacy when sending to Gmail
• Data breaches – over half are due to carelessness, says ICO
• Wait, what? Twitter is a terrorist?
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