Police can demand fingerprints but not passcodes to unlock phones, rules judge

Fingerprints are what you *are*, passcodes are what you *know*. Therefore the police can demand your fingerprints to unlock a phone without contravening the Fifth Amendment, according to a judge in Virginia, USA.

POODLEs, Sandworms and getting safe online – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

The week’s security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-minute video. Enjoy…

SSCC 170 – Is the best time to shop at a store right after it has a breach? [PODCAST]

Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski, John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they turn news into advice…

Apple pushes out iOS 8.1 – kills the mobile POODLE and closes some, ahem, “backdoors”

The marquee vulnerablity fixed in iOS 8.1 is, as you might expect, POODLE. But there are other cryptographic fixes in iOS 8.1 that are equally important…because cryptography is notoriously hard to get right first time.

FBI Director James Comey says Apple and Google go “too far” with default encryption

FBI Director James Comey says Apple and Google go too far with default encryption settings on mobile devices, including the iPhone 6 and Nexus 6 running on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Does the FBI really have a legal right to exploit encryption backdoors to pursue suspects?

“Oops! I’m sorry about that” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

Here it is – this week’s 60 Second Security video. News that will amuse, and it only takes a minute…