A hacker who used the BlackShades malware to spy on unsuspecting victims has been given a suspended jail term and ordered to do community service.
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Dont fall for phishing and spear-phishing – stay #CyberAware!
If a phisher, or spear-phisher, gets in your face, then YOU become the primary line of defence. Here’s how to fight the good fight…
What you sound like after a data breach
Hopefully you’ve never had anything stolen in a data breach, but if you have I hope you’ve been spared the salted wound of the non-apology. There are notable exceptions of course but as data leaks and network breaches get larger, Read more…
Practical IT: How to create a culture of cybersecurity at work
A “security culture” is one of those intangible things that can deliver an immeasurable benefit to your business. But how can you get those inside your business interested, involved and working with you, not against you? 
Facebook’s ‘Dislike’ button unveiled, and it’s :-O !
Forget thumbs-down: rather, Facebook’s rolled out a set of six ‘Reactions’ emojis lined up next to the Like button.
Are you (inadvertently) selling your personal data on eBay?
We might well think we’re properly erasing data from gadgets before we sell them or dump them, but in fact we’re leaving smears of personal data lingering that can lead to identity theft. 
The malicious side of online ads – how unpatched servers hurt us all
SophosLabs looked behind a malvertising campaign from September 2015, and found servers that hadn’t been patched for two years or more.
Jury finds former journalist guilty of aiding Anonymous in media hacking case
Matthew Keys was convicted after an eight-day trial in which the jury heard about how Keys used an internet chat relay forum to recruit hackers into his scheme.
Threatening to post a sex tape on Facebook isn’t a crime, US court rules
Threatening to post a sex tape on Facebook doesn’t constitute criminality or a “true threat”, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled, given that the defendant didn’t express an “intent to commit an act of unlawful violence.”
Will the Clean Software Alliance save us from the scourge of unwanted software?
Unwanted software has been an irritant to both computer users and security providers for many years now. The Clean Software Alliance is trying to fix that.