The Reg Security: Microsoft: Let's be clear, WE won' t read your email – but the cops will [ Mon Mar 31 2014]

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Google confirms Turkish ISPs 'intercepted' its DNS service
Government Twitter ban hit Google's public servers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/31/twitter_google_dns_isp_block_turkey/

Dev lashes out at Amazon for 'decompiling' his app
Warned against putting AWS keys in apps
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/31/dev_lashes_out_at_amazon_for_decompiling_his_app/

Mt Gox staff tried to warn CEO of Bitcoin loss risks – reports
Fears over 'customer funds covering operating costs' says Reuters
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/31/staff_tried_to_warn_bitcoin_ceo_of_risks_reports/

Google researcher says government hack attacks on journos on the rise
Everyone's a target, it seems
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/30/google_researcher_says_hacks_against_news_orgs_on_the_rise/

Microsoft: Let's be clear, WE won't read your email – but the cops will
Redmond rewrites T&Cs AGAIN – and taps up privacy warriors for help
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/we_wont_snoop_on_your_email_says_microsoft_but_the_cops_will/

FTC: Do SSL properly or we'll shove a microscope up you for decades
Will you do a Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very
frightening me
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/ftc_raps_mobile_developers_over_sloppy_app_security/

'I like big butts and I cannot lie, hackers take Pinterest on a
joyride'
So spammers say you're fat, well, we ain't down with that
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/pinterest_hack/

ICO plugs XSS vuln in its website. Only took watchdog FIVE YEARS
'Nonchalant attitude' shocks me, says blogger
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/ico_xss_web_vulnerability/

Hackers force innocent mobes to join ALTCOIN MINING GANGS
More likely to drain batteries than make cash for crooks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/smartphone_malware_mines_digicoins/

SEC mulls how to save markets from hackers: How about a CRACK TEAM...
of advisers?
Regulator also debates stricter disclosure rules on attacks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/sec_cybersecurity_meeting/

When ZOMBIES attack: DDoS traffic triples as 20Gbps becomes the new
normal
Junk traffic mostly floods in from botnets
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/ddos_trends_incapsula/

Spooks vs boffins: MIT bods say they've created PRISM-proof encryption
Data's encrypted in your browser before it even gets to the server
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/mit_students_publish_encryption_paper/

Naver raver charged over 25 MEEELLION account breach palaver
£90,000 heist made possible after South Korean portal yields its
secrets
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/south_korea_naver_hack_arrest_25_million/

Cisco ships six fixes for DoS bugs
Happy Thursday, sysadmins
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/cisco_ships_fixes_for_six_dos_bugs/

Full Disclosure redux: under new management
Starting with a clean slate
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/full_disclosure_redux_under_new_management/

Did Russians frame Ukrainian hacktivists for alleged leak of 7 million
credit, debit cards?
All's fair in love and war, including online trolling
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/27/credit_card_megadump_intrigue/

Passport PIN tech could have SAVED MH370 ID fraudsters
Integrated keypad security? They'd never have made it onboard
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/26/pin_pad_passports/

Chinese cops cuff 1,500 in fake base station spam raid
Thousands of devices, hundreds of millions of unwanted texts
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/26/spam_text_china_clampdown_police/

Facebook flashes its One Tool To Rule Them All in security threat
analysis
Code, or it didn't happen
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/26/facebook_boosts_security_with_tower_of_babel_malware_tool/

Banks lob sueball at Trustwave, Target over breach
'Round-the-clock monitoring' spun out, missed vulnerabilities
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/26/banks_lob_sueball_at_trustwave_target/

Cybercrook? Bent on mischief? WE'LL GET YOU, vow Facebook and pals
Secure Domain Foundation will pull rug from under web miscreants
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/25/secure_domain_foundation/

Bruce Schneier sneers at IBM's NSA denials
Security chap pens open letter to Big Blue blowing holes in Big Blue's
open letter
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/25/bruce_schneier_sneers_at_ibms_nsa_denials/

Forget black hats – the best hackers are going grey and getting legit
Bug bounties make going legit a tempting proposition
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/25/forget_black_hats_the_best_hackers_are_going_grey_and_getting_legit/

Palo Alto Networks splashes $US200 million on Cyvera
Israeli TRAPS the prize as PAN boosts endpoint protection portfolio
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/25/palo_alto_splashes_us200_million_on_cyvera/

Extortion racket borks Basecamp servers with 20Gbps web bombing
Project wrangling biz goes titsup for two hours after refusing to pay
crims
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/24/basecamp_ddos_outage/

It's 2014 and you can pwn a PC by opening a .RTF in Word, Outlook
Windows giant warns security flaw exploited in wild, but no patch
available right now
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/24/microsoft_rtf_vuln/

Hey, Glasshole: That cool app? It has turned you into a SPY DRONE
Google Glass spyware can use users as surveillance drones
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/24/google_glass_spyware/


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