JLaw, Upton caught in celeb nude pics hack [Mon Sep 1 2014]

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JLaw, Upton caught in celeb nude pics hack
100 women victimised as Apple iCloud accounts reportedly popped
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/31/jlaw_upton_caught_in_celeb_nude_pics_hack/

Apple reportedly inks deal with American Express for its iPhone
payments system
To bonk, or not to bonk. That is the question
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/31/apple_reportedly_inks_deal_with_american_express_on_payment_system/

KER-CHING! CryptoWall ransomware scam rakes in $1 MEEELLION
Anatomy of the net's most destructive ransomware threat
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/29/cryptowall_analysis/

SIEMs like a good idea: How to manage security in real time
Join us in Reg Studios on September 29
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/29/webcast_promo_security_information_event_management/

Ice cream headache as black hat hacks sack Dairy Queen
I scream, you scream, we all scream 'DATA BREACH'!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/29/black_hat_hacks_sack_dairy_queen_green/

Australia makes pinkie-promise to end Indonesia spying
Agreement aims to 'do no harm'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/29/skips_pinkiepromise_to_end_indonesia_spying/

Feds salute plucky human ROBOT-FIGHTERS
Winners of DEFCON robocall-crushing competition showered in cash,
praise
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/29/ftc_announces_winners_of_defcon_antirobocall_competition/

Racing Post escapes ICO fine after leaking info of 677K punters
Stewards' inquiry faults unsaddled website
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/28/racing_post_data_breach/

Russia-based hackers prime suspects in JPMorgan mega-breach
FBI working on sanctions reprisals hack theory - report
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/28/russian_hackers_prime_suspects_in_jpmorgan_megabreach/

Researchers camouflage haxxor traps with fake application traffic
Honeypots sweetened to resemble actual workloads, complete with
'secure' logins
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/28/security_bods_release_free_active_deception_honeypot_network/

Netflix releases home-grown DDoS detectors
Planning on haxing Netflix? Don't plan it on Facebook
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/28/netflix_releases_homegrown_web_detective_tools/

Oz fed police in PDF redaction SNAFU
Give us your metadata, we'll publish your data
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/28/oz_fed_police_in_pdf_redaction_snafu/

Scratched PC-dispatch patch patched, hatched in batch rematch
Windows security update fixed after triggering blue screens (and
screams) of death
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/27/microsoft_reissues_security_patch/

Ouch... right in the VIDEO GAME: Lizard Squad attacks XBox, Twitch
Hacktivists must really hate gamers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/27/lizard_squad_hacking_rampage/

Securobods warn of wide open backdoor in Netis/Netcore routers
Single, hardcoded password in firmware, claim researchers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/27/netis_routers_have_a_backdoor_say_reserachers/

PCI Council wants YOU to give it things to DO
How about enforcing PCI DSS?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/27/pci_council_wants_you_to_give_it_things_to_do/

Goog says patch⁵⁰ your Chrome
64-bit browser loads cat vids FIFTEEN PERCENT faster!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/27/goog_says_patch_your_chrome/

Show Mother Russia you love her: Click HERE and AHHH NYET!
That Kelhios badness is infecting you - securobods
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/russian_hacktivist_tool_trojan/

‪‪Email list hack flap at 'sleep with a stranger' site Couchsurfing‬
Hospitality exchange firm says 'member data was not exposed'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/couchsurfing_email_hack/

Researcher details how malware gives AV the slip
'They're coming! Everyone back to your places!'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/researcher_details_how_malware_gives_av_the_slip/

Attack flogged through shiny-clicky social media buttons
66,000 users popped by malicious Flash fudging add-on
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/ek_flogged_through_shinyclicky_social_media_buttons/

Three quarters of South Korea popped in online gaming raids
Records used to plunder game items, sold off to low lifes
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/ithree_quartersi_of_south_korea_popped_in_online_gaming_raids/

New Snowden leak: How NSA shared 850-billion-plus metadata records
'Federated search' spaffed info all over Five Eyes chums
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/new_snowden_leak_nsa_massively_expanded_metadata_sharing_in_200607/

Akamai warns: SMB security remains major risk
Hints at upgrade to Kona service
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/26/akamai_warns_smb_security_remains_major_risk/

NIST to sysadmins: clean up your SSH mess
Too many keys, too badly managed
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/25/nist_to_sysadmins_clean_up_your_ssh_mess/


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