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Strengthening the security of SSL is a great endeavor. Will the... nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Two new proposals have been submitted to the IETF attempting to fix...
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Stuxnet: How USA and Israel created anti-Iran virus, and then lost... nakedsecurity.sophos.com
The Stuxnet virus was created by the USA to target an Iranian nuclear...
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How to teach tomorrow's doctors about social media privacy nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Social media and health care privacy may not mix well, but telling...
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Ex-MI5 boss loses laptop at Heathrow airport nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Stella Rimington, the former Director-General of MI5 has had her...
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Hotel booking confirmation emails aim to infect your computer. Watch... nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Be on your guard against emails that claim to be about a hotel...
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Employers on track to get more nosey with employees' social media... nakedsecurity.sophos.com
By 2015, 60% of employers are likely to be eavesdropping on our...
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Facebook introduces new roles for page administrators - helping you...
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One weekend, one million jailbreakers - what should Apple do next? nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Last weekend, Chronic Dev tweeted about the latest jailbreak tool for...
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NJ mayor and son arrested for hacking site criticising their... nakedsecurity.sophos.com
New Jersey town mayor was arrested on Thursday for allegedly hacking...
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Phishing with help from Google Docs nakedsecurity.sophos.com
It's child's play to create a Google account, and use the Google Docs facility to host an online form. But scammers are exploiting Google Docs to phish for passwords and sensitive information.

Spying Trojan targets Iranian web surfers, dissidents nakedsecurity.sophos.com
A proxy tool used by Iranian internet users to evade censorship and oppression is being distributed with a Trojan horse that can log their keystrokes and surfing habits reporting back their activit...

Comcast users phished by Constant Guard spam lure nakedsecurity.sophos.com
A round of phishing emails is targeting Comcast cable internet users purporting to be a security service from the company called Constant Guard.

Is it a Norton or an AOL phishing scam? nakedsecurity.sophos.com
A recent phishing scam targets Norton users... or is that AOL users? It seems the cybercriminals can't quite decide.

Fraudsters spam out scams via SMS text messages nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Always take care about clicking on links sent to you out of the blue, even if they arrive on your mobile phone.

DHL malware campaign strikes again, designed to infect Windows PCs nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Received an email from DHL about a failed package delivery? Be on your guard. Malware authors are up to their old tricks once more.

LinkedIn spam campaign promotes Viagra-pushing website nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Have you received a message from LinkedIn asking you to confirm your email address? Well, be careful before you click on the link in your inbox, as it could be scammers trying to dupe you into d...

What the FBI didn't tell us about the hotel malware threat nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Do you use the internet in hotels when travelling abroad? Do you think it's safe to do so. The FBI thinks you should be careful.. but is being surprisingly coy about the details.

Important Apple updates for Snow Leopard and Lion - get 'em today! nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Hot on the heels of the iOS 5.1.1 release, Apple has pumped out a raft of security updates for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) and Lion (OS X 10.7) users. Many vulnerabilities have been fixed, and Safa...

Firefox to introduce click-to-lay option to protect against dangerous... nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Mozilla developer Jared Wein is introducing a new security feature to Firefox 14 called click-to-play. Plugins will not load automatically when visiting websites using things like Flash and Java re...

Smartphones: which one do you like best? nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Which is the better smartphone choice: iPhone, Android, Blackberry? Which is most secure? Check out what Naked Security readers thought, and take the chance to have your say in the article.

Oracle discloses new zero day exploit and launches JDK for OS X nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Oracle announces the release of Java JDK for OS X Lion and a zero day in its database products that has a proof-of-concept available in the wild.

Are Macs safer than PCs? nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Apple have traditionally marketed their systems as being more secure than those running Microsoft Windows, but just how true is that?

UK government plans to spy on email, web and mobile phone use nakedsecurity.sophos.com
There may be some criminals who are caught through proposed government electronic spying powers - but at what cost to freedom and privacy?

Adobe Flash enables auto-updating while patching two critical flaws nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Adobe has released an out-of-band fix for two critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player. More importantly they have also introduced an automatic, silent updater that can ensure you are on the latest...

Gmail explains why it put *that* email in your spam folder nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Ever wondered why an email message was quarantined in your spam folder? Well, now Google's Gmail is going to tell you.

Hand over your Facebook username and password if you want a job nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Sanitise your account before you start applying for any jobs. Look for compromising messages, pictures, messages on walls, and remove or hide anything that you wouldn't want a prospective employer to see Tell them you don't use...

Apple's new iPad is great, but it's not free, nor called iPad 3 nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Within hours of the release of Apple's new iPad scammers are sending out bogus emails claiming you have won a free iPad 3 (which doesn't exist).

Is Facebook preventing critics from downloading their account data? nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Do you want to leave Facebook? Some departing users are claiming that the social network simply doesn't want to say goodbye to their data..

Cloud storage data risks and encryption nakedsecurity.sophos.com
Are you encrypting the data you keep in the cloud? Or are you trusting the cloud storage providers to do a decent job at security?
