NSA spying revelations shocked Google, so it encrypted the beejezus out of everything. We’ll all be dead by the time it’s cracked, Schmidt said.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
5 minute fix – How to use a password manager
This 5 minute fix will show you how to choose and use a password manager.
How have attitudes to privacy changed post-Snowden?
A recent survey reports 43% of users avoid certain websites and applications and 39% change their passwords regularly since the Snowden revelations. Is that number low, or is it an encouraging sign of growing sensitivity to privacy issues?
Sony Pictures calls on media to stop publishing its “stolen information”
Sony Pictures Entertainment has warned the media not to publish the details of anything that was stolen in last month’s hack by a group calling itself Guardians of Peace (GOP).
US Congress OKs ‘unprecedented’ codification of warrantless surveillance
The US Congress has quietly passed a bill that includes warrantless forfeiture of private communications to local law enforcement and allows for indefinite retention of any encrypted content. 
12 Days competition: Day 11 – Now you see it, now you…ah…still see it
Can you work out the answer to our question in Day 11 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition?
Woman killed by man she met through Facebook
She believed she was going on a date with a man who helped orphans whom she met on Facebook: a horrible example of why we shouldn’t meet with online strangers.
Liberty Reserve CTO and eBay car scammer jailed for 5 years each
eBay car scammer Razvan Caprarescu and Liberty Reserve CTO Mark Marmilev were hit with large fines and stiff sentences by US courts looking to send a message to cybercrooks everywhere.
“Like fish and chips without the fish. Or the chips”… 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our 60 Second Security video. Enjoy the week’s news in just one minute…
Server failure clears skies over London as flights are grounded
Flights are now departing again from London airports after airspace over London was closed this afternoon due to a computer failure.