Latest Security Articles

26 October 2013
News: Protesters call for an end to NSA mass surveillance

A crowd of about 5,000 people, chanting "stop spying, stop lying" and "hey, ho, mass surveillance has got to go," marched through Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest the U.S. National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs unveiled in press reports this year.
News: Taxi credit card payment scam emerges in NSW

A Sydney-based financial planning startup is warning people not to pay for their taxi fare using a manual credit card swipe machine as they risk being the victim of fraud.
News: LinkedIn's Intro tool for iPhones could be a juicy target for attackers

Some people think a lot can go wrong if you have your emails pass through LinkedIn's servers with the company's new Intro technology.
25 October 2013
News: Good Technology helps businesses break the BlackBerry habit

BlackBerry has been in a death spiral, and it's immediate future is a mystery. That is cause for concern for companies that rely on BlackBerry, and has forced businesses to start considering an exit strategy. But the real challenge is finding an alternate platform that doesn't compromise on security. Good Technology thinks it has the solution.
News: Android Roundup: Samsung takes its medicine in astroturfing, defective phone flap

Samsung made a lot of headlines this week, though probably not for the reasons it would like.
News: PHP.net confirms server breach after Google flags them for malware

Hours after Google's Safe Browsing initiative flagged the website for malware, PHP.net confirmed that two of their servers were compromised and used to attack visitors. However, the administrators are still not sure how the attackers accessed the servers.
News: Internet Archive, fearful of spying, boosts its encryption

The Internet Archive, the online repository of millions of digitized books, wants to shield its readers from other's prying eyes -- like the government's.
News: Keep your Microsoft account safer with two-factor authentication

If you use Microsoft services like SkyDrive, Outlook.com webmail, or Xbox Live, you have a Microsoft account. If you have a Microsoft account, you might use it to store personal information that you wouldn't want hackers to be able to get at. You know, credit cards and tax returns and such. Turning on two-factor authentication can help keep would-be data thieves out, and your secrets secret.
News: EU Parliament says other countries spy, but not as much as the UK or US

The European Parliament’s research department has found that four out of five member states surveyed carry out wide-scale telecommunications surveillance.
News: PHP.net maintainers to reset user passwords, change SSL certificate

The PHP Group will reset the passwords for accounts on php.net, the official website of the PHP programming language, and will change the site's SSL certificate after attackers compromised two servers and injected malicious code into the website.
News: Raising awareness quickly: Avoiding problems in the cloud

In the fourth, and final, awareness tip for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Rapid7 discusses the cloud, and how to avoid common problems while using it.
News: Data protection essential to digital economy, say EU leaders

European Union leaders have given themselves room for manoeuvre in implementing new data protection laws, while pledging to introduce them in a “timely” fashion.
News: Apple Safari catches up with rivals on Flash security

While not a security cure-all, Apple's decision to finally place the Adobe Flash Player within its own sandbox in Safari will make one of hackers' favorite targets harder to exploit, experts say.
News: Must-know privacy tips for Google, Facebook and other online services

Recent headlines about shadowy government agencies, high-profile hack attacks, and your face in Google ads drive home a crucial point: Your online privacy is best protected when you keep an iron grip on the information you're handing out. If your info is on a server somewhere, it's not truly yours.
News: Eastern Europeans sought in online marketplace fraud scheme

Six Eastern European men are being sought by U.S. prosecutors for allegedly netting up to US$3 million by placing fraudulent advertisements for vehicles, motorcycles and boats on major online marketplaces, including eBay.
News: NSA spied on 35 world leaders according to leaked document

The U.S. monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders, according to a National Security Agency document provided by its former contractor, Edward Snowden, according to The Guardian newspaper.
News: Lavabit encryption key ruling threatens Internet privacy, EFF argues

A court order forcing former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's email provider to turn over its master encryption key undermines a critical security feature used by major Internet services, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Thursday.
News: PHP.net compromised and used to attack visitors

Visitors to the official website for the PHP programming language over the past couple of days might have had their computers infected with malware.
24 October 2013
News: Protect your Google account with two-factor authentication

If you're a heavy Google user, your Google account is kind of a big deal. It's the gatekeeper to your email, and your Google+ account, important files, online photo storage...that Google account is your life. With so much at stake, you probably want to keep hackers as far away as possible. Two-factor authentication can help.
News: Google fights for Internet freedom with new tools

In a move to fight back against governments that try to block their citizens' Internet access, Google released tools to keep people around the world online.