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Monthly Archives: October 2014
JP Morgan Chase confirms breach, 76 million homes and 7 million businesses affected
JP Morgan Chase has confirmed that user information including names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for 76 million households and 7 million small businesses has been stolen in one of the largest data breaches ever. 
SSCC 167 – Avoiding the shock of Shellshock (and more!) [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly Chet Chat podcast! Shellshock leads the list, of course, but Snapchat, cybersecurity awareness and the iPhone 6 all get a look in too…
Security incidents are up – and pricier! – but infosec budgets are dwindling
The number of security incidents is popping, as are associated costs to mop them up, according to a report from PcW. Global corporate security budgets, meanwhile, seem to be hiding in the closet, just hoping it all goes away. 
Facebook says sorry to LGBT community over real-name policy, promises change
Facebook’s apologised and promised to fix what turns out to be, it admits, an unsophisticated policy that doesn’t reflect the importance of pseudonyms in protecting people from harassment and violence. 
Civil liberties advocates, bookstores, publishers sue to stop anti revenge porn law
Those seeking to outlaw revenge porn are now battling a coalition of free-speech advocates who claim the existing laws were thrown together so shabbily, they could arguably be used to criminalize a host of non-vengeful innocents who handle nude images.
International hackers charged over Call of Duty and Apache helicopter software theft
Hackers from Australia, Canada and the US have been charged with breaking into the networks of games developers and the US Army to steal software worth at least $100m, according to prosecutors.
US Attorney General urges tech companies to leave back doors open on gadgets for police
Don’t lock police out of popular consumer gadgets, lest law enforcement’s efforts to nab kidnappers or child predators be stymied, the US AG said, becoming the latest of a string of government officials to speak out since Google and Apple announced they were changing encryption on their mobile operating systems.
SSCC 166.5 – Special edition from the Virus Bulletin 2014 conference [PODCAST]
Sophos security expert Chester Wisniewski was at the Virus Bulletin 2014 conference in Seattle. In this special edition of the Chet Chat, Paul Ducklin puts Chet on the other side of the mic to find out more about both the technology and the ethics of anti-malware research.
Head of ‘StealthGenie’ mobile stalking app indicted for selling spyware
The indictment alleges that StealthGenie can and has recorded all incoming/outgoing voice calls; intercepted calls to be monitored in real time; allowed the buyer to call the phone and activate it at any time to monitor all surrounding conversations within a 15-foot radius; and allowed the buyer to monitor a target’s incoming and outgoing e-mail messages and SMS messages, incoming voicemail messages, address book, calendar, photographs, and videos—all without the knowledge of the phone’s user.