“Goldmine for burglars” hole closed in Immobilise national property register

It was a burglar’s dream: A list with 28+ million records of expensive toys. Customers’ names, addresses, lists of valuables, and even the gizmos’ monetary values were all easy pickings.

POODLEs, Sandworms and getting safe online – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

The week’s security news, turned into an entertaining lesson, turned into a 1-minute video. Enjoy…

SSCC 170 – Is the best time to shop at a store right after it has a breach? [PODCAST]

Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski, John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they turn news into advice…

Apple pushes out iOS 8.1 – kills the mobile POODLE and closes some, ahem, “backdoors”

The marquee vulnerablity fixed in iOS 8.1 is, as you might expect, POODLE. But there are other cryptographic fixes in iOS 8.1 that are equally important…because cryptography is notoriously hard to get right first time.

“Oops! I’m sorry about that” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

Here it is – this week’s 60 Second Security video. News that will amuse, and it only takes a minute…

Apple kills the POODLE – also fixes Shellshock in case you forgot

Apple just shipped OS X 10.10 Yosemite – including a fix for the POODLE vulnerability. Mavericks and Mountain Lion also got updates to kill the POODLE. As for Lion, now three releases off the pace…bad news.

POODLE attack takes bytes out of your enrypted data – here’s what to do

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…