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Webcam sex blackmailer faces extradition to Canada to stand trial for bullied teen’s suicide
A free decryption tool is now available for all Bart ransomware versions
Politicians’ web browsing history targeted after privacy vote
News in brief: Berners-Lee warns on privacy; drone complaints up sharply; space researchers seek volunteers
China-based hacking crew pokes holes in UK firms and drains data
Latest numbers indicate Android is still the most targeted mobile device
WWW daddy Sir Tim Berners-Lee stands up for end-to-end crypto
Update your iPhone to avoid being hacked over Wi-Fi
Researchers sink scalpel into Lazarus crew. Yup. Autopsy shows distinct hacker tradecraft
Minnesota pushes back against allowing ISPs to sell their users’ data
Notorious iOS spyware has an Android sibling
Farmers go off-market to dig up patches for their tractors
When social media surveillance gets it very wrong
Old attack code is new weapon for Russian hackers
Wi-Fi sex toy with built-in camera fails penetration test
Drive-by Wi-Fi i-Thing attack, oh my!
Kremlin hackers suspected in assault on athletics governing body
News in brief: Norway deep-freezes data; firms ‘shelving GDPR plans’; Android overtakes Windows
Power plant cyber threat: Lock up your ICSs and SCADAs
Facial recognition on Samsung’s new phone has already been cracked
AKBuilder, Microsoft Word Intruder exploiting Office RTF vulnerability
Microsoft Friday false positive: Bluber-A ballsup makes sysadmins blub
Still using IIS 6.0? Stop right now – the latest zero-day won’t be patched
Europe supplants US as biggest source of child abuse hubs
Twitter users hit out at confusing revamp of @ mentions
That sound you hear is Splunk leaking data
Good Guy Comcast: We’re not going to sell your data, trust us
Yee-hacked! Fired Texan sysadmin goes rogue, trashes boot business
Russian hacking goes far beyond 2016 pro-Trump effort
US ATM fraud surges despite EMV
IDG Contributor Network: Biometrics can provide better data provenance
News in brief: jets in near miss with drones; Germany plans cyber-command; adult sites move to HTTPS
Text message scam from the Motor Registry – how not to get stung
WikiLeaks exposes CIA anti-forensics tool that makes Uncle Sam seem fluent in enemy tongues
Why you shouldn’t chip in to buy politicians’ browsing histories
Kremlin-linked hacker crew’s tactics exposed
Point-and-pwn tool for posers dumbs down ransomware spreading
Not just a load of old COBOLers: systems are still running on old code
Senator: Russia used ‘thousands’ of internet trolls during US election
Android under siege from malware – here’s how to protect your phone
Jenkins users can shore up software security with plugins
Want privacy? Congress says you’ll have to pay for it
Facebook, Google, etc: Yeah, yeah, we’ll work on the nasty stuff about bombs – but we ain’t doing no backdoors
Researchers steal data from shared cache of two cloud VMs
WONTFIX: No patch for Windows Server 2003 IIS critical bug – Microsoft
Minnesota, Illinois rebel over America’s ISP privacy massacre, mull fresh info protections
Is this a solution to Trump signing away your digital privacy? We give Invizbox Go a go
Millions of websites affected by unpatched flaw in Microsoft IIS 6 web server
News in brief: tech firms ‘must do more’ on terror; data breaches shoot up; gloom at toxic online spaces
Financial fraud losses in the UK last year topped £20m a day – report
UK cops arrest 20-year-old on suspicion of blackmail and hacking
Security co-operation unlikely to change post Brexit, despite threats
Let’s Encrypt issues certs to ‘PayPal’ phishing sites: how to protect yourself
Open-source developers targeted in sophisticated malware attack
Falling in love online? Don’t get caught out by the Tinder scammers
VMware patches critical virtual machine escape flaws
Trump extends Obama executive order on cyberattacks
More fun in the sandbox: Experts praise security improvements to Edge
Encryp-xit: Europe will go all in for crypto backdoors in June
How to leak data from an air-gapped PC – using, er, a humble scanner
Kremlin-backed APT28 doesn’t even bother hiding its attacks, says Finnish secret police
Hey FCC, when you’re not busy screwing our privacy, how about those SS7 cell network security flaws, huh?
Recruiters considered really harmful: Devs on GitHub hit with booby-trapped fake job emails
The scam that knows your name and home address – here’s what to do
Bloke is paid to scour hashtags for threats, spots civil rights boss’s tweets, gets fired, sues
Trojan source code leak could spur new online banking attacks
News in brief: Alabama considers porn filters; Samsung launches new Galaxy; celeb’s Instagram hacked
Got a drone? Check local regulations before you fly it
Another hole opens up in LastPass that could take weeks to fix
Strange Mirai botnet brew blamed for powerful application layer attack
Lawmakers scathing over FBI’s facial recognition database
Scammers scare iPhone users into paying to unlock not-really-locked Safari
US House votes to undo broadband privacy rules
Macs and iPhones patched – including 23 kernel-level holes
46% off CyberPower Surge Protector 3-AC Outlet with 2 USB (2.1A) Charging Ports – Deal Alert
News in brief: Hong Kong voters’ data lost; Rudd faces pushback; Google Home lands in Britain
LastPass is scrambling to fix another serious vulnerability
Man loses appeal over Facebook threat to kill Obama
RIP: Antivirus veteran Raimund Genes, 54
eBay to ‘downgrade’ verification by switching to SMS
Apple squashes cert-handling bug affecting macOS and iOS
‘Siri, please dial 999 and save Mummy’s life’
India extends ‘Orwellian’ ID card scheme as critics warn of risks
How to respond to device and software backdoors inserted or left by vendors
World+dog had 1.4 BEEEELLION of its data records exposed last year
Why government plans to spy on WhatsApp will fail
As of today, iThings are even harder for police to probe
CompSci boffins propose scheme to protect privacy in database searches
FYI Docs.com users: You may have leaked passwords, personal info – thousands have
LastPass scrambles to fix another major flaw – once again spotted by Google’s bugfinders
News in brief: Facebook rolls out location-sharing; Uber pulls tests after crash; NASA thanks schoolboy
Politicians call – again – for backdoors into encrypted messages
Ex-military and security firms oppose Home Sec in WhatsApp crypto row
US to make social media checks compulsory for some visas
Microsoft’s Docs.com is sharing dangerously sensitive personal files, information
LastPass steps up quickly to fix vulnerabilities spotted by researchers
Man indicted for sending seizure-causing GIF as a ‘deadly weapon’
iPhone-havers think they’re safe. But they’re not
DoubleAgent ‘vulnerability’ – just how bad is it?
Critical flaw alert! Stop using JSON encryption