The Reg Security: MH370 airliner MYSTERY: The El Reg Pub/ Dinner-party Guide [Mon Mar 24 2014]

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Interview: Cisco's security supremo on the Internet of Everything
El Reg asks Chris Young how we can stop the IoT becoming a $19
TREELLLION honeypot
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/24/interview_ciscos_chris_young_on_internet_of_everything_security/

Boffins working on debris float models to track MH370 wreckage
China claims its plane saw 'two relatively big floating objects with
many white smaller ones'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/23/boffins_working_on_debris_float_models_to_track_mh370_wreckage/

US saves self from Huawei spying by spying on Huawei spying
Snowdenistas say NSA hacked Chinese company, accessed source code
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/23/nsa_huawei_hacking_snowden_report/

Android update process gives malware a leg-up to evil: Indiana U
Old apps get access to privileges that didn't exist when they were
written
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/23/android_updates_a_critical_vuln_indiana_u/

Microsoft charges the FBI $50 for a copy of your private data, claim
'Redmond hackers'
'Syrian' hacktivists loot tech giant's servers, it's alleged
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/sea_analysis/

White House may ditch BlackBerry, adopt LG or Samsung, ignore Apple
More bad news for struggling Canuckphone as high-profile customer looks
elsewhere
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/report_white_house_may_ditch_blackberry_adopt_lg_or_samsung_ignore_apple/

ZOMBIE iPAD PERIL? Cyberbadness slinger touts tool for iOS
Skype worms, Bitcoin slurping and more – yours for just £2k. Too good
to be true?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/zombie_ipad_peril/

They want me to install CCTV to see what YOU did in the TOILET
Anti-social social media - it's for winners
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/cctv-to-find-out-what-you-did-in-the-toilet/

ICO decides against probe of Santander email spam scammers
Not enough 'evidence' ... while readers insist unique-to-bank addresses
used
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/santander_email_spam_mystery/

'It is disappointing that the government secretly did this stuff'
Plus: 'DeepMind discovered cats on its own'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/quotw_ending_march_20/

MtGox finds 200,000 Bitcoin in old wallets
Upside for creditors is prospect for refunds, downside is MtGox was
clearly very disorganised
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/mtgox_finds_200000_bitcoin_in_old_wallets/

NSA 'hunted sysadmins' to find CAT PHOTOS, high-level passwords
Latest Snowden docs detail sniffing sysadmin activity to help attacks
on carriers' routers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/nsa_hunted_sysadmins_to_find_cat_photos_highlevel_passwords/

India's outsourcers look east with eyes on Asian tigers
China, Japan and South Korea could be next for Nasscom
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/india_outsourcer_china_nasscom/

Tor Project claims 'fake' Tor Browser sat in iOS App Store for months
Team Onion raises a stink over shady app which Apple ignored – until
this afternoon
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/tor_group_claims_fake_browser_has_sat_in_app_store_for_months/

Google grabs Gmail-using HTTPS refuseniks and coats them with SSL
You'll take this mandatory encryption even if the NSA can crack it
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/21/google_locks_down_encryption_for_gmail_messages_and_servers/

'Arrogant' Snowden putting lives at risk, says NSA's deputy spyboss
President Madison would be proud, we just need better PR, huffs bigwig
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/arrogant_snowden_putting_lives_at_risk_nsa_deputy_tells_ted/

Symantec fires CEO Steve Bennett: To lose 1 chief is unfortunate, to
lose 2 is OK, apparently
Financials are just fine, says chairman
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/symantec_fires_ceo_but_says_everythings_fine_with_the_financials/

'Weev' attempts to overturn AT&T iPad 'hack' conviction
Insecure servers are publicly accessible, argue defence lawyers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/weev_ipad_hack_appeal/

EA games web server was hosting PHISHING SITE – securobod
Old vulnerable software gave hackers a way in, claims researcher
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/ea_games_server_hosts_phishing_site/

Keep your quinoa, hipsters: Boffins back healthy slabs of choc
Now with added facts to spout while defiantly wolfing your bar
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/chocolate_health_benefits_explained/

Planes fail to find 'credible' candidate for flight MH370 wreckage
Ships and new flights return to area where 24-metre objects spotted
Thursday
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/australian_sends_planes_to_spot_suspected_mh370_wreckage/

ROBO-SNOWDEN: Iraq, the internet – two places the US govt invaded that
weren't a threat
Fugitive leaker hailed by Berners-Lee at McScience gig
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/snowden_ted2014/

RIP Full Disclosure: Security world reacts to key mailing list's death
'I realised that I'm done' sighs co-admin of vulnerability clearing
house
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/full_disclosure_closes/

Kent Police fined £100k for leaving interview vids of informants in old
cop shop
Crimewatch Uncut screenings binned after cockup discovered
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/kent_dibble_data_disaster/

NSA spies recorded an entire COUNTRY'S phone calls for a MONTH: Report
Targeted surveillance? Pull the other one
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/nsa_mystic_retro_recorded_entire_country_phonecalls/

'Zotob' hacker 'Diabl0' arrested in Bangkok after three-year hunt
Farid Essebar suspected of causing $4 BEELLION damage to Swiss banks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/diabl0_hacker_arrested_bangkok/

Facebook security chief: We're not encrypting everything between our
data centers just yet
Sullivan on HTTPS, NSA and paranoia
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/facebook_security_chief_talks/

Feds charge three in brain-ache $15m Pentagon payroll pillage plot
Alleged Ukrainian cyber bandits still at large
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/three_hack_banks_dod/

Hidden 'Windigo' UNIX ZOMBIES are EVERYWHERE
Check and wipe: The la-la-la-it's-not-happening plan is no good
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/windigo_unix_botnet/

MtGox allows users to see a picture of their money, but not have it
If you just believe it's there, heyy ... maybe it is. That's bankin'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/mtgox_users_view_balance_but_cant_withdraw_bitcoin/

WhatsApp founder: Privacy WON'T vanish under Facebook
But nonetheless my firm is definitely worth $19bn to giant advertising
platform
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/whatsapp_founder_privacy_same/

MH370 airliner MYSTERY: The El Reg Pub/Dinner-party Guide
Some tech angles for your consideration
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/mh370_airliner_mystery_the_iel_regi_pubdinnerparty_guide/

Romanian 'ransomware victim' hangs self and 4-year-old son – report
Suicide note mentioned $21,000 demand from cybercriminals – sources
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/romania_ransomware_murder_suicide/

Kick us as hard as you like, RIGHT IN THE CYBERS, says Japan
Government unleashes ethical hackers to prep for Tokyo Olympics
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/japan_cyber_security_drill_tokyo_games/

Red Hat plans unified security management for Fedora 21
One crypto policy to bind them
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/red_hat_plans_unified_security_management_for_fedora_21/

Shuttleworth: Firmware is the universal Trojan
Kill proprietary firmware
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/shuttleworth_firmware_is_the_universal_trojan/

Soon-to-be Facebook intern wins UK Cyber Security Challenge
Cambridge student protects Blighty from virtual attack from Churchill
War Rooms
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/17/cyber_security_challenge_final_winner_cambridge_student/

Malaysia Airlines mystery: Click here for the TRUTH
...but FIRST, fill out this survey scam innocuous form
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/17/mh370_survey_scams/

MtGox remedy worse than the disease says Kaspersky researcher
'Leaked database' offering details of Bitcoin heists contained Trojan
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/17/mtgox_blog_hackers_malware_bitcoin_stealers/


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