Even if you love online ads, you may very well run an adblocker for security… Source: Sophos

A college student who hacked the website of his school’s sports rival could have been sent away for 15 years. Instead he got community service and a “learning experience.” Source: Sophos

If it passes, Apple, Google, et al., would have to either hobble encryption or pay $2,500 fines per phone sold in the state. Source: Sophos

The new one was way better—so much better, it helped citizens to identify Pugh, who was arrested in Florida on Tuesday. Source: Sophos

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