Two “privacy advocates” running an online store that sells mugs printed with pictures of children are intentionally stirring up controversy by grabbing photos from Flickr. The duo behind Koppie Koppie say it’s perfectly legal, but they hope you get mad about it anyway.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Google turns Pwnium into an all-year, unlimited-rewards bug-hunting contest
Google’s new thinking around bug hunting: get it to us ASAP, from wherever you are. 
Not just celebrity nude photos, Reddit bans all “involuntary porn”
Reddit blew it with The Fappening, but a new privacy policy enables even us nobodies to request image removal.
$3m reward offered for alleged Gameover Zeus kingpin
The US State Department has offered a $3m reward for the arrest or conviction of alleged Gameover Zeus admin Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev.
From the Labs: more advances in Advanced Persistent Threats
SophosLabs researcher Gabor Szappanos is back. He presents another insightful installment in the ongoing saga of PlugX and other “malware factories” that are part of the Advanced Persistent Threat scene.
LinkedIn settles class action suit over 2012 unsalted password leak
LinkedIn is privately settling the 2012 unsalted password leak. Were you one of the 800,000 affected users? Here’s what you need to know. 
Google bans sexually explicit content on Blogger
Unless the content has “public benefit,” it will be bumped out of public view as of 23 March (if it’s already been published) and banned outright after that date. 
10,000 motorists’ names and addresses published online by parking fine company
Parking fine collection firm PaymyPCN.net accidentally published a database containing 10,000 drivers’ names, addresses, photos and emails.
“PowerSpy” – can crooks really track you by the power your phone is using?
Can power usage alone, as your phone moves around in the mobile network, give away your location? Sort of, say three Stanford computer scientists…
Burning Man festival to cancel tickets of cheaters who used website hacks
Burning Man says it will cancel festival tickets purchased by approximately 200 individuals who managed to use a flaw in the ticketing website to jump ahead of the line.