Sophos Naked Security

Looks like the Snake ransomware was created especially for network-wide attacks.

New research has heightened an already urgent call to abandon SHA-1, a cryptographic algorithm still used in many popular online services.

Relax: Nic Cage deepfakes aren't going anywhere. It's only "maliciously misleading" impersonations that are now verboten.

A letter sent to the Google CEO by Privacy International claims bloatware has allowed a privacy and security hole to open almost unnoticed.

If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.

From a Firefox zero-day to a military ban on TikTok - and everything in between. It's the weekly security roundup.

One way to patch the millennium bug was to move it, rather than actually to fix it... are we looking at Y2.02K?

Attackers are using a serious bug in Citrix products to scan the internet for weaknesses, according to experts.

We'll have one serving of whatever Las Vegas is eating and wish Pittsburg Unified School District good luck with getting unstuck.

After a poke from the UK's watchdog, the companies promised to beef up filters to strain out those who write, buy and sell fluffy nonsense.

Firefox has issues an emergency 72.0.1 patch to fix a zero day vulnerability.

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It isn't new, all the tech giants do it, and your privacy's intact - unless you're dealing in illegal imagery with telltale hashing.

Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons.

This could signal a renewed war between Apple and law enforcement over breaking encryption.

Google's Project Zero bug-hunting team has tweaked its 90-day responsible disclosure policy to help improve the quality and adoption of vendor patches.

Researchers report flaws, vendors issue patches, organisations apply them - and everyone lives happily ever after. Right? Wrong!

The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation - even though they don't collect, receive, nor have access to kids' data.

The DHS has issued three warnings in the last few days encouraging people to be on alert for physical and cyber attacks from Iran.

Quick-n-sleazy edits are still OK, such as the 75% slowdown that made Nancy Pelosi slur or the edit that turned Joe Biden into a racist.