Michael Argast and Chester Wisniewski chat about the latest security news covering patch Tuesday, insecure security systems, IoT,, encryption done right and criminals gone wrong. Source: Sophos

Ransomware — malicious software that encrypts the victim’s files and holds them hostage unless and until the victim pays a ransom in Bitcoin — has emerged as a potent and increasingly common threat online. But many Internet users are unaware that ransomware also can just as easily seize control over files stored on cloud services. […]

The Director of National Intelligence looks to be the latest official to have his accounts taken over by Crackas With Attitude. Source: Sophos

The upshot: Yahoo’s going to keep scanning email, but it’s tweaking the timing so that it scans only after the email has reached an inbox or outbox. Source: Sophos

SANS says that the recent Ukrainian power outages attributed to hackers didn’t “just happen”, but were co-ordinated attacks. Source: Sophos

The bug, found on eBay’s sign-in page by a security researcher, could have been used by criminals to steal eBay usernames and passwords. Source: Sophos

Police in two countries have confirmed that they can read encrypted messages sent from BlackBerry devices that supposedly have “military-grade security.” Security exploit, or deliberate backdoor? Source: Sophos