Heartbleed, Shellshock, Sandworm…and now POODLE. It’s a security hole that could let crooks read your encrypted web traffic. Paul Ducklin takes you through how it works, and what you can do to avoid it, in plain (well, plain-ish) English…
Tag Archives: Google
Google ordered to forget ‘endangered’ man’s search results by Tokyo court
Takedown-rights fever has hit Tokyo, where a District Court on Thursday issued an injunction forcing Google to take down about 120 of 230 search results about a Japanese man that implicated him in past crimes because he felt his life was being endangered by the search results.
Mummy, my schoolbooks are spying on me! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest 60 Second Security video for your viewing pleasure. The wry side of the week’s news, in just a minute…
Dubai police add facial recognition to Google Glass
A spokesman confirmed a report that Dubai police have developed software that will connect a Glass wearer to a database of wanted people. Is it 1984 yet? 
Google responds to celebrity lawyer’s $100m nude photo scandal lawsuit threat
Google has responded to a letter written by a lawyer on behalf of a dozen celebrities whose nude photos were stolen and published online.
US Attorney General urges tech companies to leave back doors open on gadgets for police
Don’t lock police out of popular consumer gadgets, lest law enforcement’s efforts to nab kidnappers or child predators be stymied, the US AG said, becoming the latest of a string of government officials to speak out since Google and Apple announced they were changing encryption on their mobile operating systems.
DuckDuckGoAway: China blocks privacy-oriented search engine
Getting selected as the default private search engine for Apple’s Safari browser has been a boon for young search engine DuckDuckGo. But it may well have tainted the search engine in the eyes of the Apple-leery Chinese government. 
10 security holes that cybercrooks dream about – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s this week’s episode of 60 Second Security. Enjoy the latest security news in just one minute…
SSCC 165 – “U2 or not U2,” that is the question [PODCAST]
It’s Chet Chat time! Here’s this week’s episode of our news-you-can-use security podcast…
Facebook meets with LGBT community over real-name policy
Facebook’s recently been cracking down on stage names, locking drag queens and transgenders out of their accounts until they switch accounts to their legal names. After mounting protests, Facebook reps scheduled a meeting with San Francisco activists and city officials over its real-name policy, which many say discriminates against the LGBT community.