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Tag Archives: Cryptography
The email that caused a literal meltdown – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Enjoy the last episode of “60 Second Security” for 2014! Learn from the week’s news in just one minute…
12 Days competition: Day 12 – A tale of two passwords
It’s Day 12 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition. Can you work out the answer to our final question? THIS FOR THE LAST 5 T-SHIRTS!
Schmidt: Want to keep your sensitive data away from the NSA? Use Google
NSA spying revelations shocked Google, so it encrypted the beejezus out of everything. We’ll all be dead by the time it’s cracked, Schmidt said.
How have attitudes to privacy changed post-Snowden?
A recent survey reports 43% of users avoid certain websites and applications and 39% change their passwords regularly since the Snowden revelations. Is that number low, or is it an encouraging sign of growing sensitivity to privacy issues?
PayPal, prison and ransomware – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s this week’s 60 Second Security video… The latest news presented in a fun way, all in just one minute.
12 Days competition: Day 5 – This software left the keys but threw away the lock
Can you work out the answer to our question in Day 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas competition?
12 Days competition: Day 3 – This buffer overflow broke sysadmins’ hearts
In April 2014, a critical bug in OpenSSL wasn’t just reported and fixed, it was given a media-savvy name, a logo and massive publicity. So you should be able to answer Day 3’s question without too much trouble…
Sophos Techknow – Dealing with Ransomware [PODCAST]
No type of malware seems to get people’s blood boiling quite as much as ransomware. Learn how to protect yourself in this episode of our Sophos Techknow podcast series…
WordPress issues critical security fixes, closing remote anonymous compromise bug and more
WordPress has just published a critical security release. If you’re still on WordPress 3, this is about as critical as it gets, because one of the fixes closes a “remote anonymous compromise” bug.