We don't yet know why, but we sure know what was breached.  60,000 user accounts containing detailed of their accounts (including passwords) and the services used.  The Privacy Commissioner is investigating.

Imagine how insecure you'd be having a password of '123456.' Well, at least its better than 'password!'

Unlike many recent intrusions (too many to mention), the Steam online gaming network intrusion doesn't seem too bad, and we hear some good things about what Valve had done to protect data.

For around 20 minutes on Sunday, the Sesame Street YouTube channel was showing a little more than usual.

I was totally flabbergasted at today's news that Monash City Council was receiving resistance to a simple biometric application for time-and-attendance monitoring.  Wake up people, this stuff has been around for well over ten years.

Charlie Miller, a well-known security researcher in the Apple space, has found that your MacBook battery may-well be out to get you (if you don't get it first).

Sydneysider Daniel Grzelak has put together an online database of compromised email accounts, easily searchable, to let end-users type in their email addresses to see whether they come up on the list of hacked email addresses – or not.

Evil malware writers have tweaked the MacDefender Trojan to no longer need a password for installation if a Mac user is running the default administrator account, finally popping the bubble of invulnerability Mac users have enjoyed and MacDailyNews savaged me over a few years ago.

Never let your iPhone out of your sight – sage advice of course; but now all your securely stored passwords could be uncovered by an attacker with just six minutes alone with your device.

Strangely, it's not 'password.'