Security News

Apartment complex threatens residents with $10k fines for negative online reviews (Naked Security)
2015-03-11 11:17

Ahhhh, Windermere Cay: the premiere, luxury, 100% smoke-free Florida community that's just minutes from Walt Disney World and miles from letting customers write honest reviews.

Armed robber caught after boasting about planned stick-up on Facebook (Naked Security)
2015-03-10 11:21

A man was caught trying to rob a Tesco grocery store 15 minutes after posting his plan onto Facebook.

Busted scammer resorts to death threats (Naked Security)
2015-03-10 11:11

After the Canadian man told the crook he was a thief and a scammer, the tech support scammer said he had the man's address and would send assassins.

Apple fixes FREAK in iOS, OS X and Apple TV - and numerous other holes besides (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 23:14

Apple's latest security fixes are out. The FREAK bug is now fixed, but so are numerous other holes worth patching in their own right.

Three charged over largest email hack "in the history of the internet" (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 22:42

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.

US regulator says Anthem "refuses to cooperate" in security audit (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 21:54

Anthem, the health insurance giant that recently suffered a massive data breach, is "refusing to cooperate" with US regulators attempting to conduct vulnerability scans and configuration tests on...

Canada's anti-spam law gets first success with $1.1m fine (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 12:55

Canada's fledgling anti-spam laws have brought their first success, with a $1.1 million fine levied against a Canadian business training firm.

Fancy a cryptocoin miner with your Torrent client? "Foistware" back in the spotlight... (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 12:45

If product X suddenly wants you to install product Y as a "recommended extra", is that a good thing or a bad one? In the latest brouhaha, X = torrent client and Y = cryptocoin miner...

Monday review - the hot 25 stories of the week (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 09:12

Catch up with the hot stories of the past week... ...and why not try out our weekly podcast and watch our 60-second video while you're about it?

But surely "export grade" means HIGHER quality? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO] (Naked Security)
2015-03-07 22:30

The latest episode of our weekly security news video... ...all in just 60 seconds, as usual.