The list of culprits in our eroding privacy is long, but some privacy fails stand out above the rest. So we’re calling out five privacy killers that deserve an extra level of shaming. Take our poll, and help us crown the most epic privacy fail of all …
Tag Archives: Google
Gmail introduces filters for non-Latin characters, weeding out more phishing emails
Using non-Latin characters that look very similar to their ASCII counterparts helps scammers, spammers and phishing crooks send emails from legitimate-looking addresses. Now Google’s putting a stop to that with a set of new spam filters. 
Why the Facebook Messenger app is not the privacy nightmare people think it is
There’s good reason to be skeptical of Facebook when it comes to privacy, but the Facebook Messenger app isn’t the privacy nightmare that some people think it is. Here’s why …
Android “Heart App” virus spreads quickly, author arrested within 17 hours
Q. How to attract the attention of the police if you’re a bored student on summer vacation? A. Write a virus that unleashes 20,000,000 SMSes, infects 100,000 devices, and steals personal data…
Microsoft scans email for child porn images, leads to arrest
Microsoft detected two illicit images of a young girl when they were uploaded to a Pennsylvanian man’s OneDrive cloud storage account. Before anybody starts worrying about snooping, be assured that humans weren’t involved in looking at the email; rather, Microsoft’s own PhotoDNA matched the images to those of known child abuse images. 
How Google plans to get us all using HTTPS
This could be an inflection point for web security. By making HTTPS something that impacts search results Google are applying the stick to an enormous security push that’s been all carrots up to now.
Google tips off cops after spotting child abuse images in email
A 41-year-old resident of Houston, Texas has been arrested after Google tipped off police that they had spotted child abuse images in his emails.
Android “FakeID” security hole causes a pre-BlackHat stir
Seems that a rogue Android app can get more privileges than it deserves simply by saying that someone trustworthy has vouched for it. It’s been dubbed the “FakeID” hole…
SSCC 158 – What do you mean, “Don’t knit your own remote authentication?” [PODCAST]
Here’s this week’s Chet Chat security podcast for your listening pleasure. Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin of Sophos dissect the week’s security news to see what we can learn from other people’s mistakes…
Hacking, spamming, rogue SMSes and browsers – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
The week’s security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-min video… 60 Sec Security, 26 July 2014