The 6th Safari security update in 10 months is out. With fixes for 7 potential remote code execution holes, get it while it’s hot…
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Good bot, bad bot? 23 million Twitter accounts are automated
Its latest SEC filing says that 8.5% of active monthly users are automatons, which could mean there are a boatload of bots on the service. Some are spam, some are useful, some are just publications’ own, automated Twitter feeds.
Facial recognition software leads to arrest after 14-year manhunt
A former US resident from New Mexico was captured in Nepal after 14 years on the run. The fugitive’s passport photo matched up with a newly issued wanted poster. Does the capture of a suspected child abuser justify the use of a technology that hasn’t yet had privacy implications ironed out?
SSCC 160 – That’s not just any old malware – that’s a TRUE VIRUS! [PODCAST]
Ready for listening… Here’s this week’s Sophos Security Chet Chat podcast.
Gmail introduces filters for non-Latin characters, weeding out more phishing emails
Using non-Latin characters that look very similar to their ASCII counterparts helps scammers, spammers and phishing crooks send emails from legitimate-looking addresses. Now Google’s putting a stop to that with a set of new spam filters. 
Patch Tuesday wrap-up, August 2014: RCE + ASLR bypass + EoP == patch early, patch all!
Patch Tuesday is here again. Paul Ducklin explains how this month’s vulnerabilities can work together for harm, and why *all* the updates matter, not just the ones that ended up with a “critical” or “severe” tag…
DEA paid out $854,460 for free Amtrak passenger data
Since 1995, a former Amtrak employee has been selling passenger data to the US Drug Enforcement Administration – information that cost the DEA $854,460, but which it could have gotten for free.
Facebook ordered to disclose records on underage users
Facebook says it doesn’t keep them longer than six months, but a court in Belfast is nonetheless ordering it to hand over any records it might have or control about its underage users. The case concerns a girl who, starting at the age of 11, took out four Facebook accounts and used them to post sexually suggestive photos. 
Why the Facebook Messenger app is not the privacy nightmare people think it is
There’s good reason to be skeptical of Facebook when it comes to privacy, but the Facebook Messenger app isn’t the privacy nightmare that some people think it is. Here’s why …
War Kitteh hunts out your unsecured Wi-Fi
Coco the cat was outfitted with Wi-Fi sniffing equipment in his collar, enabling him to map out 23 unique Wi-Fi hotspots, 4 of which used feeble WEP encryption, 4 of which were wide open, requiring no password. He also caught a mouse, showing him to be adroit in both analog and digital media. 