Mozilla returns crypto-signed website packaging spec to sender – yes, it’s Google

Ad giant’s site slurping tech complicates web security model, could give more power to search engines and social networks, Firefox maker warns

Mozilla has published a series of objections to web packaging, a content distribution scheme proposed by engineers at Google that the Firefox maker considers harmful to the web in its current form.…

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Chinese software nasty enslaves stadium-load of servers, puts them to work digging up digital dosh in crypto-mines

Nanshou malware hijacked more than 50,000 MS-SQL boxes with rootkits

More than 50,000 servers around the world have been infected with malware that installs crypto-coin-mining scripts and advanced rootkits, it is claimed.…

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Infosec bloke claims: Pornhub owner shafted me after I exposed gaping holes in its cartoon smut platform

Mindgeek left him totally unsatisfied, he says

An irate infosec researcher has accused Pornhub owners Mindgeek of out-of-scoping what he described as “critical” vulns in a cartoon pornography-themed mobile games site.…

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Seize the chance to boost your IT security skills: SANS London has plenty of courses for you

Immersive training covering ethical hacking to intrusion detection, and more, comes to UK capital this June

Promo  IT security training specialist SANS Institute is bringing a major event to London this summer, offering a bumper programme of intensive courses designed to arm security professionals with the skills they need to defend against database breaches and malicious attacks.…

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Why telcos ‘handed over’ people’s GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

Privacy slip allegations dog US cellular network giants… while FCC twiddles its thumbs

A bounty hunter was able to get the live location of a number of different individuals from American cellphone networks through a single phone call, it is claimed.…

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WikiLeaks boss Assange acted as a foreign spy, Uncle Sam exclaims in fresh rap sheet

Prosecutors try to paint a line between journos and internet dump lord in case with significant free speech implications

Julian Assange has been formally accused by the US government of breaking the Espionage Act, expanding the legal case against him and raising significant free speech issues.…

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Millions of personal files exposed by insurance biz, serial web hacker strikes again, and more from infosec land

Your two-minute guide to all the other security news this week

Roundup  It’s a bumper three-day weekend in the US and UK, so we won’t keep you long. Here’s a rapid summary of information security news from the past week beyond what El Reg has already covered.…

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