http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com News, opinion, advice and research on computer security threats from Sophos Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:36:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/MxPPClrWigc/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/megauploads-kim-dotcom-bursts-the-jail-bubble/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:34:32 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=139310 File sharing entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, the larger-than-life figure who was controversially busted by the cops hiding in a panic room in his $30 million mansion in New Zealand, has finally convinced a court to grant him bail.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=139310&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MxPPClrWigc" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/megauploads-kim-dotcom-bursts-the-jail-bubble/feed/ 2 Megaupload's Kim Dotcom bursts the jail bubble pducklin Kim Dotcom, then Kim Schmitz, in 1999 persona Kim Dotcom's location in NZ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/megauploads-kim-dotcom-bursts-the-jail-bubble/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/8oY52IHGOK8/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/youporn-password-download/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:52:13 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=139187 Want a free password for one of the world's most popular adult websites? YouPorn, one of the world's most popular porn video websites appears to have been caught with its pants down.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=139187&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8oY52IHGOK8" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/youporn-password-download/feed/ 9 YouPorn passwords available for download, thousands of users exposed gcluley YouPorn YouPorn user data YouPorn passwords http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/youporn-password-download/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/cIiqyPT48lc/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/imp-or-ccdp-who-cares-its-still-storing-your-data/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:02:17 +0000 Lachlan Urquhart http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=139003 The Communications Capabilities Development Programme is the British government's attempt at rehashing the opposing Labour party's failed surveillance reforms. The Interception Modernisation Programme was the subject of much criticism; does this new programme look any better?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=139003&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cIiqyPT48lc" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/imp-or-ccdp-who-cares-its-still-storing-your-data/feed/ 0 Eye spy image, courtesy of Shutterstock nslachlan Eye spy image, courtesy of Shutterstock Man on phone, courtesy Shutterstock Home Office http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/imp-or-ccdp-who-cares-its-still-storing-your-data/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/cVZKgGO8RlM/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/irs-releases-its-top-dirty-dozen-tax-scams/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:26:23 +0000 Lisa Vaas http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=138844 Ushering in tax season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual "Dirty Dozen" tax scams for 2012. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=138844&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cVZKgGO8RlM" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/irs-releases-its-top-dirty-dozen-tax-scams/feed/ 2 Hiding bank nslisavaas tax joke http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/irs-releases-its-top-dirty-dozen-tax-scams/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/nrCLCZyTdXA/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/beware-changelog-spammed-out-malware-attack/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:15:54 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=139079 Internet users are receiving emails claiming to contain a changelog - but the files attached are really designed to infect computers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=139079&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nrCLCZyTdXA" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/beware-changelog-spammed-out-malware-attack/feed/ 2 Beware Changelog spammed-out malware attack gcluley Malware attack Malware attack Malware attack Malware attack http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/beware-changelog-spammed-out-malware-attack/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/OfSBR3Jmh3c/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/ramona-fricosu-decrypt/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:30:59 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=139017 Prosecutors are keen to discover what is on the encrypted laptop of Ramona Fricosu, a Colorado woman accused of committing financial fraud. The case has raised interesting questions of whether you can be forced by law to hand over your password, or decrypt your computer.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=139017&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OfSBR3Jmh3c" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/ramona-fricosu-decrypt/feed/ 23 Alleged fraudster has until next week to decrypt her hard drive for prosecutors gcluley Combination lock with padlock EFF webpage http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/22/ramona-fricosu-decrypt/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/LrQRcSwbYno/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/21/pirate-bay-faces-uk-web-block/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:21:40 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=138613 The High Court in London has paved the way for what could become a nationwide ban on accessing the notorious Pirate Bay file-sharing website.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=138613&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LrQRcSwbYno" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/21/pirate-bay-faces-uk-web-block/feed/ 47 Pirate Bay faces UK web block gcluley Pirate Bay website http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/21/pirate-bay-faces-uk-web-block/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/D5lg3ro7050/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/21/computer-hacker-news-of-the-world/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:46:39 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=138573 Security consultant Philip Campbell Smith is alleged to have used a Trojan horse to hack into a computer belonging to Ian Hurst, a former British army intelligence officer who handled IRA informers in Northern Ireland.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=138573&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/D5lg3ro7050" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/21/computer-hacker-news-of-the-world/feed/ 0 'X' is named. Alleged computer hacker at the centre of News of the World scandal gcluley News of the World Part of a statement by Ian Hurst Secret filming on Panorama http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/21/computer-hacker-news-of-the-world/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/gb0ej3RFV1g/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/20/dont-lose-your-klingon-inheritance-its-spam-of-the-day/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:01:25 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=138310 Our Klingon anti-virus product has been told it could receive a massive inheritance. Hmm.. does anyone smell anything a bit Ferengi about this?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=138310&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gb0ej3RFV1g" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/20/dont-lose-your-klingon-inheritance-its-spam-of-the-day/feed/ 3 Don't lose your Klingon inheritance. It's spam of the day gcluley Spam sent to Klingon email address Klingon toy http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/20/dont-lose-your-klingon-inheritance-its-spam-of-the-day/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/3krURovnaEA/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/20/ex-girlfriend-sex-videos-browser-plugins-and-facebook-survey-scams/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:13:15 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=138224 Scammers are up to their old tricks on Facebook, tricking users into visiting revenue-generating survey scam websites by appearing to offer sex videos.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&amp;blog=15254721&amp;post=138224&amp;subd=sophosnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3krURovnaEA" height="1" width="1"/> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/20/ex-girlfriend-sex-videos-browser-plugins-and-facebook-survey-scams/feed/ 5 Ex girlfriend sex videos, browser plugins and Facebook survey scams gcluley Facebook scam Facebook scam Install page Plugin installation Plugin installation http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/20/ex-girlfriend-sex-videos-browser-plugins-and-facebook-survey-scams/