Takedown-rights fever has hit Tokyo, where a District Court on Thursday issued an injunction forcing Google to take down about 120 of 230 search results about a Japanese man that implicated him in past crimes because he felt his life was being endangered by the search results.
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SSCC 157 – Routers, Browsers, Zombies and Sysadmins [PODCAST]
Here it is…this week’s Chet Chat security podcast. In this episode: fixing routers, trusting browsers, killing zombies and showing TLC to sysadmins. 
It’s all about trust! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch 60 Second Security for 19 July 2014 – it’s all about trust!
Notorious Shylock banking malware taken out by law enforcement
Law enforcement action led by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK has knocked out the infrastructure of a banking malware known as Shylock, because of excerpts from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice hidden in its code. Here’s how to check to make sure you weren’t among the more than 30,000 PCs that were infected.
SSCC 156 – Warbiking in Manhattan, hubris for Google, and how less can be more [PODCAST]
Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin are back with this week’s security podcast, turning plain old news into advice you can use.
“Gameover” malware revival – is it really up from the canvas?.
Is the recent re-appearance of the Gameover malware a flash in the pan, or part of a concerted effort at reviving the threat? What do we need to do to knock it out altogether?
“Gameover” malware returns from the dead…
In early June 2014, a internationally co-ordinated law enforcement effort against the criminals behind the infamous Gameover malware pretty much wiped out their botnet altogether. Bad news – it looks as though Gameover is back…
Microsoft takes down No-IP DNS domains in cybercrime fight – right or wrong? [POLL]
Vote in our poll! Was Microsoft’s takeover of 23 of another company’s domain names a justifiable step in dealing with cybercrime, or a disruptive step too far?
Gameover and CryptoLocker revisited – the important lessons we can learn
Which is worse – Gameover or CryptoLocker? What can we learn from the recent US-led takedown of this notorious crimeware? More importantly, what advice should we be passing on to other people?
Mobile malware, Gameover, CryptoLocker, and SSL/TLS holes – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
How long has mobile malware been around? Is it really game over for Gameover and CryptoLocker? Which cryptographic security libraries need patching? It’ll only take a minute to find out…