The UK city of York is planning to roll out citywide free Wi-Fi. Correction: it’s only “free” if you don’t count the privacy you stand to lose. 
Daily Archives: July 30, 2014
How anyone can hack your Instagram account
Should you write instructions that tell everyone how to hack Instagram accounts, including advice like “wait for someone to use the Instagram iOS app”? Have your say in our poll…
Guy brags about gift card tinkering at new job, gets house raided by feds
The new recruit showed off to a colleague, calling the gift-card tinkering “research”. We’ll see what Homeland Security thinks about it after they scour the electronics they seized from his house. 
SSCC 158 – What do you mean, “Don’t knit your own remote authentication?” [PODCAST]
Here’s this week’s Chet Chat security podcast for your listening pleasure. Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin of Sophos dissect the week’s security news to see what we can learn from other people’s mistakes…
Police slap warning banner ads on ‘pirate’ sites
The City of London Police has started swapping out legitimate ads on websites believed to be serving up pirated content, instead plastering them with warning banner ads.