Naked Security - Sophos

Interview with 'We are Anonymous' author Parmy Olson [PODCAST]

Chester Wisniewski — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:19:47 +0000

In this podcast Chester interviews Parmy Olson author of "We are Anonymous" about her thoughts on LulzSec, their sentencing and the Anonymous movement. Parmy also shares some of her thoughts on Firefox OS and other developments from Mobile World Congress 2013.

FT hacked. Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Financial Times blogs and Twitter accounts

Graham Cluley — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:42 +0000

The Syrian Electronic Army has struck again - this time adding the scalp of the prestigious Financial Times to its collection of hijacked accounts belonging to well-known media organisations.

How to hack an electric car-charging station

Lisa Vaas — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:16 +0000

The latest entrant into the scary-infrastructure category comes from a technology that feels like it should be warm and fuzzy and definitely should not contribute to your personal and financial details getting ripped off.

Apple fixes 41 iTunes security flaws, some more than a year old

Chester Wisniewski — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:52:21 +0000

Apple released the latest update to iTunes today, version 11.0.3, fixing 41 vulnerabilities in the Windows version and 1 in the OS X version. Many of these flaws are rated critical and we advise you update as soon as possible.

Opinion: No, the LulzSec hackers weren't noble

Graham Cluley — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:38:36 +0000

Graham Cluley argues that it's not cool, or funny, to hack into companies, expose the private information of members of the general public, and to launch denial of service attacks.

Jail for the LulzSec hacking gang members

Graham Cluley — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:53:32 +0000

BREAKING NEWS: Members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang have been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London.

Have your say - LulzSec: helpful, harmless or hideous? [VOTE NOW]

Graham Cluley — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:35:03 +0000

LulzSec are about to be sentenced, which will tell us what the judge thinks. But why not tell us what you think, right here, right now?

How to measure the biggest and most dangerous threats

John Hawes — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:25 +0000

Just about every security company publishes some sort of prevalence data - those little bar charts and top tens showing the most important and widespread threats. The raw data behind these easy-to-consume representations can be very useful to security experts and testers.

The LulzSec hackers who boasted they were "Gods" await their sentence

Graham Cluley — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:36:53 +0000

Four members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang, who attacked websites belonging to the likes of the CIA, the NHS and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), are due to be sentenced by the UK authorities.

Social Roulette is forced by Facebook to commit its own social suicide

Lisa Vaas — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:23:38 +0000

Come on, wouldn't you just love to slaughter your social network and blame it on "bad luck"? Imagine, with one lucky spin of the virtual bullet chamber, there's a one in six chance that it's goodbye!