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Penn State's Kappa Delta Rho chapter was banned over a group featuring photos of drug deals, hazing rituals, and nude, unconscious women.

The big question, usually left unanswered in technical discussions of ransomware, is, "Should you pay?" We help you make up your mind.

Starting in the US, users of Messenger will soon be able to link their debit cards to the service and use it to instantly message money to friends, as easily as sending over a selfie.

Researchers checking up on the state of FREAK patching turned up another bug as a result. Sometimes, finding programming mistakes requires serendipitous coincidences!

Recorded right on the Sophos booth at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. Here's the Fifth Anniversary edition of our weekly podcast...enjoy!

Chinese e-commerce megabrand Alibaba wants to use selfies for payment processing.

Edward Snowden has been heard, and his words are having at least some effect. True, a minority have changed to better protect their privacy, but the more people know, the more likely they are to change.

A brouhaha has broken out about a "Black Box" that can brute force your iPhone PIN by trying every possible combination, from 00..00 to 99..99. Apparently, it can even circumvent the "10 mistakes and you're finished" test. Sort of...

Australian Peter Nash, who worked as the main moderator of the online drugs bazaar, pleaded guilty to money laundering and drug trafficking.

Even Google can make data leakage mistakes, as network security expert group Talos recently noticed. Just one tiny little Yes/No setting that went wrong...

The result of snipping out passwords: one-factor authentication. Just make sure not to lose that phone!

Facebook has issued detailed new guidance on what it counts as "unacceptable content", such as some nudity, hate speech and graphic videos.

TeslaCrypt is a new ransomware that goes above and beyond CryptoLocker in the types of files it seeks out to hold for ransom, including those related to video games. SophosLabs dug in to find out what TeslaCrypt has in store for gamers, and everyone else.

The commission will decide what's acceptable on a case-by-case basis. Let the legal battles begin!

Halifax is trialing the use of a wristband to store our ECGs, given that our hearts are random number generators unique to every individual.

Here they are: the hot computer security stories of the past week, neatly laid out for you to review.

From CPUs on fire to hammered memory modules - here's our latest 60 Second Security video! Why not give it a try...

European security officials have proposed a new online counter-terrorism unit to help combat increasing online extremism.

O! What a tangled web we weave! Microsoft reissued a broken update from back in October 2014...and promptly broke a new update from March 2015.

It's worried about kids' voices being recorded by a corporation that will then target ads at them, but it should be far more worried about security and privacy.