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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Sony tormentors leak celebrities’ phone numbers, aliases
Those affected include Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
12 Days competition: Day 8 – The amount of spam you can send is…
Can you work out the answer to our question in Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition?
Can we expect a future free from passwords and PINs?
Will passwords and PINs wither and die? Fast IDentity Online, or FIDO, says its new rules for designing authentication systems should make it “simpler and stronger for all”.
12 Days competition: Day 7 – Was it Gameover for CryptoLocker?
Can you work out the answer to our question in Day 7 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition?
Alibaba turns into Ali-blab-blab thanks to web server URL security bug
Chinese e-commerce megabrand Alibaba just fixed a rather naughty security slipup on its online retail portal AliExpress. You could get data such as the addresses and phone numbers of other users.
Facebook launches keyword searching on past posts
Time to scrub your Timeline of embarrassing stuff you might have shared publicly, before somebody Google-ishly pairs your name with blush-worthy terms on Facebook! 
Internet freedom weakens around the world
In its fifth annual study, Freedom House assessed developments in 65 countries that occurred between May 2013 and May 2014 and found that internet freedom is declining for the fourth consecutive year, with 36 of those countries seeing loss of freedom over the covered period.
Android Lollipop 5.0.1 is out – for the select few with Lollipop, at least
Google has recently published Android 5.0.1. This is a point-release update for the Lollipop 5.0 version of Android. The 5.0.1 version fragments the Android ecosystem yet further, even amongst recent versions of Google’s own devices – the ones many developers buy Read more…
“It’s the internet’s fault.” PlayStation Store downed amid hacking claims
The PlayStation Store was down for several hours this morning – visitors were met with a simple message that said “Page Not Found! It’s not you. It’s the internet’s fault.”