More than a year after Microsoft pulled the plug on free support for the end-of-life’d OS, hundreds of millions of users are still clinging to the drifting ship.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Pita bread helps researchers steal encryption keys
Four Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a tiny, low-cost device that can steal encryption keys via radio waves.
Facebook aiming for faceless facial recognition
Worried that Facebook can’t get your friends right in your selfies when their hair blows around? There might just be an app for that…
Amazon uses artificial intelligence to weed out fake reviews
Given enough time for the new AI system to learn what a helpful review is, fake reviews may sink to the bottom of the reviews ocean.
Google, John Oliver & (hopefully soon) US give revenge porn 3 swift kicks
Google’s putting up search result takedown, the US is moving toward criminalisation, and John Oliver calls culprits “malevolent gods”.
Security hole in MacKeeper used to shove malware onto Macs
According to researchers at BAE, a recent Mac malware infestation was carried out using a security hole in a utility called MacKeeper.
Katie Hopkins has her Twitter account hacked, bogus ‘sex tape’ tweets issued
The controversial Katie Hopkins had her Twitter account hacked by someone threatening to release a bogus sex tape.
Google Chrome “bad link” detection bypass – found, fixed
Here’s a small and simple XSS detection hole in Google Chrome – a reminder that even determined programmers sometimes overlook the obvious.
Millions of fake online reviews are gumming up the joy of buying stuff
A UK watchdog is investigating online reviews, be they “This changed my LIFE!” bogosity or fake negative reviews used as blackmail. 
“Belts and breaches” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our entertaining news-in-1-minute security roundup. Enjoy!