Spearphishing isn’t just a threat for businesses. As this case shows, thieves are willing to spend considerable effort prying into the lives and email of ordinary people in the hope of scoring big cash.
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Stop Abuse Online site launches to help tackle cyberbullying
The new website, launched by the UK government provides advice and support for women and LGBT online abuse victims.
One man emailed 97,931 people to tell them their passwords had been stolen
‘Atechdad’ searched Pastebin for stolen login credentials, and after three days of searching he emailed victims to tell them the bad news.
Private eye jailed for hacking email of Scientology critics and others
Eric Saldarriaga pled guilty to prying open the accounts of over 50 people, including prominent Scientology critics Mike Rinder and Tony Ortega.
Monday review – the hot 28 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
Siri “9/11 conspiracy theory” joke is no laughing matter, say police
With 9/11 and 911 having the same sequence of digits, you don’t have to waste police time by seeing what Siri does when you say “9/11.”
Encrypt like everyone’s watching! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
There’s a Sophos T-shirt that warns you, “Dance like nobody’s watching. Encrypt like everyone is.” We aren’t kidding, folks, and this week’s 60 Second Security tells you why!
Court orders Facebook to identify revenge porn poster
The social network has been ordered by a Dutch court to either identify the uploader of a sex video or open its servers up to an independent investigator.
Serious Security: Understanding the ‘P’ in ‘VPN’
VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. But that doesn’t necessarily mean “private” as in privacy. Paul Ducklin helps you understand the various levels of ‘P’ in ‘VPN.’
Apple tweaks iOS 9 to stop advertisers getting our app data
Developers and advertisers have been eyeballing the apps we download to target-pitch their own wares. Apple are shuttering the peepshow.