Facebook explains that it’s keeping its eye out for credentials – email, password combinations – dropped on sites after data breaches, running them against its own users’ credentials to see if password reuse is going to land its users in trouble. 
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“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…
SSCC 169 – Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the biggest breach of all? [PODCAST]
It’s Chet Chat time! Here’s this week’s episode of our news-you-can-use security podcast…
‘The Snappening’: stolen Snapchat photos site defaced, details of site owner published
Owner of TheSnappening.org photo site, Mudit Grover, took the stolen Snapchat images and the site down. But within hours, attackers identifying themselves as “Team Danny” allegedly took over the domain and published Grover’s personal details. 
POODLE attack takes bytes out of your enrypted data – here’s what to do
Heartbleed, Shellshock, Sandworm…and now POODLE. It’s a security hole that could let crooks read your encrypted web traffic. Paul Ducklin takes you through how it works, and what you can do to avoid it, in plain (well, plain-ish) English…
Snapchat to address sketchy third-party apps with public API … at some point
Oh, those darn third-party apps, their home-brewed APIs and their photo-leaking ways, Snapchat moaned on Wednesday morning, promising to cook up a public API to fix the situation… sooner or later. 
South Korean ID system faces overhauls following 10 years of data thefts
The South Korean government is considering reissuing national identity card ID numbers for every citizen over the age of 17, at the cost of billions of US dollars.
Attacker takes over Facebook page set up for ‘Bucket List Baby’ Shane, posts porn
A Facebook page set up to chronicle the extremely short life of a baby with the rare, terminal condition of anencephaly was hijacked within days of the infant’s death and set to display lewd images. The parents, who had lost their child mere days before, fell for one of the most vile phishing attacks ever. 
Dropbox passwords leaked, third-party services blamed
Hundreds of Dropbox logins were posted on Pastebin and Reddit, but it turns out they were stolen from a third-party service months ago, Dropbox says. So why did some of those passwords work, as Reddit users claimed? Think password reuse. 
5 steps to lock down your webmail account
For most people Gmail, Outlook.com or Yahoo! Mail is their main personal account. Here are some of the most important steps to keep unwanted people out of your web-based email account.