“Pwn2Own” competition pops Flash, Reader and four browsers, pays out over $550K [POLL]

Pwn2Own has become something of an institution on the North American computer security conference circuit. Come and vote in our poll to tell us what you think of security contests like this…

Google adds deceptive software warnings to Safe Browsing service

The days of having your homepage switched or suddenly discovering a mysterious toolbar in your browser may be set to come to an end following an announcement from Google yesterday. From next week, Chrome will display a message whenever a piece of software attempts to do anything sneaky or unexpected with your browser or computer.

SSCC 158 – What do you mean, “Don’t knit your own remote authentication?” [PODCAST]

Here’s this week’s Chet Chat security podcast for your listening pleasure. Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin of Sophos dissect the week’s security news to see what we can learn from other people’s mistakes…

Hacking, spamming, rogue SMSes and browsers – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

The week’s security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-min video… 60 Sec Security, 26 July 2014