Android Lollipop 5.1 is out for some Nexus phones, and it comes with an anti-theft kill switch. Now you can use Android Device Protection to freeze your phone if it’s lost or stolen.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Stolen hard drives bring more data breach pain for US health services
The Indiana State Medical Association has warned 39,090 of its clients that their private data may be at risk of leakage, after the “random” theft of a pair of backup hard drives.
As easy as 123: Xen hypervisor bug found, fixed, phew…make sure you’re patched!
Xen is often used to share one physical server amongst many different customers – and it’s supposed to keep them safely apart. Sometimes, things don’t quite work out…Paul Ducklin explains.
Wikimedia joins forces with others to sue NSA, DOJ over mass surveillance
The ACLU has filed a suit on behalf of rights groups against the NSA’s spying program – in particular, its large-scale search and seizure of internet communications, commonly referred to as upstream surveillance. 
Apartment complex threatens residents with $10k fines for negative online reviews
Ahhhh, Windermere Cay: the premiere, luxury, 100% smoke-free Florida community that’s just minutes from Walt Disney World and miles from letting customers write honest reviews. 
Armed robber caught after boasting about planned stick-up on Facebook
A man was caught trying to rob a Tesco grocery store 15 minutes after posting his plan onto Facebook. 
Busted scammer resorts to death threats
After the Canadian man told the crook he was a thief and a scammer, the tech support scammer said he had the man’s address and would send assassins.
Apple fixes FREAK in iOS, OS X and Apple TV – and numerous other holes besides
Apple’s latest security fixes are out. The FREAK bug is now fixed, but so are numerous other holes worth patching in their own right.
Three charged over largest email hack “in the history of the internet”
Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been indicted over a series of breaches that netted more than $2 million, and over a billion email addresses.
US regulator says Anthem “refuses to cooperate” in security audit
Anthem, the health insurance giant that recently suffered a massive data breach, is “refusing to cooperate” with US regulators attempting to conduct vulnerability scans and configuration tests on its IT systems.