Microsoft detected two illicit images of a young girl when they were uploaded to a Pennsylvanian man’s OneDrive cloud storage account. Before anybody starts worrying about snooping, be assured that humans weren’t involved in looking at the email; rather, Microsoft’s own PhotoDNA matched the images to those of known child abuse images. 
Monthly Archives: August 2014
The data breach apocalypse that wasn’t – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Malware, spam and hacking – and not all bad news, either! Watch 60 Second Security for Aug 9, 2014…
SSCC 159.5 – Black Hat USA 2014 Conference Special [PODCAST]
The Black Hat USA 2014 conference is over, and Naked Security’s Chester Wisniewski was there in fabulous Las Vegas to take it all in. And, as we all know, what happens in Vegas… …gets faithfully reported on the internet! 
Microsoft brings Internet Explorer’s security into the 21st century
Internet Explorer (IE) will finally catch up with rival browsers next week when it begins blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls.
Sophos Techknow – Firewalls Demystified [PODCAST]
The word firewall has a lot more shades of meaning in 2014 than it did in 1994. So…who better to help us to demystify the modern firewall than Sophos security expert Chester Wisniewski?
Foursquare app tracks your location by default whenever your phone is on
Foursquare, makers of the popular app that lets you “check in” wherever you go, unveiled a new version this week that tracks your location even when the app is closed. With opt-in as the default, here’s how to opt-out. We show you how to opt out if you don’t want ad men and Foursquare to constantly know your whereabouts. 
How Google plans to get us all using HTTPS
This could be an inflection point for web security. By making HTTPS something that impacts search results Google are applying the stick to an enormous security push that’s been all carrots up to now.
Evidence of another Snowden-like mole is worrying Feds
The US government has been trying to answer a crucial question: is Snowden a lone wolf, or are other Edward Snowdens out there, leaking ever more classified documents? Given new leaks published by Glenn Greenwald’s The Intercept, the Feds now fear they have their answer, and it is in the affirmative. 
SSCC 159 – What can we learn from the “honeybot”? [PODCAST]
For your listening pleasure! Here’s this week’s episode of the Sophos Security Chet Chat podcast…
Potato chips: Big Brother’s next eavesdropping tool?
A team of researchers from MIT, Microsoft and Adobe have figured out how to use sound vibrations in objects that are quivering too imperceptibly for the naked eye to discern, but when captured on video can be used to decipher intelligible speech. 