How to hack a Sysadmin – jump the IT support queue every time!

Celebrate #SysAdminDay by learning how to win friend and influence syadmins - and how to jump those pesky IT queues.

News in brief: US indicts Russian BTC-e ‘mastermind’; Blu still phoning home; bug bounty offers $250k

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Don’t want your SMSs stolen? Don’t download these Android apps

We've found two apps in Google Play that use plugins to help themselves to your text messages

Independent labs to probe medical devices for security flaws

Medical devices have been a focus of concern - but a network of independent labs will work with manufacturers and health providers to improve their security health

Wells Fargo apologizes for spilling trove of data on wealthy clients

The e-discovery process during litigation is a challenge to make sure that all the data is properly handled and disclosed, as Wells Fargo has learned

Start-up accused of undermining popular open-source tools

San Francisco company Kite 'wants to do better' after users object to its changes to Minimap for Atom

Wait, this email isn’t for me – what’s it doing in my inbox?

Emails can contain confidential information and are often sent to the wrong person, yet many businesses don't even bother to verify addresses when you sign up with them. What can be done?

Garbage in, garbage out: a cautionary tale about machine learning

Security based on machine learning is only as great as the data it feeds on, as Sophos data scientist Hillary Sanders explains at Black Hat 2017

Where are the holes in machine learning – and can we fix them?

Machine learning algorithms are increasingly a target for the bad guys - but the industry is working to stop them, explains Sophos chief data scientist Joshua Saxe

Philadelphia RaaS: our map of how it works (and how to prevent it)

At $400, the Philadelphia ransomware kit isn't cheap - but crooks buying it will get a lot of bang for their buck, as we've discovered from digging in to how it works

Privacy dust-up as Roomba maker mulls selling maps of users’ homes

Roomba maker iRobot is quick to reassure that it'll all be opt-in, but it already sweeps up a lot of data

WikiLeaks drops another cache of ‘Vault7’ stolen tools

Latest dump is a trove of malware from Raytheon used for surveillance and data collection

Chips with everything – are you ready to be bio-hacked?

News that a US company is 'bio-hacking' its employees with RFID chips is a publicity stunt - but it does raise issues of security and ethics

News in brief: finally, a farewell to Flash; Paint lives on; young cybercriminals sent to rehab

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Mozilla wants to hear your voice – but should you keep quiet?

The organization behind Firefox is crowdsourcing voice samples to help people outside the big companies build software and services. But is having your say a good idea?

For better machine-based malware analysis, add a slice of LIME

Adding a slice of LIME to machine learning can take it from the 'what' to the why'

Swedish PM admits that huge data leak is ‘a disaster’

Huge outsourcing project led to data on millions of Swedish citizens as well as criminal records, and the home addresses of military personnel being exposed

US government email still not using a key security tool to protect users

Most federal departments haven't implemented DMARC - and a senator wants to know why not

Adobe Flash Marked For Death At The Stroke of Midnight December 31, 2020

Ransomware as a service: how the bad guys marketed Philadelphia

Ransomware as a service has broken out of the dark web and its creators are making money by selling it openly online

News in brief: China forces spyware on minority group; farewell to Paint; drones to be regulated

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