Thanks to a Dutch man who volunteered to let researchers snoop on his mobile phone, we now have a glimpse of the type of information that can be squeezed from what officials would have us believe is “just” metadata. Toss in a list of exposed passwords hints courtesy of Adobe, and analysts also got access to his accounts. 
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Man buys old servers, accuses Ernst & Young of data breach
Mark Morris claims he picked up some old servers for $300 and recently found out they’re full of customer data. Ernst & Young wants the data deleted or just to get the servers back, but Morris says whoa, not so fast – time is money!
Nigerian bank IT worker on the run after $40m cyber heist
A Nigerian IT worker is wanted by police after a major cyber-heist at the bank where he was employed.
Facebook predator charged after posing as teenager to stalk girls online
A 22-year-old man from New Jersey has been charged with stalking one teenage girl and soliciting sexually explicit photos from another via Facebook.
Legendary NYC steakhouse sues Yelp to unmask spitting-waiter reviewer
A man turned down for a job at the eatery shares a name with the reviewer, who claimed to work at Sparks Steak House, where management purportedly encourages spittle garnishes. He says it wasn’t him; it was an imposter! Sparks wants Yelp to reveal the true identity to get to the bottom of the bogus claim. 
Liberty Reserve CTO pleads guilty to involvement in massive money laundering
Mark Marmilev, CTO of former digital currency brokerage Liberty Reserve, has pleaded guilty to playing a major role in the operation of the business which became a favourite for cybercrooks and money launderers.
Facebook wants to know why you hate specific adverts
Facebook’s not happy to just let us hide ads anymore; now it wants to know why we hid a given ad so it can purge newsfeeds of super-cruddy ads. 
Firefox sneaks out an “inbetweener” update, with security improvements rather than fixes
Usually, if everything goes according to plan, Firefox updates appear every six weeks. But if needs must, Mozilla delivers in-between updates, too, and that’s what has happened here, bumping Firefox from version 32.0 to 32.0.1.
Why would we let you say “No” to something that’s free? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest 60 Second Security video for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy…
Apple’s free gift: Did U get the album 2?
Apple’s gift of a free U2 album for iTunes users? Turns out it’s “free” as in “compulsory”…