Security News

Brave browser starts paying Bitcoins to adblocked sites (Naked Security)
2016-10-04 11:12

If Brave can avoid lawsuits from irate newspapers and convince users to switch browsers, the adblocker vs publisher wars might ease.

4 easy ways to be more mindful online (Naked Security)
2016-10-04 09:00

Get back your mojo and fight off the FOMO with our four easy tips for lowering your stress online

Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2016! (Naked Security)
2016-10-03 16:01

STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Simple and effective advice for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

No-one wants to buy the Shadow Brokers’ stolen NSA tools (Naked Security)
2016-10-03 15:57

The bids are at a measly $1,082. "Peoples is not thinking auction is being real!" Is lacking balls, or is having too many brain?

Runkeeper says “sorry!” for sending your every move to an ad service (Naked Security)
2016-05-18 14:54

The fitness app's maker said it found a bug in its Android version that was dribbling location data to an ad service in the US.

Vote for Naked Security in the European Security Blogger Awards! (Naked Security)
2016-05-18 14:02

If you think we've done a good job this year, we'd love for you to vote for us in the European Security Blogger Awards!

Fake, violent YouTube video makers imprisoned (Naked Security)
2016-05-18 11:12

Members of the TrollStation channel have been jailed for staging and filming fake robberies and kidnappings in London.

Apple’s big security update – but some iPad Pro users say they’ve been “bricked” (Naked Security)
2016-05-17 17:25

Apple just pushed out a big tranche of updates, which should be good news, but some iPad Pro users are not happy at all!

Basic phone logs can reveal intimate details, study finds (Naked Security)
2016-05-17 15:29

Using call and text logs, Stanford researchers gleaned names, partners' names, where people live, someone's plans to grow cannabis, and more.

Gunfight at the iOS corral as Apple releases 9.3.2 but bans jailbreak detector app (Naked Security)
2016-05-17 10:40

Apple said a jailbreak detector app wasn't reliable enough to be future proof, then released 9.3.2 on which it worked fine anyway.