As tech firms, privacy groups and citizens continue to balk at government surveillance, the NSA has come up with an interesting proposal for a multi-part encryption key.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Amazon sues sites that sell fake reviews
Amazon is suing four websites that sell fake 4 and 5 star reviews for trademark infringement, false advertising and cybersquatting.
Twitter shuts down 10,000 ISIS-linked accounts in one day
Twitter confirmed that its violations department had suspended some 10,000 accounts on 2 April “for tweeting violent threats”.
Buh-bye Beebone! Law enforcement kills polymorphic virus-spreading botnet
International law enforcement activity has taken out the botnet used by the Beebone worm – polymorphic malware that threatened thousands of computers worldwide. Botnet? Polymorphic? Downloader? We explain …
What a lot of patches! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch the latest episode of our weekly fun-but-serious security news video. It only takes a minute!
Tracking report was wrong, says Facebook …but there is a bug that needs fixing
Facebook has responded to privacy claims made by Belgian researchers but admitted that a “bug” may have caused inadvertent tracking of some users.
The mobile “security gap” – Pinterest and Yammer the latest gappy apps
Pinterest and Yammer are the latest official mobile apps that didn’t do HTTPS correctly, leaving users at risk of imposters and phishing.
DEA sued over “suspicionless” mass surveillance of Americans’ phone records
Human Rights Watch and EFF are suiing the drug agency, along with the FBI, DOJ and the USA itself, to make sure they torch the bulk surveillance program and purge its mountain of records.
ISPs ordered to hand over names and addresses of illegal file sharers
In a landmark case, a Hollywood studio won the rights to unmask alleged pirates of the movie The Dallas Buyers Club.
Linux Australia gets pwned, rooted, RATted and botted
Linux Australia had a bit of a nightmare Easter Weekend. While the rest of us were loafing at the beach, the Penguinistas from Down Under were owning up to a pretty extensive cyberintrusion.