China is banning the use of Windows 8 in government departments, with an announcement from the country’s Central Government Procurement Center nicely timed to add to the sizzling diplomatic row between China and the US.
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SSCC 148 – Cloud privacy policies not related to data security [PODCAST]
The Chet Chat comes to you this week from Hanoi, Vietnam with special guest Sean Richmond from Sophos Australia. Chet and Sean continue the tradition of working through the details to paint you a clearer picture. This week they tackle the FBI’s crackdown on the Blackshades malware, new research showing more flaws in Chip & PIN technology, the latest Apple updates including an iTunes oops and an analysis of the EFF’s “Who has got your back” report.
Snapchat, AT&T, Amazon = worst privacy protectors says EFF
Snapchat makes its debut on the list with the lowest ranking of all when it comes to who’s got our backs. The good news is that many companies have made vast strides in criteria including publishing transparency reports about government data requests and fighting for users’ data privacy rights both in the courts and in Congress. 
As one security hole closes, another one opens! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
How many years was that security hole in Linux ? How many security patches for XP? How many lock screen holes in iOS? How much do Google specs cost? Find out in this week’s 60 Second Security video…
SSCC 147 – Why Snapchat will have to tell you the truth about security now [PODCAST]
As usual, Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin turn their insightful and entertaining gaze on the security lessons we can learn from the past few days. Give it a listen – it’s our weekly quarter-hour security podcast…
Patch Tuesday wrap-up, May 2014 – Adobe and Microsoft both patch multiple remotable holes
Patch Tuesday updates from both Microsoft and Adobe are out. There aren’t any huge surprises this month, but both companies have critical patches for remote code execution holes…
Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week
It’s weekly roundup time! Here’s all the great stuff we’ve written in the past seven days. 
Patch Tuesday for May 2014 – 8 bulletins, 2 critical, 0/zero/zilch/zip for XP
A quick note to remind you that tomorrow is Patch Tuesday. The scorecard is “2 from 8”, with eight security bulletins due, two of which are rated “Critical.” XP? Not a sausage…
SSCC 146 – Target, Microsoft, Dropbox and the mysterious “Webdriver Torso” [PODCAST]
Have a listen to the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin look at what we can learn from the latest news.
Monday review – the hot 17 stories of the week
Catch up with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.