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3 ways to make your Gmail account safer
Following on from our detailed guide to securing your webmail, here’s a quick breakdown of how to make the most important fixes, for users of Google’s Gmail.
White House networks hacked
Attackers broke into unclassified White House computer networks in the past 2-3 weeks. It’s far from surprising, one unnamed official said, given that it’s a “constant battle” between the government, trying to secure its sensitive systems, and bad actors seeking to intrude on them. 
Snapchat escapes Australian cyberbullying crackdown, for now
Australia’s cyberbullying crackdown won’t see the country putting any legal muscle into forcing “smaller” social media firms like Snapchat to take down harassing content, a Parliament spokesman said on Tuesday. 
The “Dirty Dozen” SPAMPIONSHIP – who’s got the biggest zombie problem?
Our latest quarterly SPAMPIONSHIP charts are out, showing which countries have the most zombies, and therefore send the most spam. Take a look, and then ask yourself, “What can I do to help?” Simple: kill-a-zombie today!
TeamDigi7al US navy hacker sentenced to 2 years in jail
One of the two leaders of the cyber criminal group known as Team Digi7al was last week sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in breaking into the computer systems of a pretty random mix of targets.
SSCC 171 – Are you SURE that “1234” is a bad password? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Chet Chat podcast for your listening pleasure… Enjoy.
Arrests made after ‘specialist malware’ used in £1.6 million ATM heist
“Specialist malware” allowed a gang of crooks to empty the cash machines of large amounts of money, averaging over £30,000 per machine. Now, the police have made three arrests in connection with the incidents.
Placemeter monitors streets from apartment windows: time to don a mask?
Placemeter wants window-owners to survey real-time traffic, while promising that all that data is aggregated and anonymized and won’t be stored or shared. Should we relax?
3 ways to make your Outlook.com account safer
Following up on our detailed guide to securing your webmail, here’s a quick breakdown of how to make the most important fixes for users of Microsoft’s Outlook.com (formerly known as Hotmail and, for a while, Windows Live Hotmail).