Sony has been in the computer security spotlight several times before, from rootkits and jailbreaking to industrial-scale data breaches. The company is back in the limelight again after a claimed “megahack”…
Monthly Archives: November 2014
5 online scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season in the United States is also an opportune time for cybercriminals, scam artists and conmen to gear up their activities. Here are the top 5 online scams to watch out for…
Sophos Techknow – Dealing with Ransomware [PODCAST]
No type of malware seems to get people’s blood boiling quite as much as ransomware. Learn how to protect yourself in this episode of our Sophos Techknow podcast series…
Google reaches settlement with troll victim
Three years after first discovering some 3,600 abusive, defamatory postings online, a UK businessman has settled with Google to get search results taken down. 
Craigslist back up and running after DNS hijack
If you had trouble getting onto Craigslist to sell your apple green velvet armchair over the weekend, join the club: the site was hijacked on Sunday night. 
Google Contributor: would you pay to remove ads on websites? [POLL]
Google has invited web users to pay a monthly fee instead of continuing to see Google-served adverts on their favourite websites.
WordPress issues critical security fixes, closing remote anonymous compromise bug and more
WordPress has just published a critical security release. If you’re still on WordPress 3, this is about as critical as it gets, because one of the fixes closes a “remote anonymous compromise” bug.
16 webcam hijacking suspects arrested in wake of bedroom-peeping
An international bust of people illegally using remote-access Trojans (RATs) to hijack people’s webcams last week led to the arrest of 16 people across Europe.
Dirt-cheap PS4 Amazon listings in Walmart price-match scam
Who needs to wait until Black Friday for doorbuster, price-slashing, Insanely! Low!! Prices!!! when you can instead defraud price-matching policies with bogus Amazon listings showing whatever crazy-low price you dream up? 
Monday review – the hot 24 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.