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…
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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. 
U2’s Bono says sorry for foisting album on everybody’s iTunes
In a Facebook interview, a U2 fan – or, well, maybe just somebody who took advantage of the chance to tell off the band – asked the band to please never release an automatically downloaded album again, given that “It’s really rude.”
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.
The “Sandworm” malware – what you need to know
Fortunately, the Sandworm malware is a lot easier to deal with than the giant science fiction creature from which it takes its name. In fact, in malware terms, it’s not a worm at all. Paul Ducklin takes a look…
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.
Google ordered to forget ‘endangered’ man’s search results by Tokyo court
Takedown-rights fever has hit Tokyo, where a District Court on Thursday issued an injunction forcing Google to take down about 120 of 230 search results about a Japanese man that implicated him in past crimes because he felt his life was being endangered by the search results.
Another game developer flees her home following Gamergate death threats
US-based game developer Brianna Wu (the third woman to be driven from her home in what’s being dubbed the Gamergate controversy) after a troll posted her address online and threatened to rape, kill and mutilate her. 