Online medical bill service, PaymentsMD, used the sign-up process for its patient portal as “a pathway to deceptively seek consumers’ consent to obtain detailed medical information” about them.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
12 Days competition: Day 6 – Clocking up a decade of mobile malware
Can you work out the answer to our question in Day 6 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition?
Sony Pictures feels the pain as megabreach claims expand
The breach involves taxpayer IDs for 47,000 employees and actors, including Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow and Rebel Wilson, as well as medical histories, salary information and much more. 
PayPal, prison and ransomware – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s this week’s 60 Second Security video… The latest news presented in a fun way, all in just one minute.
SSCC 176 – My goodness, it seems there’s been another breach [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast, for your listening pleasure. Enjoy…
Notes from SophosLabs: Ransomware with a difference – this one is a true virus!
SophosLabs recently drew our attention to some new ransomware that is both interesting and intriguing. Unusually, this one is a true parasitic virus – it infects other files as well as scrambling them.
Steep rise in medical data breaches blamed on human error
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the number of healthcare data breaches reported between April and June 2014 doubled compared to the same period in the previous year. The problem; it’s not the technology, it’s you and me.
12 Days competition: Day 5 – This software left the keys but threw away the lock
Can you work out the answer to our question in Day 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition?
All PayPal accounts were 1 click away from hijacking
Until found and reported to PayPal, there was a security hole that meant 150 million-plus customers were one measly click away from account hijacking.
I am not a robot: Google swaps text CAPTCHAs for quivery mouse clicks
Forget mangled text: given AI advances, it’s kaput. Google’s new approach: analyze cookies, mouse movements and IP addresses, in one click.