The prevalence of search terms that people think might get them in trouble with the government shrank not only in the US but also in other countries – growth that’s even more notable when compared with that of neutral, “this won’t get me in trouble” search term usage, which increased. 
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Stolen phone snaps selfie of mystery man who entered wrong PIN
Could be the thief, could be an innocent guy who just happened to pick up a stray mobile phone – hard to say! That’s why police in Essex, UK, are keen to have a chat with him. 
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.
87 arrested in the Philippines in bust of sextortion ring
Three men, out of some 87 arrested, are allegedly behind the blackmailing of Daniel Perry, a 17-year-old Scottish boy who killed himself last year. 
Apple admits flaw in email attachment encryption on iPhones and iPads
Apple is under pressure once again to patch a security flaw in iOS 7, after a researcher published his discovery that email attachments are unencrypted on iPhones and iPads. Here’s why this is a big deal, and what you can do to stay protected.
‘Moves’ fitness app races to change privacy policy after Facebook acquisition
Within 11 days of the acquisition announcement, the app changed its tune, from “we won’t commingle data” to “we won’t commingle but we *will* share.” Befuddling semantics or what? 
Dropbox stumbles over security and privacy of secret links
Another flaw in Dropbox was discovered this week. Users sharing documents using a secret link may have inadvertently been sharing the secret link with sites they linked to from shared files.
Tweet “#MansionParty,” get one #SpectacularlyTrashedMansion
It was supposed to be a smallish gathering of about 60. #Oops. 
Cops get serious about cybercrime, and not before time
The world’s police forces are, it seems, starting to appreciate the scale and significance of the cybercrime problem. Let’s hope the process of international co-operation continues to pick up the steam we’ve been seeing in the last few weeks. 
Target CEO resigns, latest executive fallout from card breach
Target’s CEO resigned earlier today, which may not come as a surprise to most. The bigger question is, have America’s executives learned the correct lesson from Target’s mistakes?