Hackers emptied Ethereum wallets by breaking the basic infrastructure of the internet

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/17275982/myetherwallet-hack-bgp-dns-hijacking-stolen-ethereum

Healthcare workers prioritize helping people over information security

http://boingboing.net/2016/06/28/healthcare-workers-prioritize.html

Cryptography Breakthrough Could Make Software Unhackable

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/cryptography-breakthrough/

MIT Students Release Program To 3D-Print High Security Keys

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/03/mit-students-release-program-to-3d-print-high-security-keys/

Anatomy of a hack: How crackers ransack passwords like “qeadzcwrsfxv1331”

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/how-crackers-make-minced-meat-out-of-your-passwords/

I get the feeling the ability of crackers to find passwords is going to exceed people's ability to remember passwords. Eventually, passwords will become near useless.

When One Man Pinged the Whole Internet...

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514066/what-happened-when-one-man-pinged-the-whole-internet/

Locksmiths Pissed Off At Geeks For Letting Out The Secret: Lockpicking Is Easy

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080717/1932251716.shtml

Exclusive Interview with MIT Subway Hacker Zack Anderson

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/4278892?page=1

E-mail needs this:

One thing I think emails need: a way for an email to tell the email server (like gmail) to request another login verification before allowing the person to view it. This could prevent a stranger from viewing certain emails if the owner forgets to log off when they leave the computer.

Gmail's Security Hole Could Lead to Mass Harvesting of Accounts

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27863/

Wasting Hackers' Time to Keep Websites Safe

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/39521/page1/

Inside a failed Anonymous attack: report

http://www.zdnet.com.au/inside-a-failed-anonymous-attack-report-339332608.htm

Encryption and the law (in USA):

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/119855-us-appeals-court-upholds-fifth-amendment-right-to-not-decrypt-hard-drives

Vulnerability allows hackers to open prison doors, hiding activity from central command

http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/07/prison-door-hack/

Most Businesses Don't Spot Hack Attacks

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/231900054?itc=edit_in_body_cross

Anonymous exposes 75,000 credit card numbers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/anonymous-exposes-860k-stratfor-users-and-75k-credit-card-numbers/2011/12/30/gIQA5oXqQP_story.html

Hopefully this public spectacle will help the people of the world realize that there is a serious security issue online which needs to be addressed. A great many companies need to dramatically improve their security.

Making 'clone' Facebook accounts can fool ANYONE into accepting a fake friend within 24 hours - even security experts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2068951/Facebook-clone-accounts-fool-ANYONE-accepting-fake-friend.html

No matter how secure the software gets, it won't make the wetware secure. (wetware = the brain)

Clickjacking – The spam which hit facebook !

http://hackhaven.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/clickjacking-on-facebook-and-in-general/

When hackers...

http://xkcd.com/932/

Password Security

Why the password "this is fun" is 10 times more secure than "J4fS!2"
http://vivekgirotra.com/why-the-password-this-is-fun-is-10-times-more

A more succinct summary:
http://xkcd.com/936/