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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Ex-con Kevin Mitnick now selling zero-day exploits, starting at $100K
He says his firm will carefully screen potential clients and that he’d never sell to an entity such as the Syrian regime or a criminal gang. Then again, he’s not asking what clients intend to do with the high-end exploits. 
Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 update, tells users to roll back to iOS 8
Apple’s telling users to ditch the update after it knocked out cellular service and disabled Touch ID for iPhones, on top of a list of other glitches – stalling, crashing and more. 
Bash “Shellshock” vulnerability – what you need to know
Shellshock is the media-friendly name for a remote code execution hole in Bash, a command shell commonly used on Linux and UNIX systems. Paul Ducklin explains…
Netflix deadlocked with broadcast regulator over “confidential” subscriber data
Things are getting testy between Netflix and Canada’s broadcast regulator over “confidential” subscriber data which the regulator wants to be able to access.
Disgruntled employees are increasingly e-sabotaging businesses, FBI says
Employees with an axe to grind are increasingly sticking it to their current or former employers by carrying out “computer network exploitation and disruption”, the FBI says. 
Mozilla fixes “phishing friendly” cryptographic bug in Firefox and Thunderbird
Mozilla just patched a bug in its cryptographic library, NSS. The bug is rated “critical” because it could permits skullduggery in apparently secure connections.
Emma Watson threatened with hoax nude photo leak by internet marketers
Up sprung the threateningly titled emmayouarenext.com website which featured a clock counting down to the release of apparently stolen photos of Emma Watson. Were there photos? No, it was just a viral marketing stunt.
DuckDuckGoAway: China blocks privacy-oriented search engine
Getting selected as the default private search engine for Apple’s Safari browser has been a boon for young search engine DuckDuckGo. But it may well have tainted the search engine in the eyes of the Apple-leery Chinese government. 
Is it *really* such a bad idea to use a password twice?
We regularly warn you against using the same password for multiple accounts. But if you memorise one really long and complex password, isn’t that enough? No! Here’s why…