A new update to the Android version of WhatsApp includes an unexpected but pleasant surprise – end-to-end encryption that is enabled by default.
Daily Archives: November 19, 2014
SSCC 174 – Who says law enforcement isn’t tackling cybercrime? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest epsiode of our weekly Chet Chat podcast, for your listening pleasure. From a carder ring that got busted to a spamming system that ran amuck, let yourself be amused and educated at the same time…
Senate kills bill that would have reined in NSA and rampant surveillance
Yesterday the Senate axed The USA Freedom Act, which missed the chance to be debated by just two “yes” votes. With it goes what privacy advocates had called the best opportunity yet to curb the country’s run-amok surveillance.
Google fined for not taking down “right to be forgotten” links worldwide
The “right to be forgotten” case is the first in Europe to take the power to compel link takedown outside a country’s border and into the search results Google delivers worldwide. 
Microsoft “tops up” Patch Tuesday, issues delayed fix for zero-day hole in logon security
Microsoft has issued a “top up” security bulletin for a fix that didn’t quite make it into the November 2014 Patch Tuesday. The vulnerability can be used to turn any user into a domain administrator, and it’s been exploited in the wild…