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Weird and wonderful: the “Webdriver Torso” mystery videos explained – and remystified!
If you’re not up to speed with the latest in conspiracy theory, you need to know about the eerie YouTube sensation known as “Webdriver Torso”. We demystify the story; give you some tips on how to make your very own Webdriver Torso video; and ultimately remystify the whole thing…
Microsoft and Adobe have 0-days, AOL breached, and we win an award! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Are two zero-days better than one? What happened to AOL’s user database? And is that another award that Naked Security just won? Find out in 60 Sec Security for 03 May 2014…
Anti-piracy group warns about malware-riddled sites – fair, or scaremongering?
According to a study carried out by Incopro and published the Industry Trust, all but 1 of 30 sites investigated served malware, potentially unwanted software or some form of credit card fraud. But the report has been described by some as “biased”, “misleading” and “scaremongering through carefully chosen statistics”.
Canadian ISPs ‘boomerang routing’ traffic through the snoopy US
A new report on carriers and transparency found that the country’s internet lords aren’t being upfront about shuffling intra-Canadian traffic through the US, which means that data resides where the NSA can get its hands on it and Canadian privacy laws don’t pertain. 
Facebook announces new ‘Anonymous Login’ for third party apps
That means you’ll be able to log in to third party sites and apps anonymously, but Facebook’s holding tight to your personal details. In fact, it’s setting itself up to be even more data-rich with the new login. 
That was quick! Microsoft patches the “1776” hole in Internet Explorer
The Internet Explorer zero-day bug that made the headlines a few days ago went by the nerdy name of CVE-2014-1776. The good news? No need to wait until next Patch Tuesday for a fix – Microsoft has issued one already.
Thanks for voting for us – we won the Grand Prix Prize for the Best Overall Security Blog!
Thanks, everyone! We asked you to vote for us in the EU Security Blogger Awards…you did so, and we won!
Data-drained Target hurries to adopt chip-and-PIN cards
The US has been dragging its heels on the expensive, laborious task of swapping its payment infrastructure for the more secure chip-and-PIN security used abroad. Still smarting from recent data theft, Target’s now apparently leading the way, promising the new cards in 2015. 
Google stops data-mining students’ email
The same goes for all Google Apps customers. The rest of us Gmail users are still going to be data-mined up the wazoo, of course. 