“Anonymous” Yik Yak users can be tracked down, say researchers

Using spoofed GPS coordinates, localization attacks from Shanghai pinpointed the dorms from which yaks were sent with 100% accuracy.

Facial recognition technology is taking over US, says privacy group

Is the growing use of facial recognition systems by US law enforcement getting out of hand?

Poor and/or reused passwords lead to Chinese spam flood on iMessage

Affected Apple users, you're not alone! Many are being hit. It's yet another good reason to pick strong, **unique** passwords.

Ancalog – the document exploit tool that makes cybercrime easy

SophosLabs presents a fascinating new paper explaining how malware tools like Ancalog help non-techie crooks get straight into cybercrime...

Snoops can tell what you type while you Skype, researchers find

Researchers developed an acoustic eavesdropping attack scenario using VoIP, hitting an accuracy rate of up to 91.7%.

Twitter bots work overtime for Trump and Clinton in US presidential race

The great thing about computer bots is they never stop - that's also their biggest weakness.

Linux kernel bugs: we add them in and then take years to get them out

A Google security researcher measured how long kernel bugs hang around in Linux after they've been introduced.

Facebook joins the EU-US Privacy Shield and Shrems takes aim again…

Facebook joins Google and Apple in adopting the EU-US Privacy Shield, the new and improved Safe Harbor.

Oracle puts out 253 fixes and a request to please apply patches NOW!

One risk: complete, easily attained compromise via HTTP. Another is ignoring these updates: Oracle's seeing attacks on already fixed stuff!

3 things you might not realize are cybercrimes

Did you realize that guessing somebody's password (or, at least, using it to access an account without permission) is a crime?

Republican site rigged with credit card skimmer malware for 6 months

Have you picked up a #NeverHillary sticker lately? If so, your card details may well have been whisked away to be sold on the black market.

PCI warns new EU data protection regulation could result in £122 billion in fines

The new EU General Data Protection Regulation could catch firms off guard and bring heavy fines for non-compliance.

Data-stealing CryPy ransomware raises the spectre of variable pricing for files

The CryPy ransomware steals a list of filenames, and uses a unique encryption key for each one - which makes variable file pricing possible.

Facebook privacy hoax chain letter rises from the grave: AGAIN!

Replete with convincing legalese! ... again!

Is it worth reporting ransomware?

Answer: yes. Police forces badly need more people to tell them about attacks.

PAC Attacks When Using HTTPS! VPN To The Rescue

Critical Little Snitch Update to v3.6.4!

'Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor' Is Now XProtected!

Happy Adobe Security Update Day For July

Beware New Mac Malware: 'Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor'

Help Us Stop the Updates to Rule 41 -EFF Calls for a Day of Action on June 21st-