The Wi-Fi security software “wpa_supplicant,” found in Android amongst many other places, has a potentially hackable security hole…
Monthly Archives: April 2015
FTC sanctions phone location tracking company for not allowing customer opt-out
Nomi has been ordered to tidy up its business practices as part of a settlement with the FTC over its tracking of retail customers’ smartphones.
Nigerian accused of hacking bank computer to steal $340 million
If this had been a physical heist it would have been well up among the largest ever – a Nigerian man has been charged with hacking into a bank server and siphoning out more than N68 billion (over $340 million).
How to secure your baby monitor
Two more families say they’ve had baby monitors turned into nursery-room eavesdropping bugs. Here’s how to button up your baby’s security, camera, Wi-Fi, router and all. 
Cisco releases first transparency report, showing literally nothing to hide
Networking supergiant Cisco has become the latest big firm to release a transparency report, detailing its approach to dealing with requests for information from governments and police forces.
New ‘Clear’ app helps you erase your online mistakes
Sure, we’d love to wipe away those rude/racy/rebellious posts, but how erasable is erasable? Two phrases come to mind: “screen capture” and “digital archive!”
AdBlock Plus is legal, rules German court
Two German publishers have lost a court case that sought to brand popular ad blocker AdBlock Plus as illegal and anti-competitive.
Naked Security wins Best Corporate Blog at RSA
We’ve done it again! For the fifth year running, we’ve won an award at the Security Blogger Awards which takes place at RSA.
SSCC 195.5 – Did Google really say, “No more Android malware?” [PODCAST]
From “joined up security” to the suggestion that Google proclaimed the end of malware on Android, find out what’s happening at RSA 2015!
Man guns down computer after getting fed up with Blue Screen of Death
A Colorado man administered what we assume to be the highly unusual remedy of lead slugs in an alley behind his homeopathy store.