SophosLabs researcher Gabor Szappanos compares APT actors and cybercrooks. A comparative review of malware writers! A fascinating study, well worth a read…
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News Flash! 3rd time unlucky! New 0-day hits Adobe’s browser plug-in…
Ready to kiss goodbye to Flash in your browser yet? Here’s the 3rd zero-day in Flash since Adobe’s last Patch Tuesday…
Google extends its all-seeing eye, invites third party apps to Google Now
Digital assistant data orgy to glom onto info from Lyft or eBay, et al., whose creepily helpful cards will auto-pop up, sans search.
Google redesigns security warnings after 70% of Chrome users ignore them
You can strip jargon, but in the end, the warnings that work best are those with visual throb: pick the right colors and hide the wrong choices!
Hackers breach password database at Atlassian’s “HipChat” collaboration service
Hip software company Atlassian has had the hackers in. It sounds as though the outcome won’t be too bad, but it does remind you: choose a better password than everyone else!
Facebook’s got a new privacy policy, and it plans to share your data with partners
As Facebook’s new privacy policy comes into force users can expect more sharing of their data and ‘enhanced’ targeting of adverts across partnered websites.
Anatomy of a browser dilemma – how HSTS ‘supercookies’ make you choose between privacy or security
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is supposed to keep you more secure online, but it could be used to track you against your will. Mark Stockley explains…
Baby monitor hijacked; change default password urges Foscam
A nanny was spooked last week by a cyber creep peeping in on her via a baby monitor while she changed a baby’s diaper.
Google to change privacy policy after settling case with ICO
Google and the ICO have settled a case over the company’s privacy policy being too vague, with the upshot being that policy changes are now in the works. 
The GHOST in the machine – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our weekly one-minute security video. Sending spam, cracking the Blackphone and the GHOST in the machine. Enjoy…