Here’s a small and simple XSS detection hole in Google Chrome – a reminder that even determined programmers sometimes overlook the obvious.
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SSCC 203 – What’s the worst sort of service to have a password breach? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they dig into the latest security news in our regular “Chet Chat” podcast. This week: LastPass, Facebook, Windows 10 (and not-quite-the-end of XP), Samsung, and the Android ecosystem.
WhatsApp ranked worst at protecting user data
Even the one star WhatsApp got in the EFF’s ranking – for publicly opposing backdoors for government spying – was inherited from Facebook.
Former Googler fights adblockers with adblocker blocker
Somebody formerly at Google – a somebody who was close to the enormous sucking sound of lost advertising revenues – has decided to fight the adblockers.
DuckDuckGo search traffic soars 600% post-Snowden
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg believes the search engine can attract a growing number of privacy-conscious web users.
Google launches Android bug bounty program
After paying out $1.5 million to security researchers last year, Google now offers cash to Android bug hunters.
France orders Google to scrub search globally in right to be forgotten requests
We do not care if a URL’s got a .fr, a .uk or a .com glued to the end, France told Google – if a European makes a legitimate request to be forgotten in search results, make it so on all your search engines in all countries. 
You’ll never need to say “I’m on a train” again – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest “60 Second Security” security news roundup video – fun with a serious side.
Android M will give app users a lot better control over their data privacy
Android’s next version will finally give users the same type of control over app permissions as iOS.
Google’s new ‘My Account’ lets you tweak privacy and security settings
…and gives you a glimpse into just how much the data king knows about you!