Webdriver Torso has nothing on this week’s mysteries! First it was Apple iPhones in Australia announcing they’d been hacked; now it’s venerable disk encryption software TrueCrypt abruptly claiming to have killed itself off…
Daily Archives: May 28, 2014
SSCC 149 – Apple devices ransomed, eBay breached, carders busted and more [PODCAST]
Chester Wisnieski and Paul Ducklin dig into the important security stories of the past week, and pull out some lessons we can all learn. If you haven’t listened to a “Chet Chat” before, now’s the time to give it a try!
62-year-old man arrested over tweeting as ‘ghost’ of murdered toddler James Bulger
The Twitter troll made sick jokes about the 2-year-old, baited his mother and the charity she set up in his name, and made veiled threats about sexual abuse and death aimed at a 2-day-old baby. 
Our online advertising model fails have put us all in danger
Why hand over hard-earned cash for something when we can get the same thing for free? It seems like a no-brainer, but our unwillingness to pay for things directly has led the internet into a dark and dangerous corner where a dependence on advertising is putting our privacy and security on the line.
LulzSec hacker Sabu walks free after “extraordinary” FBI cooperation
After spending seven months in prison, former LulzSec hacker-turned-snitch Hector Xavier Monsegur (aka “Sabu”) has finally been sentenced.
Yes, your smartphone camera can be used to spy on you
A researcher claims to have written an Android app that takes photos and videos using the device camera while the screen is turned off – so you wouldn’t even know the camera was spying on you.
Iranian court beckons Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to answer accusations of privacy violation
An Iranian court has not only opened a case against Facebook’s instant-message services WhatsApp and Instagram; it’s also summoned that “American Zionist” Mark Zuckerberg himself to answer complaints of privacy violation.