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Thursday
Jul132017

Naked Security Posts

News in brief: dark web sites attacked; radio station pwnd; Russian hacker jailed for nine years

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Mark your calendar for the net neutrality Day of Action

Tomorrow - July 12 - is the Internet-Wide Day of Action, with big online names from Kickstarter and Vimeo to Reddit and Spotify banding together to express their objection to overturning rules that guarantee net neutrality

Two-factor via your mobile phone – should you stop using it?

Although SIM cards themselves are very secure, it's annoyingly easy for a crook to get hold of one for your number

Your gadget could save your life: smart device phones police

We write a lot about the privacy issues of connected things in your home - but one device might have saved lives

Russians told to log in to Pornhub using verified social media accounts

Russians need a passport to get a SIM card, a cell number to get a VK account, and the VK account to log into Pornhub. What's behind this new requirement?

News in brief: probe in Jupiter fly-by; footage of politician ‘not illegal’; Trump sued over Twitter block

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Social engineering – explored and explained by our experts [VIDEO]

Join Sophos experts James Burchell and Greg Iddon as they explore, explain - and help you to fight back against - social engineering.

Researchers find chinks in the armour of satellite phone calls

Could the proof of concept the researchers describe be used to eavesdrop on actual satellite phone calls? It depends ...

How app developers are gaming Google Play to boost their rankings

Our researchers spotted some app developers who were gaming the Google Play store - here's what they uncovered in their investigation

So long, Windows Phone – it was nice knowing you

The end of support for Windows Phone 8.1 is pretty much the death knell for a platform that never took off but which was widely liked - not least for its security

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