Xen is often used to share one physical server amongst many different customers – and it’s supposed to keep them safely apart. Sometimes, things don’t quite work out…Paul Ducklin explains.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Wikimedia joins forces with others to sue NSA, DOJ over mass surveillance
The ACLU has filed a suit on behalf of rights groups against the NSA’s spying program – in particular, its large-scale search and seizure of internet communications, commonly referred to as upstream surveillance. 
Armed robber caught after boasting about planned stick-up on Facebook
A man was caught trying to rob a Tesco grocery store 15 minutes after posting his plan onto Facebook. 
Three charged over largest email hack “in the history of the internet”
Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been indicted over a series of breaches that netted more than $2 million, and over a billion email addresses.
Canada’s anti-spam law gets first success with $1.1m fine
Canada’s fledgling anti-spam laws have brought their first success, with a $1.1 million fine levied against a Canadian business training firm.
The FREAK bug in TLS/SSL – what you need to know
The FREAK bug affects TLS/SSL, the security protocol that puts the S into HTTPS and the padlock in your browser’s address bar. Paul Ducklin explains in plain English…
Facebook explains when and why it peeps at your account
A Facebook engineer asked if it would be OK to take a look at Paavo Siljamäki’s profile. Sure, he said. Then he wondered: how many employees can get in without credentials?
Uber subpoenas GitHub in search for hacker of driver database
A breach of one of its databases in May 2014, in which the names and driver license numbers of 50,000 “driver partners” were stolen, is the latest entry on Uber’s growing list privacy and security blunders.
Anatomy of a certificate problem – Comodo’s “PrivDog” software in the spotlight
The bug’s now fixed, but when a Certificate Authority offers you software to make your secure web transactions even more secure… …you don’t expect it to work the other way around!
Bought PII from the government? PLEASE DON’T LOSE IT! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly computer security roundup. The latest news presented so you can enjoy it…in just one minute!