A UK man has been given a non-custodial sentence this week, after a ransomware infection on his computer led him to report himself to police. The man’s computer held several hundred animal porn images, described in court as “extreme” and “revolting”.
Tag Archives: Cryptography
Pizza Hut steganography – hostage embeds hidden message in pizza order
How do you call 911 while doing nothing more suspicious than placing your regular pizza order?
SSCC 197 – Could the LOVE BUG virus outbreak happen again? [PODCAST]
Listen to our latest podcast. From the end of Patch Tuesday to the likelihood of another virus outbreak like LOVE BUG, here’s news and discussion with plenty of sound advice…
Bugs in the hospital: how to pwn your own pethidine machine
Feeling short-changed by the nurse in charge of your painkiller quota? Telnet into the drug dispenser! Paul Ducklin looks at how to avoid this sort of security hole…
SSCC 196 – From Wi-Fi bugs to carder busts [PODCAST]
From bugs to busts, here’s the latest episode of our weekly security news podcast – for your listening pleasure.
Fee-fi-fo-fum, do I want Google to sniff my network traffic, all of it?
Google’s getting a lot of publicity for “Project Fi,” which will let you roam between 3G/LTE and Wi-Fi. Back through Google, of course…
RSA Conference 2015 in retrospect
We talk to Grey Howe, winner of Sophos’s “trip to RSA” competition on Spiceworks, about the funkiest and weirdest ideas from the talks…
Costa Coffee Club warns of possible database intrusion
Coffee chain Costa’s just sent out a warning about a possible data breach. Only 1 in 5000 accounts were affected, but the Coffee Club is offline for now. A bulk password reset will follow…
SSCC 195 – Let’s talk security (over HTTPS, of course) [PODCAST]
Sophos Security Chet Chat – Episode 195 – April 1, 2015 Here’s our latest security podcast, featuring Sophos experts and Naked Security writers Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin. This week, Chester is at the RSA Conference 2015, and the podcast Read more…
5 online privacy and security tips for travelers
Going on holiday or traveling for businesss any time soon? Here are 5 online privacy and security tips for when you’re on the road.