Coronavirus delays trial of alleged Russian hacker a third time

Justice has already been slow in this case, and the pandemic isn’t helping: His trial has been postponed for a third time.

Facebook denies sharing private messages without user knowledge

Facebook hit back at press reports this week that highlighted a deep network of privileged data-sharing partnerships between the social media company and other large organisations.

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.

Disgruntled employees are increasingly e-sabotaging businesses, FBI says

Employees with an axe to grind are increasingly sticking it to their current or former employers by carrying out “computer network exploitation and disruption”, the FBI says.

Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week

It’s weekly roundup time! Here’s all the great stuff we’ve written in the past seven days.

Is Apple finally getting real about security? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

Where does the data breach buck stop? Why do they call them “secret” links? And is Apple finally getting real about security? Find out in “60 Second Security” for 10 May 2014

SSCC 146 – Target, Microsoft, Dropbox and the mysterious “Webdriver Torso” [PODCAST]

Have a listen to the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin look at what we can learn from the latest news.