Listening in and identifying your TV and music is opt-in only, Facebook’s security head honcho said, and no, he wouldn’t want it in his pocket either if it was recording everything going on around him.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Fight internet surveillance, Reset The Net
5 June 2014 is Reset The Net. It’s a day to take back our privacy by using strong encryption whenever and wherever we can and insisting that the organisations we rely upon do too.
Naked Security now available in HTTPS
You can now browse your favourite computer security news website and make it more difficult for the NSA to spy on you at the same time!
SSCC 150 – TrueCrypt, Gameover, CryptoLocker and whither mobile malware? [PODCAST]
This week, Chet and Duck dig into the bafflement of the disappearing TrueCrypt encryption software: did it jump, or was it pushed? They also look at the takedown of Gameover and CryptoLocker, and look into what we can learn from ten years of mobile malware.
Sydney teen arrested as hacking hoaxster sends SWAT team to his house
Having been told that residents were tied up inside the home, and that shots had been fired, officers swooped on the Bonar Street address at 4.40 am. But it was all a hoax.
Myspace emails cringe-worthy old photos to lure users back
Myspace is sending users one or two photos in a seemingly desperate attempt to convince people that it still exists, to intrigue former users, to embarrass them, and/or to send them hurtling back to the site on search and destroy missions.
Prankster fakes pick axe murder for Google Street View
It took over a year for somebody to complain about the image. If you’re worried that Big Brother is watching, think of it as consolation that he’s not too quick on the uptake. 
Move over Heartbleed – here comes another SSL/TLS bug
Which widely used open source SSL/TLS cryptographic library just recently fixed a critical bug caused by a buffer overflow? (Hint. The software isn’t OpenSSL and the vulnerability isn’t Heartbleed.)
Alleged robber caught after trying to befriend his victim on Facebook
An alleged robber was caught after trying to buddy up to the woman he bashed over the head, say police. The next day, she got a friend request. She didn’t recognise his face, but she did recognise a triangular tattoo on his neck.
Has CryptoLocker been cracked? Is Gameover over?
Gameover, also known as Gameover Zeus, is one of the most notorious botnets of recent times. And CryptoLocker is the Big Daddy of the ransomware scene, scrambling all your data and demanding $300 to get it back. A team of global law enforcement agencies have taken them on…and YOU can help them win!