The Reg Security: TrueCrypt considered HARMFUL – downloads, website meddled to warn: 'It's not secure' [Mon Jun 2 2014]

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Seedy hacker steals 1300 Monsanto client and staff records
Ag giant says crims weren't after personal information
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/seedy_hacker_steals_1300_monsanto_client_and_staff_records/

Spammer pops Kidspot tos 'n' cots chatterhub
Names, addresses and DOBs nabbed in database raid
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/spammer_pops_kidspot_cots_n_tots_chatterhub/

Your devices Heartbleeding - again
Access points, Android devices fall to Cupid's arrow
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/your_devices_heartbleeding_again/

Hackers pose as hacks: Iranian crew uses Facebook to spy on US defence
bods – report
Three-year-old campaign also targets UK, Saudi Arabia, Iraq
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/30/fake_journos_iranian_spy_caper/

Office website HACKED: Passwords, addresses, phone numbers slurped
Good thing you used a unique password, right? Right?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/30/office_shoes_breach_passwords_stolen/

iDevice gizmo-snatcher Oleg... you must be taking the Pliss
High profile attacker couldn't scam your grandma
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/30/taking_the_pliss_with_oleg/

CERT Oz report: 76 orgs popped in targeted attacks
What's whitelisting? We're still married to XP
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/30/cert_oz_report_76_orgs_popped_in_targeted_attacks/

Boffins: How to generate crypto-keys using a smartphone – and quantum
physics
Would take '1018 times the age of the universe' to guess
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/30/get_uncrackable_quantum_keys_from_a_smartphone/

Google launches hacker game to train bug 'mercenaries'
Increase your XSS-fu, win cake
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/30/goog_launches_hacker_game_to_train_bug_mercenaries/

For your next privacy panic, look no further than vending machines
SMILE! You're on candid Coke-cam! No. Make that coffee-cam. Or
surveillance cam?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/30/for_your_next_privacy_panic_look_no_further_than_vending_machines/

TrueCrypt turmoil latest: Bruce Schneier reveals what he'll use instead
Plus other alternatives and theories behind disk-crypto util's demise
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/truecrypt_analysis/

Cyber crims smash through Windows into the great beyond
How malware became a multi-platform game
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/cyber_crime_vaults_beyond_the_pc/

SAP NetWeaver flaw spews user tables
Patch issued but Ruskies keep details under wraps
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/sap_netweaver_flaw_spews_user_tables/

Kid crims don't need to skim: Paywave cards lead fraud rise
Fraud experts disagree: Tap'n'go won't get cash for a stash
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/kid_crims_dont_need_to_skim/

Spy platform zero day exposes cops' wiretapped calls
Laundry list of fail includes backdoor, remote unauth access to
intercept box
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/spy_platform_zero_day_exposes_cops_wiretapped_calls/

New dashboard gives eagle's-eye view of Microsoft's security flaws
All the bad news about all the 'wares you use, all in one place
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/microsoft_mybulletins_service/

TrueCrypt considered HARMFUL – downloads, website meddled to warn:
'It's not secure'
Disk encryption wunderkind in SourceForge switcheroo riddle
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/truecrypt_hack/

Police at the door? Hit the PANIC button to erase your RAM
App wipes memory, encrypts hysterical hacker boxes
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/police_at_the_door_hit_the_panic_button/

I saved Pinterest's business and all I have to show for it is a t-shirt
Kittens'n'cupcakes social network worth $5 BEELION starts bug bounty
programme
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/pinterest_dips_toe_in_paid_bug_bounty_program/

Tens of thousands of 'Watch Dogs' pirates ENSLAVED by Bitcoin botmaster
Watch Dogs fans targeted for access to their juicy GPUs
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/watch_dogs_pirate_gamers_botnet/

Australia iOS ransom gizmo-snatch OUTRAGE not our FAULT: Apple
User names and passwords slurped elsewhere? Maybe
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/apple_denies_icloud_breach_behind_oz_ransomware_outbreak/

That Snowden chap was SPOT ON says China
Middle Kingdom concludes big meanie USA spies online, a lot
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/that_snowden_chap_was_spot_on_says_china/

BREACH! Spotify flings new app at all Android users
After one user account compromised, music company pours bleach
everywhere
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/spotify_breach/

LulzSec turncoat Sabu avoids jail time thanks to co-operating with Feds
Leader of hacking group off the hook after spending years as informant
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/lulzsec_turncoat_sabu_avoids_jail_time_for_cooperating_with_feds/

iDevice ransomware stalks OZ, demands payoff
Fanbois phones, fondleslabs locked, messaged that they've be 'hacked by
Oleg Pliss'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/idevice_ransomware/

PC-infecting chat demon quotes THE BIBLE to summon malware plague
'He who is spiritual discerns all things' – including Trojan-toting
miscreants
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/im_trojan/

Swiping your card at local greengrocers? Miscreants will swipe YOU in a
minute
Keylogging botnet Nemanja is coming to a small biz near you
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/keylogging_botnet_menaces_retailers/

After the cyberpunks, prepare to fight a new wave of nasties
Sometimes the FUD is real
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/data_malware/

Authorities swoop on illicit Wolverhampton SPAM FARM
Hundreds of SIM cards being brutally battery-farmed to pump out pink
meat
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/sms_spam_raid/

China ponders ban on IBM servers
Report says Middle Kingdom worried Big Blue boxen bring big backdoors
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/china_ponders_ban_on_ibm_servers/

Antivirus firm Avast! takes down forums after breach
You know the drill: change your passwords and prepare for the worst
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/antivirus_firm_avast_takes_down_forums_after_breach/

You've got Mail! But someone else is reading it in Outlook for Android
Researchers say Redmond forgot to encrypt messages stored on Android SD
cards
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/prying_privacy_pundits_crypto_calamity_outlook_outcry/

Google makes malware microscope Mac mod
Cupertino wants intel on Apple VXer plays
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/google_makes_malware_microscope_mac_mod/



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