Android developers, you’ve got until March 15 to rig up a decent privacy policy or have your app thrown out of the store

RSA Conference 2017: your chance to get to grips with ransomware
Ransomware is one of the hottest topics in infosec right now, and the RSA conference in San Francisco is devoting a whole day to it

Scammers slip fake Amazon ad under Google’s nose
The spoofed ad sent Windows users into fake Microsoft-sponsored blue screens of death and Mac users into fake cryptoware warnings

NSA contractor charged with stealing thousands of top-secret documents
Documents allegedly stolen include many from the CIA and the NSA, say prosecutors

No replacement yet named for White House chief infosec officer
Departure of Cory Louie comes as observers wonder when Trump will sign his delayed EO on cybersecurity

How would you feel about your kids’ teachers wearing a body camera?
It may just be a trial at the moment, but there are privacy and ethical issues for schools to consider when they issue body cameras to teachers

News in brief: Big Brother in India; hacking warning to journalists; WordPress sites hit
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

Genetically Modified Salmonella Destroys Cancer By Provoking An Immune Response, Study Finds
schwit1 quotes a report from San Diego Union-Tribune: A genetically modified bacterium destroys tumors by provoking an immune response, according to a study published Wednesday. Using mice and cultures of human cancer cells, a South Korean-led scientific team demonstrated that…

Attacks On WordPress Sites Intensify As Hackers Deface Over 1.5 Million Pages
An anonymous reader writes: “Attacks on WordPress sites using a vulnerability in the REST API, patched in WordPress version 4.7.2, have intensified over the past two days, as attackers have now defaced over 1.5 million pages, spread across 39,000 unique…

A Guide To Friday's Comet-Eclipse-Full-Moon Triple Feature
SonicSpike quotes a report from CNET: Even if you aren’t a space nerd whose idea of a good time is craning your neck to stare into the vast nothingness of space on a frigid evening, this Friday the heavens will…