Here’s our weekly news roundup – from Superfish to Super Spectacles. It’s amusing, informative, and only takes a minute – enjoy!
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Lenovo “Superfish” controversy – what you need to know
Controversy of the week is “Superfish,” an adware program pre-installed on Lenovo computers that has some worrying security problems. Here’s what you need to know, in plain English…
Naked Security bids farewell to HTTP
From now on Naked Security will only be available over secure, encrypted HTTPS with Strict Transport Security and Forward Secrecy.
Would you allow access to Facebook at Work? [POLL]
What would you say to a variant of Facebook that you could use at work? And not just *at* work, but *for* work?
Adobe updates its e-reader – DRM data no longer transmitted insecurely
Adobe’s e-reader software now has “enhanced security” for uploading metadata about what you read. Or, as you might say, “no longer uploads that data insecurely”…
Mozilla fixes “phishing friendly” cryptographic bug in Firefox and Thunderbird
Mozilla just patched a bug in its cryptographic library, NSS. The bug is rated “critical” because it could permits skullduggery in apparently secure connections.
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.
How anyone can hack your Instagram account
Should you write instructions that tell everyone how to hack Instagram accounts, including advice like “wait for someone to use the Instagram iOS app”? Have your say in our poll…
Naked Security now available in HTTPS
You can now browse your favourite computer security news website and make it more difficult for the NSA to spy on you at the same time!